Side Effects Software ships Houdini 12.5
Major update adds better ocean-surface sims and cloud sculpting via DreamWorks' OpenVDB technology.
Friday, March 15th, 2013
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Katana and mocha creators win technical Oscars
Other Sci-Tech Academy Awards go to Weta, DreamWorks and the tech behind Blender's smoke system.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Watch Pixologic's Siggraph ZBrush presentations
See artists from DreamWorks, Weta and Ubisoft show off ZBrush 4R4's tools in coffee-break-sized chunks.
Friday, August 31st, 2012
DreamWorks open sources the OpenVDB file format
Updated: Volumetric format used on Puss in Boots due for integration into "next major release" of Houdini.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Eye candy: New Rise of the Guardians trailer
See Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman as you have never seen them before.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Rango wins out at the revamped Annie Awards
Gongs far more evenly divided this year, following changes to voting process and end of Disney boycott.
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Indie animations beat Pixar to 2012 Oscar shortlist
A Cat in Paris and Chico and Rita squeeze out Cars 2 and Tintin from the best animated feature line-up.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Q&A: David Couchariere, character animator
The DreamWorks star gives us his technical tips - and tells us why now is a new golden age for animation.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
See Moonshine - the inner life of DreamWorks artists
Six leading artists talk about their personal work in Alexis Wanneroy's insightful documentary short.
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Blu-ray review: Megamind
Ignore the dance sequences and the lack of extra features: Megamind is a superior supervillain comedy, says Fernando Caire.
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
How to Train Your Dragon triumphs at Annie Awards
DreamWorks wins in 15 of 24 categories at international animation awards. Next stop, the Oscar?
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Inception, How to Train Your Dragon sweep VES Awards
MPC, Method Studios, Pixar win short-form categories: see videos of the winners inside.
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Q&A: Alexis Wanneroy, DreamWorks Animation
Fresh from his work on How to Train Your Dragon, Alexis offers his tips for improving your own animation.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010