Eye candy: Disney's snow simulation system from Frozen
See strange things simulated with CG snow in this video of the tech behind the new animated feature.
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
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Gnomon announces Master Classes 2013 line-up
Learn from 14 of the world's leading games and VFX artists in the online classes, from 16-31 December.
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Southpaw updates Tactic asset-management system
Open-source tool gets better database and version-control integration. Source code on GitHub.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Eye candy: Rodeo FX's VFX breakdown for Pacific Rim
See highlights of the studio's 200 shots, including the making of Hong Kong Bay and the robot control rigs.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Video: how Epic created the FX in the UE4 Infiltrator demo
New making-of video explores the new particle tools in Unreal Engine 4, including dynamic particle lighting.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
Eye candy: Framestore's The Day of the Doctor trailer
Creative Flame work crams 50 years of Doctor Who history - and all 11 Doctors - in a single one-minute spot.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
QuadSpinner releases Helios SkyBuilder for Vue
Dax Pandhi's ambitious Vue add-on enables users to create ultra-detailed skies for visual effects work.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Eye candy: Platige Image's Zero Hunger Challenge spots
Check out the stylish simulation and creature work in this brace of ads created for UN World Food Day.
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Eye candy: The Desolation of Smaug trailer
Weta's environments look lovely, but dragons are to be heard and not seen in the latest teaser for The Hobbit.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
Eye candy: the new V-Ray VFX and cinematics reel
Watch five minutes of V-Ray-based visual delights, including work from Pixomondo, Platige, Blur Studio.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
Autodesk announces Flame Premium 2014
VFX and finishing system to get better 3D warping in Action, real-time grading, GPU-driven Batch pipeline.
Friday, September 13th, 2013
See the Creation Real-Time Renderer running in 3ds Max
Updated: See Fabric Engine's VFX renderer power a custom per-pixel camera projection tool inside Max.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Project Dogwaffle team announces Howler 9
VFX-friendly digital paint package adds GI render engine, side-by-side filter display, Linux support via Wine.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013