Along with a slew of VFX breakdown videos and images, ‘Piper’ supervising technical director Brett Levin details the tools and techniques employed on director Alan Barillaro’s Oscar-nominated CG short.
Interactive cloud sculpting and rendering plugin for Autodesk Maya supports rendering in modern render tools including Arnold and RenderMan.
U.K.-based production company behind the BBC’s ‘Bitz n’ Bob’ and ‘Floogals’ employs Shotgun’s Pipeline Toolkit to automate repetitive tasks, freeing artists’ time to create.
The Imaginarium Studios partners with the Royal Shakespeare Company to create a digital avatar projected in real-time utilizing Xsens motion capture technology.
Developer of the first real-time ray-tracing and global illumination program for 3D rendering and animation announces new and updated plugins that further integrate KeyShot with Autodesk’s line of 3D modeling applications.
Beginning November 30, CG artists using Autodesk Maya can tap NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated renderer, mental ray, directly within Maya for free.
Short film with a minimalist 3D aesthetic was inspired by Japanese animation films like Satoshi Kon's ‘Paprika,’ Masaaki Yuasa's ‘Happy Machine’ and anything by Studio Ghibli.
VFX house Framestore uses a 24-camera Vicon system paired with Vicon’s data capture and processing software Blade to precisely capture data straight into Autodesk MotionBuilder.
Slapstick CG-animated short film from New Delhi-based Pencillati Studios was created entirely in open-source 3D animation software Blender.
New release features major enhancements to Frost Particle/Fluid Simulation Mesher Plug-in for 3ds Max and Maya.
New All-in-one fluid dynamics plugin simulates fire, smoke, liquids, splashes, foam, ocean waves and more; adds new FLIP Solver to expanded feature set.
New ‘Maya inspired’ 3D scene navigation features, workflow enhancements for third-party 3D animation tools, improved EXR handling, render quality improvements, better color management, and batch compositing enhancements included in Flame 2017 family extension 1 release available October 13.
3D technology developer posts “terrific second quarter results driven by growth in new model subscriptions, the end of perpetual license sales, and diligent cost control.”
Online learning resource now one of five Autodesk authorized publishers; ‘Exploring Maya 2017’ launches on Autodesk Knowledge Network.
Complicated three-tier set of Design & Creation suites is replaced by a single set of primary products for each industry Autodesk serves.
Berlin-based filmmaker Jannis Funk relies on Shotgun to manage a team of 300 remote VFX artists, a library of 900 miniature models, and overall production tracking and review.
Boutique VFX and animation studio taps Autodesk Maya and GPU-accelerated biased renderer Redshift to complete previs, design and animation for the new Volkswagen spot, ‘Graph.’
Producer and VFX supervisor John Dietz discusses one of China’s biggest-ever visual effects movies.
Open source release of technology used for the interchange of 3D graphics data through various digital content creation tools provides an effective and scalable solution for the complex workflows of CG film and game industry studios.
Mammal Studios pipeline technical director Janice Collier is honored with this year’s Hero Award for her outstanding contributions and the ongoing development of Shotgun’s Toolkit.
Latest update expands Shotgun's review capabilities by introducing editorial cut data into the review process, enabling teams to view their work at any time, in context with the latest cut.
Maya 2017 features integrated rendering with Arnold and new motion graphics tools; new MAXtoA plugin allows 3ds Max users to take advantage of Arnold's powerful, production proven rendering capabilities.
Popular crowd simulation application now available to Autodesk 3ds Max users; new release includes complimentary Ready to Run Agent.
Demon supercomputers deliver collaborative shared-volume VR with Autodesk VRED and Immersive Design Studios’ Canvas visualization software, real-time ray-tracing with display frame rates up to 90fps, and the industry’s fasted Flame.
Available now as a free beta to Autodesk Maya users, mental ray for Maya brings final frame rendering directly to the Maya viewport.
