Q&A: Halo concept artist Jaime Jones
In the run up to Gnomon Workshop Live, we chat to the top illustrator about his advice to young artists.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
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One to bookmark: modopedia
Pat Crandley's new video training resource collates hundreds of excellent free tutorials for modo.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Are visual effects today just too darn boring?
Yes, argues Variety's David Cohen. No, responds fxguide's Mike Seymour - and here's why.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Eye candy: the new Maxwell Render demo reel
Mainly technical tests this time round, but there is some lovely work from Dvein and the late Fuel VFX.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Autodesk unveils Gameware Navigation
Next-generation AI middleware to supersede the old Kynapse system on its release later this year.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Book review: Exposé 10
Ballistic’s new round-up of the latest and greatest digital art is its biggest ever – and also one of its best.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Meet Sparta: it's like ZBrush, but for particles
Lyouta Koduka's intriguing tool for 'sculpting' Maya, Softimage and 3ds Max simulations enters free beta.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Gnomon ships innovative environment sculpting DVD
Check out David Lesperance's Environment Production Workflow: Tips, Tricks and Concepts today.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
xoio releases more free photographic cutout people
Updated again: another 330MB of stock visualisation images have just gone up on the xoio-air site.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Eye candy: Autodesk's new post and VFX reel
See recent work created with Autodesk's 3D and finishing tools, including some great spots from boutique studios.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Tutorial: sculpting realistic clouds with fluids
See 3ds Max VFX guru Allan McKay's 45-minute video on fast-rendering dynamic clouds in FumeFX.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Sneak peek: real-time clouds in Lumion 3.0
Next release of the visualisation tool to include cool new volumetric cloud system: watch it in action here.
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.4
Renderfarm management system gets new reporting and admin tools, plus MobileView smartphone app.
Thursday, September 13th, 2012