VFX breakdown: the making of Little Kaiju

Animation director Nick Losq runs through the pipeline for this cute but gritty anime-inspired VFX short.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Watch the classes from Autodesk University 2012

Lots of free tutorials for 3ds Max and Maya, but only a couple for Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage.

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation

Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Review: HP Z820 workstation

HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here.

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

Autodesk denies intent to kill off 3ds Max, Softimage

Both teams affected, but end of life rumours "totally false". Updated with further commentary from Autodesk.

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Complaints force Autodesk to alter 3ds Max subs offer

Regular subscribers to get Particle Flow Tools Box2 add-on following user claims of 'two-tier' subs policy.

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Shotgun Software unveils Tank asset manager

Upcoming future-proofed visual effects asset-management system to be shown off at Siggraph 2012.

Monday, August 6th, 2012

Rich Diamant ships Diamant Modeling Tools for Maya

Updated: Blizzard star's retopology and brush-based modelling plugin now out of alpha and ready to buy.

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Will you soon use a touch screen to sculpt models?

Wacom tech preview shows the new gesture-enabled Cintiq 24HD touch pen display in use to control Mudbox.

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Eye candy: Ladybug

See Chilean studio Leyenda's calling card to the cinematics market, done in just seven weeks of part-time work.

Wednesday, July 4th, 2012

Joe Alter ships LipService w/LBrush for Maya

Make changes on top of existing rigs and simulations with this innovative facial rigging and sculpting toolset.

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Autodesk calls for entries for its 2012 animation reel

Send in work created in any Autodesk DCC or Gameware app, and see it shown at Siggraph 2012.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Joe Alter demos cool new Maya blendshape tool

Sculpt shapes outside of the rest pose or on top of one another with LipService 5.0's BlendShapes+.

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012