After Effects News

A documentary short about dreams created by Samuel Blain at Northumbria University, which makes some interesting use of CG. Watch it on Vimeo.

Fanurio is a time tracking and billing application aimed at freelancers. The latest version adds features that allow it to plan tasks, manage expenses and record trips, whether it's for billing or tax purposes. More on Fanurio's website.

Filmnosis interviews Big Lazy Robot studio on the making of their excellent short film iDiots. Read an in-depth analysis of the short and the interview on Filmnosis.

8monkey Labs announced the release of v2.0 of their real-time model viewer and presentation software. New features include full scene editing, physically accurate rendering and materials system, Direct3D Tessellation and displacement, image-based lighting sky light editing, screen space ray-traced reflections, support for the Oculus Rift VR Headset, etc. Toolbag 2 comes with a full featured 30-day trial. More on Marmoset Toolbag's website.

A new panoramic camera is being developed that will make it easier to record quality panoramic video. The camera will also allow to take panoramic HDR photos. More on Kickstarter.

The Foundry are offering Modo at a 40% discount until Christmas Eve. More on The Foundry.

New features in The Foundry's compositing software include: (more...)

Tandent Vision Science has posted a number of videos demoing the features of its application for separating textures and lighting components from images. Watch the videos on Vimeo.