RVX has posted a breakdown of the environment work they did for Netflix's, The OA. Watch it on Vimeo.

A new development build (3014) of the procedural terrain creation software is available to registered owners. New features include a major reworking of the River device to fully support multiple rivers and hierarchical river systems, and a usability improvement that lets you view the “before and after” of any device in the 3D view. The developer has also posted a teaser image showing upcoming features. More on the World Machine development blog.

New features in Brave Rabbit's blend shapes editing tool for Maya include: (more...)

A great experimental short by Ufuk Pamuk with strong CG and compositing work. The artist seems to have studied Alex Roman's work (The Third & The Seventh) in detail. Created with 3DS Max, V-Ray, Phoenix FD, After Effects and Nuke. Watch it on Filmnosis.

The developers of Cinema 4D have launched a new website dedicated to hosting prototypes of useful features for the software that don't make it into a release or need more testing. The content is developed by Maxon, provided “as is” and free of charge. Feedback from users is encouraged by Maxon so the company can gauge how useful a tool is and how it needs to be adapted to make it even better. More on Maxon Labs' website.

Marc Zimmermann has posted online the graduation short he made during his studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, which features plenty of 3D landscape work, matte painting and simulations. The short was created using Cinema 4D, TurbulenceFD, X-Particles and After Effects. Watch the video on Vimeo and find out more on EpicScapes' website.

Benjamin Bardou has generously made available 25 free statues scanned from the Louvre Museum. The models were originally created for a short film titled Gloria Victis and each was created from over 150 source images using Agisoft Photoscan. Watch the film on Vimeo and download the models from Gumtree.

ILM has posted a video showing breakdowns of the Oscar-nominated visual effects work behind the destruction of Jedha, and the battle on the beaches of Scarif, from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Watch it on YouTube.