The Lone Ranger: the best VFX you never noticed?

Forget the plot: the backdrops are out of this world. ILM explains how it created the film's CG environments.

Monday, August 19th, 2013

Eye candy: the 2013 Maxwell Render demo reel

The focus is on animation, not ultra-realistic still images, but Next Limit's new reel remains a thing of beauty.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

VFX breakdown: Moo Studios' new Blue Moon spot

VFX supervisor Sebastiano D'Aprile explains how 'Brewmaster's Inspiration' blends stop-motion and painterly CG.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

Eye candy: the new Arnold demo reel

Latest client reel lifts the lid on the number of smaller studios using Solid Angle's speedy raytrace renderer.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

Eye candy: The new Honda 'Hands' idents

Cool new UK TV spots turn Honda vehicles into transforming toys, through a little Softimage magic.

Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

e-on software releases LumenRT GeoDesign

New add-on links the real-time visualisation tool to ESRI's CityEngine city-generation software.

Thursday, June 27th, 2013

Solid Iris Technologies ships Thea Render 1.2

Hybrid biased/unbiased renderer gets final-quality GPU-based engine, new 'field mapping' technology.

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Eye candy: the best game trailers from E3 2013

Relive the highlights of last week with our pick of the best cinematics released at the show.

Monday, June 17th, 2013

Video: how to build a digital chimpanzee in Softimage

See The Mill's painstaking muscle and skin simulation work on its new ad for animal rights charity PETA.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Tutorial: Post-production in 3ds Max and Photoshop

Master core post-production skills to improve your interior renders with Jamie Cardoso's exclusive tutorial.

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

The Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.67

Update to the open-source 3D tool adds integration with the versatile Freestyle toon rendering engine.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Can Lagoa drive 3D work into the cloud?

Cult developer Thiago Costa tells us why he believes the future of high-end CG lies online.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

McNeel & Associates releases Neon

Interactive viewport plugin for Rhino is first third-party tool written with the PowerVR Brazil SDK raytrace toolkit.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013