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Videos

Phoenix FLIP wetmaps

UK artist Adam Trowers has posted a video with a test of new wetmap functionality in Chaos Group's Phoenix. Watch the video on Vimeo.

Comments (1) | Posted Fri Jul 17, 2015

Reels

Nicola Danese’s VFX reel 2015

Lead FX TD Nicola Danese has posted online his latest reel. Watch it on Vimeo.

| Posted Fri Jul 17, 2015

Max Creation Graphs

MCG:CollapseSW

A Maxscript / MCG combo by Changsoo Eun that allows you to collapse/pointcache objects with spacewarps while preserving pivot and hierarchy. More on Changsoo Eun's website.

| Posted Fri Jul 17, 2015

Cinema 4D Plugins

The PolyPaint Pack is a set plugins by Rui Batista for Cinema 4D that adds support for vertex color painting to Maxon's software, allowing you to paint directly on the mesh of your objects as well as loading OBJ or FBX files that include RGB information attached to their vertices (exported from ZBrush, 3D-Coat, etc.). You can also save OBJ or FBX files with vertex painting information. New features in v1.5 include: (more...)

| Posted Fri Jul 17, 2015

Interviews

Rafael Reis Saliba on using Unreal Engine 4 for Archviz

The 80 level website interviews UE4Arch.com's Rafael Reis Saliba on his use of Unreal Engine 4 for architectural visualization. The artist shares a number of tips on the subject. More on 80 level.

Comments (2) | Posted Fri Jul 17, 2015

Interviews

Pierre Coffin on the making of Minions

3DVF interviews French director Pierre Coffin on the making of the recently released "Minions" animated feature, produced by Illumination Mac Guff. (French|English online translation)

| Posted Fri Jul 17, 2015

Breakdowns

Young Star video

A video by Poland-based artist Krzysztof Hrycak, created for 360 video projection. Made with 3DS Max, Krakatoa, FumeFX and Nuke. Watch it on Vimeo.

| Posted Thu Jul 16, 2015

Cinema 4D Plugins

R2C4D – export models from Revit to Cinema 4D

R2C4D is a plugin set developed by IT Serwis that offers easy data transfer between Autodesk Revit and Cinema 4D. It maintains Revit hierarchies as well as assigned Material IDs, and also allows to bring new changes made to the original Revit scene to Cinema 4D using an update function. More on R2C4D's website.

Comments (1) | Posted Thu Jul 16, 2015

Videos

Character deformation test

Rigging TD Stefan Ehrenhaus offers a breakdown of one of his latest Maya rigs, along with some deformation tests. Watch it on Vimeo. (Note: NPR mature content on video)

| Posted Thu Jul 16, 2015

3DS Max Plugins

RenderMan for 3DS Max

A new RenderMan integration plugin surfaces, this time for 3DS Max. Developed by technical director Mahmoud Hisham this non-official plugin has already 3000+ lines of code and is advancing fast. Watch a preview video on Vimeo and find out more on Mahmoud Hisham's website.

Comments (4) | Posted Thu Jul 16, 2015