e-on software ships Vue 10 Infinite and xStream

| News, Products | 09/11/2011 16:11pm vue_box

Update to landscape generation software features new tools for routing roads and placing rocks

50 milestones in 3D gaming, part one

| Features, Technology | 26/10/2009 12:29pm 50_3d_milestones_in_gaming

When counting down the milestones in 3D gaming, there’s only one place to start: the arcades. For many years this was the place that the general public could see the most cutting edge advances in real-time 3D technology.

Top VFX technique as used by MPC artists

| Technique, Tutorials | 23/11/2011 14:32pm tdw150-cover-2

Niall Flinn, head of FX at MPC, explains how to simulate believable sand and soil particles

Sunday special: It’s a bug’s life in the new Superbowl Chevy spot from Psyop

| Commercial, Showcase | 12/02/2012 09:20am Chevy Sonic 'Joy' Superbowl 2012 commercial

Find out Psyop created photorealistic bugs using a combination of 3D software in this awesome Chevy spot for Superbowl. Watch the full commercial here too

Friday Animation Fun: Monsterbox

| Shorts, Showcase | 28/09/2012 13:58pm monsterbox_main

Monsterbox is a graduation film directed by Ludo Gavillet, Lucas Hudson, Colin and Derya Kocaurlu from French CG animation school Bellecour Ecoles d’Art in Lyon, France. We talked to Ludo Gavillet about the film’s origins and the team’s influences

Project showcase: Plan de Table

| Commercial, Movies, Showcase | 31/08/2012 15:47pm 3dw159projects3

How Chez Eddy created a pop-up visitor’s book for a French feature film title sequence

Friday Animation Fun: Wedding Day

| Shorts, Showcase | 02/04/2013 17:19pm wedding_day

UPADTED: Lovely short film from some of our Facebook followers. Watch a fast-paced animation with a happy ending and find out about its creation…

5 more incredible VFX scenes

| Features, Opinion | 30/08/2011 12:39pm vfx-scenes-district9-thumb

We showed you the 50 best-ever VFX scenes in the magazine, then we showed you 10 more classics online. But these clips just keep reappearing – here are five more VFX scenes that can’t be missed

‘Fubar’ trailer released online

| Shorts, Showcase | 27/01/2011 12:30pm fubar_thumb

A new trailer for The Foundry-sponsored VFX short film ‘Fubar’, described as “Platoon meets Animal Farm” has been released online.

Computer Graphics Student Awards 2011 now open for submissions

| Events, News | 23/03/2011 17:33pm cgsa_thumbjpg

The Computer Graphics Student Awards 2011 launched today, calling for submissions. Winners are set to win a range of prizes, including internships at top VFX companies

Amazing coin design using CADCAM software

| Artwork, Showcase, Technique | 20/03/2013 15:38pm Finished_Dies

Here we speak to Delcam, a company which makes artistic CADCAM software. The company caught our eye when it showcased its products at the World Money Fair, showing the CEOs of the mints how it could be used for impressive coin design

Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 announced

| News, Products | 01/03/2011 13:32pm 3ds_max_2012_boxshot

Autodesk gets set to release the 2012 version of 3ds Max, providing artists with a new range of creative toolsets – read on for preview videos of the Nitrous Viewport

Save 20% on 3D World and other Future digital magazines

| Magazine | 22/06/2011 14:59pm tdw144-cover-thumb

Now’s the perfect time to try the digital edition of 3D World and other Future titles, with extra savings until the end of June!

Short Cuts: The Infernal Machine

| Shorts, Showcase | 30/11/2011 09:30am 4

In issue 151 of 3D World, we talk to the student group behind new short, The Infernal Machine, about their burning ambitions

The Foundry launches heavily subsidised educational licensing

| News, Products | 02/02/2012 15:14pm The Foundry Education logo

Leading VFX software developer, The Foundry, announces a discount in excess of 95% on its professional VFX software solutions for the education sector