Tag: Maya
November 2014 Tech Reviews
Imagineer Systems’ mocha Pr
Mocha Pro has worked its way into the visual effects and post-production world in a big way. If you doubt me,...
October 2014 Tech Reviews
Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2015
I'm not just a 3D and CG guy during the day. My degree is in fine arts with an emphasis in...
Animals and Plants – In Space!
Framestore and MPC each faced distinct challenges in animating Guardians of the Galaxy's Rocket and Groot.
Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy is like a...
Building a Better Godzilla
Effects crew emphasizes the drama in the classic monster design for director Gareth Edwards' reboot of Japan's most famous feature creature.
Director Gareth Edwards' transition...
June 2014 Tech Reviews
Chaos V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max
There is no way that I'm going to be able to fit all the features in V-Ray 3.0. Is...
Autodesk Offers Mudbox for $10 a Month
Autodesk's Mudbox digital painting and 3D sculpting software is now available for $10 a month via desktop subscription.
Providing an intuitive, tactile method for creating...
Chaos Group Spotlights Student Films, Indies at FMX
Chaos Group, the makers of the popular V-Ray rendering solution, will be attending this year's FMX event in Stuttgart (April 22-25) to highlight how...
April/May 2014 Tech Reviews
ToonBoom's Animate Pro 3.0
ToonBoom has definitely carved a niche for itself in the animation world, from the production-level Harmony products down to the tools...
Autodesk Announces 2015 3D Animation Software
Autodesk unveiled the 2015 versions of its popular 3D animations tools: Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage, and the newest addition to the...
Sheriff Callie Saves the Day!
Disney Junior's delightful new preschool show introduces a great cast of eccentric Western characters, while teaching young'uns about social ethics and manners.
A kid's never...
There Be a Cunning Dragon!
Joe Letteri, the Oscar-nominated vfx supervisor of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, discusses the fine art of crafting the dragon, those spiders and...
February 2014 Tech Reviews
Best of the Year
Our brilliant tech critic picks 12 of his favorite releases of the past year:
Lagoa. This web-based 3D system with a progressive,...
Autodesk Releases Maya LT with MEL Support
Autodesk has released its Maya LT 2014 Ext. 2, which was designed with customer feedback and usability in mind. Extension 2 advances the workflows...
November 2013 Tech Reviews
Hewlett-Packard's z820 Workstation
I have to speak up about the Hewlett-Packard z820 workstation. As a product reviewer, I need a robust machine to test things...
Autodesk Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Plans
Entertainment creation software giant Autodesk is now offering its customers pay-as-you-go plans for its latest Design and Creation Suites, 3ds Max, Maya and Maya...
Delivering Digital Dystopia in 4K
Vfx supe Peter Muyzers details the labor-intensive process of creating the realistic worlds of Elysium for director Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi thriller.
In 2009, South African...
ILM and Sony Picture Imageworks Release Alembic 1.5
Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) have released their jointly developed, open sourse project Alembic 1.5. The new tool facilitates...
Chaos Group Outlines Special SIGGRAPH Activities
Rendering solution producer Chaos Group will join forces with various vfx industry artists to present two special events at SIGGRAPH in Anaheim on July...
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at 2014's ‘Legends of Oz’
Roger S. Baum's further adventures of his great-grandfather's beloved characters are given a new animated life in Summertime's Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.
In the...
DWA Releases OpenVDB 1
DreamWorks Animation is seeking to redefine volumetric storage and processing with the release of a new open source framework developed by studio engineers for...
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