SideFX has released a webinar recording with Jeff Wagner explaining a KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach to simulating pyro effects with Houdini. Topics include:

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This week, VFXBlog has been looking back at the techniques and technology of the Jurassic Park films, the first of which was released nearly 25 years ago.  (more...)

Alan McKay is releasing a new 7 part 8 hour training course explaining how to create a Plasma effect in 3DS Max.  In addition to 3DS Max, the training covers video copilot optical flares inside of Nuke. FumeFX, Krakatoa, Particle Flow, V-Ray and more but Alan emphasises that the instruction is not software specific. The free course will only be available until 24 June 2018. Find out more on Allan McKay's website. 

New features in F12 visuals' tree creation add-on for Blender include: (more...)

Casey Reas and Ben Fry have published a history of Processing, their free language created in 2001 to make computer science more accessible to designers, and bring teaching and learning how to code to a wider audience. (more...)

The Story of Inc - a SciFi narrative artbook created by Neil Blevins, Bill Zahn and Stephan Bugaj -  is now available to purchase via Gumroad. The story revolves around a man and his robot trying to survive on a barren desert planet and is illustrated by the creators plus nine additional artists from companies like Blur Studio, ILM, Pixar, Tippett, 343, Industries, Id Software, Blizzard, and many others. (more...)

Texture and cut-out repository site Gobotree has entered the 3D people market with 5 new collections of scanned ready-posed characters.

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RapidMXS has released a script for 3DS Max called Axis that allows you to transform objects and sub-objects by converting local screen space orientation into world space directions. See a demo video on YouTube and read more on the RapidXMS website.