Lucasfilm settles up in US employment enquiry
Studio's agreement with Pixar not to engage in bidding wars for one another's staff ruled anticompetitive.
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
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CafeFX co-founders release statement on studio closure
Creator of Pan's Labyrinth's iconic VFX closes its doors after 17 years, blaming 'global marketplace'.
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Mediachance releases Dynamic Photo-HDR 5.0
Inexpensive HDR creation tool adds support for exposure fusion and improved anti-ghosting.
Friday, December 24th, 2010
Happy Christmas to all CG Channel readers!
Stay tuned next week for our review of the best of 2010: site updates return to normal the following week
Friday, December 24th, 2010
Jamie's Jewels: holiday reading for 3ds Max users
Autodesk's Jamie Gwilliam converts his popular email newsletter into a tip-filled new blog site.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
PTGui 9.0 gets new detail viewer and blend modes
New update to photo-stitching tool also adds new masking options and templates in Pro edition.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Colimo 1.0: adjust materials in renders in real time
Innovative new post-production tool enables users to modify lights and textures in renders on the fly.
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Animate a sheep and get seen in cinemas worldwide
Animate one of the sheep from Dygra Films' feature Holy Night, and see your work in the credits!
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
New plug-in puts cloud rendering inside Blender
Developer of innovative GreenButton plug-in now working on versions for 3ds Max and Maya.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Eye candy: stylised new Marvel vs. Capcom 3 trailer
Action-packed new trailer brings comic-book and games heroes to brawling, cel-shaded life.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Vancouver councillor calls for more VFX unionisation
City councillor Geoff Meggs backs IATSE organizing drive within Canadian VFX studios.
Monday, December 20th, 2010
NukeX gets image-based modelling, RenderMan link
Version 6.2 of leading compositing package out today. Nuke also updated; gets new Dope Sheet.
Monday, December 20th, 2010
On Blu-ray: Despicable Me
With so many animated features out this year, is this supervillain comedy up with the best, asks Fernando Caire, or just plain Despicable?
Monday, December 20th, 2010