Eye candy: awesome new Marek Denko animation

Indie artist releases incredible new photorealistic clip. Can you believe that all of this grass is CGI?

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Eye candy: gritty new Armored Core V cinematic

War may be hell, but From Software's near-photorealistic trailer makes it look deceptively attractive.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

e-on launches LumenRT

Vue developer begins shipping new $295 real-time visualisation tool for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro.

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Eye candy: Loom

Awesomely photorealistic VFX short finally gets a Vimeo release. Arachnophobes: be very afraid...

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Interview: Alex Roman, The Third & Seventh

Chaos Group posts Q&A with the leading 3ds Max artist about his award-winning short and recent Silestone commercial.

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Q&A: Erwan Maigret, director, The Bakery

We quiz the co-founder of the Tech Oscar-winning firm on its innovative new relighting and shading tools.

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Maxwell Render gains plug-in support for bonzai3d

Physically accurate renderer gains native support for AutoDesSys's concept modelling package.

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Videos: Autodesk reveals new features in Max 2012

Update to feature Nitrous viewport, start of unified physics system, new LSCM UV unwrap tools.

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Show report: Animex 2011

The UK's premier CG festival drew as much on the power of creativity as the potential of new technology, reports Jim Thacker.

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

SHOT Pro offers real-time rendering in the cloud

Bunkspeed's photorealistic renderer uses mental images' RealityServer platform to bring renders online.

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Q&A: Alex Sandri, Maya/mental ray guru

He spent ten years hunting bugs in the Maya/mental ray pipeline ­- but his new online masterclass will spare you that pain.

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

SB2 ships new real-time SketchUp radiosity engine

Preview radiosity renders within SketchUp in real time with the $160 Render[in] plug-in.

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Eye candy: Marek Denko's 'dirty, shiny' retro reel

Legendary CG artist puts some of his most famous images into motion for slick new retrospective.

Friday, December 17th, 2010