Meet Felix: Maxwell Render rendering in the cloud

Interesting online service lets users create physically accurate renders from a low-spec Windows laptop.

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Meet CG Channel's new art contest judges

Our sculpting and VFX challenges are back! So what are Kevin Hudson and Martin Hall looking for from you?

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Eye candy: Allan McKay's new demo reel

See things on fire, things catching fire, and things about to catch fire in this showcase of the FX guru's work.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Faceware launches facial animation tools line-up

Buy the facial technology used on Benjamin Button and Red Dead Redemption in off-the-shelf form.

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

Q&A: Rising concept art star Luca Nemolato

Aaron Sims describes him as one of the most pioneering artists in CG. Discover his technical tips here.

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Adobe launches Creative Cloud subscription service

Online subcriptions to entire CS6 product range now available to pre-order. But do the prices add up?

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Renderfarm.fi adds support for Cycles

Free distributed online rendering service adds support for Blender's new raytrace render engine.

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Autodesk announces new 'Ultimate' product suite

Get the latest versions of 3ds Max, Maya, Mudbox, Softimage and MotionBuilder in one giant bundle.

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Share your demo reel with recruiters via Showreel.tv

New site offers artists free online portfolio space and automated tools for applying for CG industry jobs.

Monday, March 26th, 2012

VFX breakdown: the making of Stratego

Brain Zoo Studios dissects its pipeline for its award-winning trailer for the classic military board game.

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

UK government announces animation tax incentives

'Wallace and Gromit' scheme offers tax breaks on UK-produced games, animation to match those for VFX.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Luxion unveils KeyShot 3.1

Update to the real-time rendering tool to add new metallic paint material, interactive HDR editing.

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Q&A: Jon Noorlander, Senior Artist, Prime Focus

We quiz the veteran of the UK commercials scene on the art of creating award-winning idents.

Friday, February 3rd, 2012