Smith Micro announces Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014
Upcoming releases of the figure tools to add Bullet physics, Pixar sub-Ds, interactive raytrace preview.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Pixar
Gnomon announces Gnomon Workshop Live
Speakers at the event, held in LA from 27-28 April, range from Iain McCaig to Pixar's Mike Makarewicz.
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Pixar ships RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and Studio 4.0
Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700.
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Marius Silaghi releases TurboSmooth Pro for Max
Handy new plugin offers more controllable semi-sharp creases, based on Pixar's subdivision tech.
Saturday, September 29th, 2012
Pixar to slash price of RenderMan Studio
Version 4.0 to be merged with RenderMan for Maya, forming a single $1,300 embedded renderer.
Friday, June 15th, 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 two-hour Pixar lighting masterclass
New DVD sees Pixar Lighting TD Jeremy Vickery reveal the principles behind Efficient Cinematic Lighting.
Monday, May 7th, 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
Pixar launches RenderMan On Demand online service
Take the strain off your render farm by uploading RenderMan rendering jobs to the cloud.
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Q&A: Jeremy Vickery, Pixar lighting guru
The Brave veteran sets out to demystify cinematic lighting for his upcoming Gnomon Master Class.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Eye candy: Pixar's latest Brave trailer
New teaser for 'the Scottish movie' goes online. Expect wild hair, wild mountains and even wilder accents.
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Tributes pour in for former Pixar CEO Steve Jobs
See our pick of the coverage and watch Jobs' moving 2005 speech on how to truly live before you die.
Thursday, October 6th, 2011