Eye candy: behind the scenes on The Hobbit

Get one last making-of fix with Peter Jackson and the post-production team before the movie opens.

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

Matte Painting | October

Theme: Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise

1st Place: sChristoph

2nd Place: Miragenz
3rd Place: Zdood

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.65

New fire and smoke tools, plus support for Imageworks' Open Shading Language.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Eye candy: Tempo

Time flies like a digitally enhanced arrow in this fun short showcasing Red Giant Software's effects tools.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Kolor ships Autopano 3.0

Image-stitching software gains five new projection types, full real-time workflow, and new preview mode.

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Eye candy: Star Trek Into Darkness first trailer

Go where no viewer has gone before with the tantalising first trailer for Paramount's Star Trek sequel.

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 2.0

Normal mapping toolkit gets new image-editing controls, faster algorithms, 15 built-in grunge maps.

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Ephere ships Ornatrix 2

Popular 3ds Max hair-simulation plugin gains full support for V-Ray and Max's MassFX physics system.

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

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

Eye candy: shiny things from the Halo 4 web series

Bored of the game already? See some excellent new online work from Polynoid and Axis Animation.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

See Autodesk's 3December masterclasses live

Watch a 90-minute session on stereo work by Blue Sky's Jayme Wilkinson today: two new sessions tomorrow.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Ephere ships Zookeeper 2

3ds Max plugin for taming large production scenes gets cleaner, faster UI, updates to the tree and schematic views.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Buy a fine art print of Mass Effect or Mirror's Edge

Solve Christmas present problems with a signed limited-edition print from fine art dealer Cook & Becker.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012