Archive May 2011 |
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The Foundry have released version Mari 1.3 with a host of improvements and new features. | Sony has announced that they are working on the next generation of their console, the PlayStation 4. | Go behind the scenes of Kung Fu Panda 2 with this 6 minute featurette from Making Of. |
31 May, 2011 | 31 May, 2011 | 30 May, 2011 |
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DAZ Studio 4 has been released, and you can get started with it for free. | Check out a tutorial called All About Spline: Working with Sub-objects for 3ds Max, by DTuts. | 10ravens have released a collection pack of wallpaper textures with 30 different designs. |
30 May, 2011 | 28 May, 2011 | 28 May, 2011 |
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Evermotion have just released Archmodels 97, a collection of 64 detailed fireplace models. | Look forward to Newton, a 2D physics engine for After Effects. | GameTrailers have put together a list of the top 10 games to look forward to at E3 2011. |
28 May, 2011 | 27 May, 2011 | 27 May, 2011 |
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Check out a clip and this interview with Michael Clarke Duncan about the Green Lantern film. | Here's Life Without 3D, an interesting article dealing with a staple of contemporary cinematography, 3D. | Take a look at this collection of gorgeous videos featuring Krakatoa, Thinkbox Software's particle system. |
27 May, 2011 | 27 May, 2011 | 26 May, 2011 |
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Matthew Vaughn, director of X-Men: First Class talks about the film in this video interview. | Go in-depth into the evolution of storytelling in games with Scott Steinberg in this short documentary. | Go behind the scenes on the fatalities in the latest entry of the Mortal Kombat game series. (Violence warning) |
26 May, 2011 | 26 May, 2011 | 25 May, 2011 |
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The Visual Effects Society have written an open letter to all VFX artists and the entertainment industry at large. | ILM have posted a video about the visual effects work done on the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen film. | Martin Campbell, the director of Green Lantern, shares some information regarding the action scenes and psychology of the upcoming film. |
25 May, 2011 | 24 May, 2011 | 24 May, 2011 |
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After a ten year run, Smallville has come to an end, with an epic finale supported by plenty of visual effects by Entity FX. | StudioGPU are now offering Mach Studio Pro 2, their gpu accelerated renderer, for free. | We continue to keep a keen eye on the development of The Avengers film, and the good news is ILM has signed on to do the visual effects. |
23 May, 2011 | 23 May, 2011 | 23 May, 2011 |
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CGSociety have posted an article that shares new insight into the visual effects and production of superhero movie Thor. | Framestore explains how they approached remaking Dobby the house elf for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. | Chaos Group have interviewed Alex Roman, known for his amazing The Third and The Seventh and Silestone projects. |
23 May, 2011 | 21 May, 2011 | 21 May, 2011 |
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Michael Bay and James Cameron discuss the 3D in the upcoming Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon film. | See how the visual effects for the Priest sci-fi film were handled by several shops, including Tippet and Zoic. | Take a look at a preview of the technical papers to be showcased at Siggraph 2011. |
20 May, 2011 | 18 May, 2011 | 18 May, 2011 |
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The Light Master is a streamlined and focused 5 hour video training series, for learning what 3d lighting is really about and how to deal with it. | See how facial and motion capture was used to animate the characters in the cinematic sequences for Red Faction: Armageddon. | NVIDIA have launched the GeForce GTX 560, a powerful new member of their DirectX 11 native GPUs. |
18 May, 2011 | 18 May, 2011 | 17 May, 2011 |
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Make sure to tune in to the UHAnimation Expose on the 23rd of May. Full details here. | Ken Pimentel has posted a massive list of bugs that the upcoming Service Pack will fix for 3ds Max 2012. | AMD is holding a visual arts project competition. Submit your essay of what is Brilliant HD by the 20th of May. |
17 May, 2011 | 17 May, 2011 | 16 May, 2011 |
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CGTrader is a new online marketplace for selling 3d models, while keeping all the profits. | Meshmixer 5 has been released, the latest version of the free 3d model mashing application. | 10ravens have released a new basemesh collection, containing six models of domestic animals. |
