How to create an undersea digital matte painting
Aaron Sims Company lead digital matte painter Didier Konings explains how he created this real production asset.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
Photoshop
Corel ships Painter 2016
Digital paint tool gets new physics based brush options, updated layer blending, Photoshop brush import.
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
FXhome releases PhotoKey 7 Pro
Photoshop greenscreen keying plugin gets new light spill removal system, RAW support, revamped UI.
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Richard Rosenman ships Ultraflares
Neat new plugin adds over 200 customisable lens flares and light effects to Photoshop and Painter.
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Gnomon releases complete guide to CityEngine in VFX
Matthias Buehler's seven-hour video explores how to create digital film sets with Esri's powerful procedural city-generation tool.
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
10 questions: Ori and the Blind Forest's Simon Kopp
The concept artist tells us about his work, designing believable game worlds, and his tips for other artists.
Monday, July 27th, 2015
Gnomon releases Illustration From Imagination
See illustrator Cameron Scott Davis create a fantasy character, from sketch to finished Photoshop image.
Friday, July 24th, 2015
Andrew Hazelden releases RocketComp for Maya
Handy new plugin automatically builds a compositing project from render output in 10 leading 2D apps.
Wednesday, July 15th, 2015
The Foundry ships Flix 5.1
Next-gen visual story development tool gets better links to Photoshop et al, new semi-automatic workflow for creating 3D animatics in Maya.
Monday, June 29th, 2015
Adobe acquires Mixamo
Online animation platform's core tech to be integrated into Photoshop; other services to be migrated to Creative Cloud.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
Gnomon releases Sci-Fi Costume Design in ZBrush
Speed up your concept design workflow with X-Men veteran Luca Nemolato's detailed training video.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Computerinsel releases PhotoLine 19
Balanced update to $65 image-editing package adds external file referencing, background removal, new vector options.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Gnomon releases guide to Character Concept Design
Three-hour Photoshop video shows how Weta Workshop concept designer Johnny Fraser-Allen tackles a real client brief.
Thursday, May 7th, 2015