Autodesk ships free pre-release trial of Smoke 2013
Try the radically retooled editing and effects tool for free for three months. Is it as good as everyone claims?
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
vfx
Eye candy: Allan McKay's new demo reel
See things on fire, things catching fire, and things about to catch fire in this showcase of the FX guru's work.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Eye candy: Autodesk's new post and VFX demo reel
Watch four and a half minutes of whizz-bang effects, from the last Harry Potter down to station idents.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Get PD Pro Howler for $70
Buy a copy of the VFX-friendly digital paint package for half price and help fund its future development work.
Monday, April 16th, 2012
The making of the VFX of Wrath of the Titans
The setting may be mythological, but the movie's approach to previz and performance capture is entirely new.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Eye candy: Fubar Redux
Updated: see the new 15-minute director's cut of Haz Dulull's Platoon-meets-Animal-Farm 'motion comic'.
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
UK government announces animation tax incentives
'Wallace and Gromit' scheme offers tax breaks on UK-produced games, animation to match those for VFX.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Fabric Engine 1.0 gets official release
Create high-performance VFX tools with the development platform created by ex-Softimage staff.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Gnomon ships Creating Highly Realistic Composites
New Rob Nederhorst masterclass DVD reveals the secrets of movie VFX compositing workflows.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Download the scene files for Quit Blender
Get the assets for the fun five-day short created by the team on new Blender open movie Project Mango.
Friday, March 16th, 2012
The Foundry ships Hiero
Hard-to-pigeonhole VFX shot management and review tool is "******* brilliant", say beta testers.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Watch the making of ILM's visual effects for Red Tails
See three videos on the studio's work on the George Lucas-produced World War II air combat flick.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The making of Origami Digital's VFX for Bunraku
The LA studio discusses its inventive visuals for the Eastern-inspired Josh Hartnett crime thriller.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012