Blu-ray review: John Carter
Disney's sci-fi epic stumbled at the box office, but this feature-packed Blu-ray release fares much better.
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
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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
AAA Studio releases FurryBall 3.0
GPU-based Maya renderer gains new Car Paint and Cartoon shaders, support for area lights and particles.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Videos: the making of Pixar's Brave
Possibly-not-strictly-official tech featurettes have popped up on YouTube. Watch 'em while you can.
Monday, June 4th, 2012
Gnomon releases new DVD on HDRI capture for VFX
New two-hour video tutorial demystifies the art of High Dynamic Range Imaging for Live Action VFX.
Friday, June 1st, 2012
Allegorithmic halves price of Substance Designer
Well, almost. Price of Max, Maya and Unity-friendly parametric texturing toolkit cut from $990 to $590.
Friday, June 1st, 2012
Video: 'we made Prometheus like an insect'
See production designer Arthur Max on building spacecraft for Ridley Scott's messy-but-fun Alien prequel.
Friday, June 1st, 2012
FMX 2012: Where next for virtual production?
Avatar changed how we make movies. But where next? We went to the FMX festival in search of answers.
Thursday, May 31st, 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
Chaos Group celebrates ten years of V-Ray
Developer marks the renderer's first decade with special anniversary website and new online giveaways.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Isotropix announces Clarisse iFX
New hybrid renderer, compositor and animation package 'reinvents' how artists create final images.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Cebas quadruples CPU core power of finalRender
Service Pack 9 adds support for 3ds Max 2013, raises number of CPU cores per licence from 16 to 64.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Video: see CryEngine 3's soft body physics in action
New teaser from open-source vehicle simulator Rigs of Rods pushes the limits of 100fps sims.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012