Christian Welde - Take Off
Kristian Skeie (aka Elk) has just premiered a music video made using Blender for its 3D visuals. The song is Take Off by Christian Welde, from his album 'Fairytales'. The music video is... [read ...

Leading Post Production Facilities Save Customers Time and Money Finishing High Profile Projects on Avid DS Nitris Systems
Law and Order, Black Gold and Deadliest Catch among productions using Avid DS Nitris systems on multi-format, multi-resolution projects

The Making of Pigeon: Impossible
Lucas Martell has been working for a long time now on a 6 minute short called Pigeon: Impossible. Hes recently been posting a video blog which gives and interesting and humorous insight into the... [read ...

Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen’s Demo Reel
Danish director and visual FX artist Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen has posted online his latest demo reel. Check it out!...

Fable of the Night - Matte Painting
Learn how an artist created a digital matte painting in photoshop using various stock photos

Plugin Update: RTTGroup v1.0c from RenderToTexture.com
Changes for v1.0c are:- Adds support for Max 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Video: Learn Sculpting in ZBrush - Part 2
This is second part of the videos tutorial series by Jason Welsh and will teach you sculpting in ZBrush, best way to learn ZBrush

Animation Mentor to Host Tribute to Frank and Ollie at SIGGRAPH
For those of you attending SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles this year, Animation Mentor will be hosting a panel discussion and tribute to the life and work of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston on Wednesday,... [read ...

SIGGRAPH 2008 Committee Recommended Agendas
To help ensure that all SIGGRAPH 2008 attendees have the best possible experience, several of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Planning Committee members have shared their recommended “must-see” list from their previous ...

Archexteriors Vol. 03 for Cinema4D
10 fully textured scenes with professional shaders and lighting ready to render. This production is prepared only for Cinema4D 10 or higher and Vray 1.08

Videos from Google BaseCamp 2008
The following is a list of sessions that were presented at Google SketchUp 3D Basecamp 2008. The event was held on Google’s Mountain View campus from June 11th to the 13th, 2008.

Aguru Dome 2
Aguru Images licenses the Light Stage technology and announces Aguru Dome 2, to be shown at SIGGRAPH.

SOFTIMAGE Live Event
Softimage Online XSI 7 Launch Event showing off the Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) and announcing World Tour.

Yo Frankie!: A Furry Vendetta
After a lot of votes from the Blender community the Apricot team has decided on a final name for the Apricot game. Its official title is 'Yo Frankie!' and the game episode is entitled... [read ...

SIGGRAPH Community mourns the death of Bertram Herzog
Bertram Herzog, dear colleague, cherished friend and brilliant computer scientist has died. A leader and innovator in the SIGGRAPH community for over 30 years, Bertram was instrumental in establishing ...

3D World helps launch new UK mocap studio
3D World plays small but significant part in launch of first UK studio to offer Organic Motion markerless mocap technology Check out our sister site TechRadar for an interesting story on ...

3D World helps launch new UK mocap studio
3D World plays small but significant part in launch of first UK studio to offer Organic Motion markerless mocap technology Check out our sister site TechRadar for an interesting story on ...

Plugin Update: Liquid+ v1.4 from P SOFTHOUSE Co., LTD.
Changes for v1.4 are:- Adds support for Max 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)- Adds 64-bit support for Max 9 and Max 2008- Fixes a problem with render preset creation ...

Troll vs Cube animation
This is a fun little animation of a Troll and a cube created in Blender. Video embedded after the cut. Or view it directly on Vimeo here. Troll vs Cube from Jet Boy on Vimeo. [read the full article ...

Homage to Sidonio Porto
Marcelo Eder shows his process for creating the cover image of Ballistic Publishing’s newly released ELEMENTAL 3.

TopMod
TopMod is pretty slick and complete open source modeling application with a unique workflow. It is officially available for Windows and OSX. But a Linux version is available. Quite a few tutorials... [read ...

SIGGRAPH Technical Papers
CGSociety outlines the Technical Papers, FJORG! and the SIGGRAPH Talks. Keep an eye out!

3D World 107’s spacewalk tutorial: URL update
If you‘ve seen our ‘Space Issue‘, you‘ll know that issue 107 of 3D World features an excellent masterclass in animating a spacewalk cycle in Maya, written by Pixar and ...

3D World 107’s workstation supertest: Armari correction
In issue 107‘s workstation supertest, we listed the warranty for Armari‘s two workstations, the Magnetar QS+ and the Magnetar QX3 , as 2 years parts and labour. Armari‘s standard ...