Behind the scenes of Hidetake Takayama’s Express

| Making of, Shorts, Showcase | 12/06/2013 14:00pm 3dw169debrief

Director Kohta Morie reveals the story behind his emotional music video for Express by Hidetake Takayama

Cool CG ad: ‘Superhuman’ for Virgin

| Commercial, Making of, Showcase | 11/06/2013 14:54pm 3dw168projects4

Super-powered youngsters grow up to work for Virgin Atlantic in this spot from The Moving Picture Company

Cool CG spot: Crush on ‘Never The Same – Sloth Bear Clubs’ and ‘Alive – Lion Clubs’

| Commercial, Showcase | 07/06/2013 22:55pm crush_orangs

Check out the beautiful design and slick animation in Crush’s latest project for Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, created with the help of After Effects

Cool CG music video: ‘Winter Trees’

| Making of, Shorts, Showcase | 07/06/2013 14:45pm 3dw168projects3

Aardman combined 2D and 3D seamlessly in this promo for folk trio The Staves

Making of cool CG render Dinner Dream

| Artwork, Showcase | 03/06/2013 13:00pm dinnerdream

UPDATED: Making-of guide to creating Dinner Dream by 3ds Max artist Amir Akbarshahi. Discover more about this joint effort where character modelling skills and environment creation combine to create a fun image

In-depth video course: Stereo 3D

| Latest Issue, Magazine | 29/05/2013 11:40am Spread_2stereo

In this 23-minute video course in our latest issue, Jason Harding dissects the technical aspects of stereo production and shows how you can take control of the process

Plug-in review: Newton 2.0

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 22/05/2013 14:54pm 3dw170revnewton

Offering updated functionality and stacks of potential, this system is absolute genius, says Steve Jarratt

Cool arch-viz: The Old Vicarage

| Making of, Showcase, Visualisation | 12/04/2013 14:10pm 3dw167portfolio1

Get a taste of Scandinavian cool with this Dieter Rams-inspired piece of interior design from Sweden

3D World Gallery: Fille Fleur

| Artwork, Showcase | 10/04/2013 16:00pm backes1

French illustrator Fabrice Backes was the inspiration for this show-stopping image, Fille Fleur

Masters of arch-viz: Bertrand Benoit tells us how he created this Scandinavian interior scene

| Artwork, Showcase | 09/04/2013 14:00pm bertrandmain

A renovation of a vicarage was the inspiration for this spectacular architectural visualisation. The artist tells us all…

New live 3D pipeline for Cinema 4D and After Effects

| News, Products, Technology | 04/04/2013 16:39pm Create brilliant motion graphics in Cinema 4D

Maxon today revealed the first step in delivering a new level of integration between Cinema 4D and After Effects…

Cool CG: Axis Animation on Halo 4 Spartan Ops

| Making of, Shorts, Showcase | 26/03/2013 14:00pm 3dw167debrief

The Halo 4 Spartan Ops game trailer series is Axis’s most ambitious project to date. Executive producer and MD Richard Scott reveals why

Cool VFX: Ski through fire-ravaged forests in The Burn

| Shorts, Showcase | 06/03/2013 15:42pm skiburn

Blair Richmond tell us about one of his recent mountain adventure films made for client Salomon Freeski. Watch The Burn here and find out how it was made

Meet the Artist: Blair Richmond

| Movies, Showcase | 06/03/2013 15:17pm H1

After a career working on productions including Lost, Invictus and Apollo 8, Blair Richmond is now bringing his VFX skills to the world of mountain adventure film production. Blair tells us about his work and inspirations

Cool CG spots: Toyota’s “Stories of Better”

| Commercial, Making of, Showcase | 22/02/2013 15:10pm 3dw165projects5

Tales of Toyotas and their owners are brought to life in this series of shorts for the Paris Motor Show