Review: Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4
All 3DTotal's books on Digital Painting Techniques are good, but Volume 4 might be the best yet.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
tutorial
Get Insert MeshMaster and MatCap Baker for ZBrush
Speed up brush and MatCap creation with these free plugins created by Ubisoft's Joseph Drust.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Next Limit releases four free RealFlow training videos
Get concise overviews of RealWave, particle dynamics, Caronte body dynamics and the Hybrido solver.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Pixologic releases Getting Started with ZBrush 4R4
Free 34-page PDF guide rounds up key ZBrush tools and techniques, and links to online walkthroughs.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
One to bookmark: modopedia
Pat Crandley's new video training resource collates hundreds of excellent free tutorials for modo.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Gnomon ships innovative environment sculpting DVD
Check out David Lesperance's Environment Production Workflow: Tips, Tricks and Concepts today.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Tutorial: sculpting realistic clouds with fluids
See 3ds Max VFX guru Allan McKay's 45-minute video on fast-rendering dynamic clouds in FumeFX.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
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
Gnomon releases two new anatomy training DVDs
Charles Hu's Anatomy Workshop: Structure and Proportion and Figure Drawing Principles total over four hours of training.
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Gnomon releases ‘The Fly’ Re-Imagined training DVD
Three-hour design masterclass from SCEA veteran Eric Ryan reworks a classic movie creature.
Friday, August 3rd, 2012
Watch three hours of 'ICE porn' from Psyop
See footage of sessions from the studio's recent workshop, hosted by the stars of the Softimage world.
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Gnomon releases five-hour DVD on making 'Archetype'
'Archetype' VFX Breakdown dissects a real shot from Aaron Sims' gritty science-fiction short stage by stage.
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Video: create a volcano in Houdini with PyroFX
Tame the elements with Scott Keating's 35-minute video on using Houdini 12's new dynamics tools.
Monday, June 18th, 2012