Pixar’s Foundation for Materials
Pixar has published a technical document outlining the principal, modern features and use-cases for RenderMan's PxrSurface and PxrMarschnerHair materials.
20 VFX films and 10 animated shorts in preliminary shortlists for the 2018 Oscars
20 films have been put forward for the visual effects category and 10 animated shorts in the 90th Academy awards.
Structural engineering basics for VFX artists
Bottleship VFX has shared an interesting video of an internal training session with Stoyan Ninov explaining the basics of structural...
HDRI Haven releases 40 new C01 HDRIs
Greg Zaal has made available an additional 40 16k unclipped HDRIs bringing the total of free assets to 104 thanks...
Cara VR 2.0 for Nuke released
Foundry has released Cara VR 2.0, its toolset for Nuke that allows for stitching and compositing of 360° video footage.
Autodesk University 2017 classes available online
Autodesk has made available hours of video recordings, handouts and other materials from the presentations given at this year's Autodesk...
Chad Wanstreet on the VFX of The Tick
SyFy Wire interviews visual effects supervisor Chad Wanstreet from FuseFX about The Tick.
Foundry showreel 2017
Foundry has shared a 2017 showreel, showcasing work created using its software.
Oliver Hermann’s Alien Covenant reel
TechAnim TD Oliver Hermann has released a new reel of work done on Alien Covenant while working at MPC Montreal.
Behind the scenes of Xbox One X ‘Insects’
The Mill has released a video going behind the scenes on their work for Insects on Xbox One X, a...
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