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

Review: Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis used to be a sceptic about mobile workstations - until he tried this sleek, unflashy workhorse.

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Autodesk begins shipping 2013 product line

New versions of 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage and Mudbox available via online store and local resellers.

Friday, April 13th, 2012

The making of John Carter's epic digital environments

Forget the box-office takings: the settings are stunning. Cinesite explains how the VFX were created.

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Softimage 2013 to get new CrowdFX crowd tools

Upcoming update to add ICE-based crowd simulation system and new high-quality viewport display.

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Autodesk announces new features of Maya 2013

Lots of new animation tools, better interoperability with MotionBuilder, and nHair sims - but no iray just yet.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Autodesk announces new features of 3ds Max 2013

mCloth, Track View retiming and updates to iray and Nitrous, oh my. See videos of the new features here.

Wednesday, March 28th, 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

Autodesk announces 2013 DCC product line-up

New tools and more interoperability announced for 3ds Max, Mudbox, Maya, Softimage and MotionBuilder.

Tuesday, March 27th, 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