Esri ships CityEngine 2017.0
Powerful 3D city-generation software used on Independence Day 2 gets new measurement and building customisation toolsets.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
Scanline VFX
Eye candy: the 2017 Miarmy crowd simulation reel
See amazing work being created with the Maya crowd simulator, including epic VFX from Ant-Man and San Andreas.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Eye candy: the 2015 V-Ray showreel
See nearly four minutes of gorgeous work created using the renderer, from Guardians of the Galaxy to game cinematics.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Janos Hunyadi releases PolyPaint importer for Maya
Scanline VFX artist's handy free tool gets ZBrush texture data into Maya without the need to set up UVs.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Eye candy: the V-Ray Film & VFX showreel 2014
Watch three minutes of gorgeous cinematics, TV and movie FX work, from Batman to Captain America.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Eye candy: Scanline VFX's Iron Man 3 shot breakdowns
Check out the making-of, then see the studio's impressive fluid effects work from The Wolf of Wall Street.
Monday, January 27th, 2014
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2013's technical papers
Our pick of the best CG research covers hair capture, smoke sims - and even fixes for bad handwriting.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Eye candy: Marvel's first Iron Man 3 trailer
Some nice (and suprisingly long) VFX shots - and is that a hint he's going to be less of a jerk this time?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Videos: technical advances from Siggraph 2012
See the coolest research on show: from new fluid sims to a tool to turn your doodles into artists' drawings.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012