Expert advice: X-Men concept star Maciej Kuciara
The creator of Days of Future Past's deadly Sentinels reveals his key tools and workflow secrets.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
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Marcus Nordenstam discusses Bifrost
Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
Video: what Blender's interface should look like
Watch Blender Guru's Andrew Price analyse the software's 'broken' UI, then comment on his own proposals.
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 1.5
Updated: innovative hybrid 2D/3D tool gets lots of new render features, Python and Alembic 1.5 support.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Video: layered materials in Unreal Engine 4
Updated with new video: see how Epic's next-gen game engine was used in its Infiltrator tech demo.
Friday, September 27th, 2013
10 questions for... God of War concept artist Izzy Medrano
The designer and illustrator reveals his workflow and tells us why concept art is "bullshitting with visual aids".
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Tutorial: Octane Render for Maya with Christophe Desse
Updated with new video: Watch the Naughty Dog artist's guide to using Otoy's GPU-accelerated engine.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
10 questions for... ace mech creator Vitaly Bulgarov
The Blizzard and ILM star faces our barrage of questions about his 3D concept design workflow.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Q&A: Dylan Cole
The top concept artist explains his workflow - and reveals why listening to metal can help your matte work.
Monday, September 9th, 2013
Massive Software unveils Massive 6.0, Massive for Maya
Crowd-simulation system to get new UI, support for Bullet physics - and a new dedicated Maya edition.
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Side Effects announces Houdini Engine
API turns Houdini into "world’s most powerful plugin" for other DCC apps. Sign up to test the Maya and Unity plugins now.
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Shotgun Software unveils Tank asset manager
Upcoming future-proofed visual effects asset-management system to be shown off at Siggraph 2012.
Monday, August 6th, 2012