House of Moves provides mocap for Lexus commercial

| Commercial, Showcase | 27/09/2011 14:27pm lexus_IMG_2755-series_sm

In the 30-second spot, titled ‘Light’, the motion capture and animation company provided capture for the renowned car brand

Superfad creates animated universe for Cartoon Network

| Commercial | 26/09/2011 16:01pm superfad-cosmos

The animation studio has completed its latest project, for an alternative animated universe in Cartoon Network’s “Toonix” branding

Animation: Danger Planet

| Shorts, Showcase | 21/09/2011 12:28pm Dangerplanet-thumb

During a routine scan on a distant planet, a young space scout finds romance with a female pilot

Render Rocket launches new rental program for media and entertainment industry

| News, Products | 19/09/2011 15:34pm render-rocket-logo

The cloud-based rendering services company has added a new server rental program to its current on-demand rendering service

The Great Happyfication – new Coca-Cola animation

| Commercial, Showcase | 19/09/2011 12:15pm cocacola-happyfication

A new 6-minute animation created by Psyop has been released as part of the Emmy and TIME nominated Happy Factory series

Brand New School tempt viewers in new Cadbury’s spot

| Commercial, Showcase | 15/09/2011 12:19pm cadburys-commerical

The new 60-second commercial for Cadbury Dairy Milk, titled ‘Icons’ features slow-motion visuals full of temptation

James Cameron talks about 3D’s future

| Industry, News | 13/09/2011 12:10pm James-Cameron

Cameron spoke at IBC about 3D on TV, value for money and the future of 3D at the movies

Tutorial: Extract a cavity map in Mudbox

| Guides, Tutorials | 12/09/2011 16:47pm TDW144.t_qa.mudbox1thumb

Cavity maps are an excellent way to emphasise finite details such as wrinkles and scales on a sculpted surface. Read on to find the best way to work with them

Lobo works with Coca-Cola for 2014 World Cup spot

| Commercial, Showcase | 09/09/2011 15:13pm lobo-cocacola-thumb

Take a look at the latest work from The Ebeling Group’s Lobo in this great animated spot

LumenRT 1.3 released

| News, Products | 08/09/2011 11:47am lumenrt-logo

e-on software has announced an update to its real-time visualisation plug-in for SketchUp, LumenRT 1.3 Review

3 great 3ds Max plugins for arch-viz

| Features, Opinion, Technology | 05/09/2011 12:41pm TDW145.t_tips.cust_soft2

Arch-viz is very pipeline-based, and you’ll find yourself doing similar tasks on every project – broaden your horizons and work more efficiently by checking out these three great Max plugins

11 ways to transform arch-viz renders

| Guides, Tutorials | 02/09/2011 11:50am TDW145.t_tips.thumb

Speed up your workflow and create better visualisations using any software with these expert arch-viz tips

Review: Softimage 2012

| Applications, Reviews, Uncategorized | 01/09/2011 15:30pm Softimage 2012 features a wide range of small improvements and fixes – such as numeric weight map editing – that will make everyday tasks easier

With ICE modelling, Lagoa Multiphysics and Syflex ICE, everything else seems like cherries on the top

New online workshops for Max & V-Ray

| Events, News | 26/08/2011 12:21pm gus-capote-hotelroom

Max and V-Ray Revealed is a new 10-week sessions assembled by Gus Capote, art director at Neoscape and Autodesk 3ds Max Master

BIGSMACK’s 3D animation for George Bush’s 9/11 interview

| Commercial, Showcase | 24/08/2011 15:29pm bigsmack-thumb

Animation studio BIGSMACK has rendered the moment just before the first plane struck the World Trade Center in photo-real 3D animation for a new National Geographic special