Q&A: David Couchariere, character animator
The DreamWorks star gives us his technical tips - and tells us why now is a new golden age for animation.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
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Maxon releases free After Effects to Cinema 4D plug-in
Export projects from After Effects CS3 and above directly to Cinema 4D R13 with the latest release.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy Pro 1.0
Pro edition of Maya crowd simulator released at launch price of $570. Download a trial edition for free.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
CG Channel's hardware reviews policy explained
Want to know why we don't cover consumer GPUs (yet)? This FAQ for our online reviews explains all.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Autodesk acquires MeshMixer
Developer buys experimental tool for mixing and matching parts of other models: new build available now.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Eye candy: Pythagasaurus
Start your week with a helping of man-eating trigonometry in Aardman Animations' sublime new short.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The Foundry releases Katana 1.0
Former Imageworks in-house technology ships as commercial look dev tool: ILM among first users.
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
VFX breakdown: the making of ColourBleed
Director and VFX supervisor Peter Szewczyk takes us through the making of his award-winning short.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Get Kaboom: free explosion tool for 3ds Max 2012
Laurent Renaud updates his animated shattering tool to work with 3ds Max 2012's MassFX physics.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Download six free rigs from sci-fi movie Project London
Get a set of Blender vehicle and mech rigs from the indie VFX flick under a Creative Commons licence.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 1.5
Cool new paint app creates anything from flame trails to ink-and-wash drawings for under $15.
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Watch the making of the new Diablo III cinematic
See the video of Blizzard's one-hour panel session from the Blizzcon 2011 convention this weekend.
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Q&A: Maya effects expert Wayne Hollingsworth
Fresh from his work on Thor, the veteran technical director provides his advice for aspiring effects artists.
Friday, October 21st, 2011