Q&A: John Griffith, director, Cinedev
The founder of Fox's previz wing discusses its unique workflow, and where the industry will head next.
Monday, May 14th, 2012
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FMX 2012: The Hugo shot that nearly killed us
Off-the-cuff decisions during previz can come back to haunt you later, warns VFX supervisor Rob Legato.
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
FMX 2012: We could remake 300 in real time now
Our revolutionary real-time TV pipeline could shake up movies too, says Zoic Studios' Loni Peristere.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.3
Update to Maya/mental ray toolkit adds new colour bleed SSS shader, support for SprayTrace renderer.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
One to try: appleseed
It may be yet another open source physically based renderer - but it's being written specifically with production in mind.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Gnomon releases two-hour Pixar lighting masterclass
New DVD sees Pixar Lighting TD Jeremy Vickery reveal the principles behind Efficient Cinematic Lighting.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
modo 601 adds support for 3Dconnexion devices
First modo 601 Service Pack adds certified support for the entire range of 3Dconnexion's 3D mice.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Autodesk reshuffles Softimage dev team
Development of Softimage moves to Singapore. Original Montreal-based team reassigned to work on Maya VFX.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Yeti fur plugin will not be sold in the United States
Patent wrangle with Shave and a Haircut developer Joe Alter stops Maya add-on being sold in the US.
Tuesday, May 1st, 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
e-on software unveils Vue 10.5 Infinite and xStream
Environment-generation apps get option to stack EcoSystems, new Python and network render tools.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Video: master Softimage's new CrowdFX system
Master the basics of Softimage 2013's new crowd-simulation system with this one-hour webinar.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Glare Technologies ships Indigo Renderer 3.2
Latest update to physically based render engine adds Sun & Sky system, direct link to Cinema 4D.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012