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Gobelins has released a remarkable short film about a young motorcycle driver who is about to compete in a supercross race. Directed by Pierre-Marie Adnet, Jean-Luc Dessertaine, Guillaume Pochez, Tristan Poulain, Vincent Rouzière and Alessandro Vergonnier. Watch Souffle-court on Filmnosis.

New great films produced by students from The Animation Workshop are being made available online. Watch them on Filmnosis. The Bacchus short film has received a dedicated review.

Berlin-based artist Robert Seidel has made available his latest work online. Tempest is an environmental video installation that combines video projection with choreographed fog and water fountains. The CG visuals were created with 3DS Max and Unreal Engine. Watch the video on Vimeo.

Come join the party. The great film created by six talented French artists that's been touring film festivals is now available online for just a couple of weeks. Watch Garden Party on Filmnosis.

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New features in Allegorithmic's 3D painting software include: new export options (GLTF 2.0 open standard, Project Felix), auto-backup feature, UI improvements, etc. More on Allegorithmic's website.

UE4Arch are recreating the classic E1M1 Quake 1 map in Unreal Engine 4. More on UE4Arch's website.

Canon has announced that it is developing a virtual camera system comprised of several high-resolution cameras set up around a stadium, which are connected to a network and controlled via software to simultaneously capture a sporting event from multiple viewpoints. Afterwards, image processing technology renders the videos as high-resolution 3D spatial data where users can freely move a virtual camera around, resulting in video that can be viewed from various different angles and viewpoints. The company has made available a sample video showing the system at work. More on Canon's website.

New features in the latest version of Arseniy Korablev's modeling and sculpting tool designed for rapid 3D sketching include: streamlined UI, faster performance and increased stability. Polybrush is available through permanent licensing for $150 and through rental for $25/year. A 90-day trial version is also available. More on PolyBrush's website.

New features in the latest version of Superluminal's node-based, modular 3D particle system for After Effects include: ability to render 3D Models from OBJ files and create primitives as particle instances, image-based lighting, physical materials, ambient occlusion, extrude Text and Masks to create 3D models, GPU-powered, etc. The new is a free update to current owners of the plugin, and is available for OS X, a Windows version will follow in October. Stardust is priced at $249. More on the AEScripts + AEPlugins website.