The latest version of Pixologic’s digital sculpting app is announced with enhancements to FiberMesh, Best Preview Render, and the interface, as well as the addition of Vector Displacement Maps and the NoiseMaker plugin
The the newest addition to Chaos Group’s industry-standard renderer ships with quick and accurate global illumination, ICE support, complex mesh support with V-Ray Proxy, versatile shaders with V-Ray materials and much more
Contents and downloads for the latest issue of 3D World: This issue you’ll discover expert tips from great 3D animators and how to find your ideal animation school. Plus rigging for games, modelling and texturing hands, setting up tank tracks in Maya and more
The Blender Foundation has released the latest version of its open source 3D app – check out the bimonthly update now
One-man 3ds Max developer, Marius Silaghi, has released a new modelling system that allows you to quickly and easily create models
Find out how many VFX shots ILM produced for Rango, meet the man behind the chameleon and take a look at the animation and effects work on the celebrated animated feature film
Get ready for some astounding VFX as Pixomondo shows you the secrets behind car crashes, falling buildings, massive explosions and erupting volcanoes in a VFX showreel…
Next Limit is due to release an update to RealFlow RenderKit, its toolkit for generating procedural geometry from RealFlow scenes at rendertime. See what’s new…
We catch up with Romanian artist and coder Marius Silaghi to ask him about his latest version of a ZSpheres-inspired modelling toolset for Max
See how the amazing VFX and animation are bought to life in this spot for Mc Donald’s as The Mission’s shares its making of video online
Autodesk has released another sneak peek video showing new simulation features that might be included on a future release of 3ds Max – watch the video now
Prepare to be amazed as director Ben Shirinian joins with Crush to show the power and poise of ballet in this evocative new short. We talk to VFX outfit Crush about its creation…
Digital-Tutors is working on something truly epic – the most requested training in the history of DT, and you can watch the sneak peek video here and now!
Calling all filmmakers! If you’ve got a film you’ve been slaving over, now’s your chance to do something with it – enter the Vimeo Festival before 20 February for your chance to win a $5,000 grant or the grand prize of $25,000! Money aside, this festival is a great way to get your work seen by important people in the CG industry
Industrial Light & Magic’s animated Western Rango scooped up four statues at the 2012 Visual Effects Society Awards last night
