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A nice ocean test simulation by Liu Hanlong. Watch it on Vimeo.

A great short by Supinfocom student Alexandre Veaux that uses a heavily stylized aesthetic. Created with 3DS Max and V-Ray, plus some custom scripting work. Watch it on Filmnosis.

Allegorithmic have posted two new videos of their upcoming 3D painting software, showing a seamless 2D painting toolset, fully shaded 2D view and a unified 3D & 2D painting workflow: overview-walkthrough.

Check out the reel of TD and environment artist Mahesh Max, which shows CG work created with Max, RealFlow, FumeFX, ThinkingParticles and V-Ray. Watch it on MUForums.

A nice effect of animated rocks spawning other rocks by Texas-based artist John Grubner, created using ThinkingParticles. Watch it on Vimeo.

New features in Glare Technologies' fractal art creation tool include: keyframe animation, faster rendering, UI improvements, optmized memory handling, etc. More on Chaotica's website.

Ixor has posted a making of a trailer they're currently producing, populated by mythological and fictional creatures and characters. Watch it on Vimeo.

According to Intel’s former chief architect Bob Colwell, the law stated by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore regarding the doubling of transistors on integrated circuits approximately every two years, along with the accompanying increase in PCs' computing capabilities, will be dead within a decade. New technologies are expected to bring much slower incremental performance changes from then on. More on ExtremeTech.