16 May, 2011 | 16 May, 2011 | 15 May, 2011 |
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The Rydan Workshop have posted an interview with 3d artist Tamara Bakhlycheva, also known as FirstKeeper on our forums. | Pixar have announced the release of RenderMan Pro Server 16.0, with advancements in progressive ray tracing, deep compositing, and performance. | ILM's visual effect supervisor John Knoll talks about the complexity of the work done on Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End. |
15 May, 2011 | 15 May, 2011 | 15 May, 2011 |
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Good news! Autodesk have released the first Hotfix for 3ds Max 2012, fixing several issues and bugs. | GameSpot have posted a list of their Most Anticipated Games of E3 2011. | Delve deeper into Thor's visual effects, as we gain insight into the creation of the three realms, the Destroyer and the Bifrost bridge. |
13 May, 2011 | 13 May, 2011 | 12 May, 2011 |
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Corel have released Painter 12. Check out all the features here. | The cast of the sci-fi vampire action movie Priest talk about their characters and the film. | The universally acclaimed Portal 2 is getting a level editor. Valve has launched an open beta for the game's authoring tools. |
12 May, 2011 | 11 May, 2011 | 11 May, 2011 |
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CGarchitect. is hosting the 8th annual Architectural 3D Awards. Deadline for entries is on May 20th. | ILM visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar gives some insight into how the robots were rendered in the Transformers film. | Microsoft has bought Skype for the sum of 8.5 billion dollars. |
11 May, 2011 | 10 May, 2011 | 10 May, 2011 |
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You can get a first look at The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, the next stop motion picture from Aardman Animation. | Read about how MPC Vancouver dealt with the challenge of creating the action packed train sequence in the Fast Five film. | IGN Entertainment have put together a summary detailing the recent hacks and outage suffered by the PlayStation Network. |
09 May, 2011 | 09 May, 2011 | 09 May, 2011 |
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Kenneth Branagh discusses the visual effects in his superhero film Thor. | The entire Di-O-Matic plugin suite is now compatible with the Autodesk 2012 product line. | Weta have announced the upcoming release of deep opacity technology format as open source, to be incorporated into OpenEXR 2.0. |
07 May, 2011 | 07 May, 2011 | 07 May, 2011 |
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Raymond Homme Ingebretsen has created a very useful MAXScript that will reset the position of 3ds Max's floating windows. | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has expanded by acquiring Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes. | Get a first peek at La Luna, a new short animation by Pixar, set to premiere at the Annecy International Animation Festival. |
06 May, 2011 | 06 May, 2011 | 06 May, 2011 |
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More trouble for the production of the Avengers film, as the entire leaked script is now being sold by street vendors. | Read about the VFX work Crazy Horse did on the Water for Elephants film. | You've seen Thor at the cinema, now you can see ten minutes of behind the scenes footage from the movie. |
06 May, 2011 | 05 May, 2011 | 05 May, 2011 |
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IGN have an interview Pixar's John Lasseter, co-director on their next animated feature film, Cars 2. | e-on software have released a cloud modulation tutorial for their latest release of Vue, version Vue 9.5 Infinite and xStream. | Digital Tutors is offering a tutorial series for creating highly detailed textures in Mari. |
05 May, 2011 | 04 May, 2011 | 04 May, 2011 |
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Guerrilla Games used Houdini to enrich the visuals of Killzone 3. | The FMX 2011 conference in Stuttgart is about to begin, taking place from May 3rd to 6th. | Pixologic has an article on how Zbrush was used on Rango. |
03 May, 2011 | 03 May, 2011 | 03 May, 2011 |
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Golaem Crowd is a Maya plugin for creating visually compelling and believable crowds. | Lightstream has released Solar, a GPU accelerated compositor software. | Animation studio Blue Sky discusses the challenge of channeling the Rio vibe in their animated feature film. |
03 May, 2011 | 02 May, 2011 | 02 May, 2011 |
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Vin Diesel takes on The Rock in this featurette for Fast Five, the latest in the long running car racing and theft series. | A script theft has caused production on the epic superhero movie The Avengers to come to a halt. |
02 May, 2011 | 02 May, 2011 |
