Co-produced by ARTE France, Rosebud Productions and Les Monstres, The Great Greek Myths is a TV series that retells ancient stories from Greek mythology using animation created by Paris-based Les Monstres, and artworks chosen from the entire history of art. The animations were produced using Flash, Cinema 4D and After Effects. Watch a video on Vimeo and find out more on ARTE's website. (French)

Germany-based 3d-io, developers of quality software such as BonesPro and Unwrella, have announced "Exr-IO", a free OpenEXR reader / writer for Adobe Photoshop. Exr-IO is a robust solution for dealing with complex multi-layer pictures, it loads all image channels from OpenEXR files into separate Photoshop layers while preserving exact values, transparencies and dimensions. Exr-IO supports all OpenEXR features and provides workflow optimizations for Photoshop: (more...)

A new online marketplace is launching with the aim to connect the fashion industry with 3D artists. Fashion designers need their 2D sketches turned into Marvelous 3D garments, so artists who have marvelous Marvelous Designer skills can get paid for freelance jobs. More on Virtuality.fashion.

Unity Technologies has announced that Anima2D, a well regarded skeletal animation tool, will be free from January 2017. In the short term Anima2D will remain a separate package but Sergi Valls, one of the assets creators, has joined Unity's 2D team with the aim of bringing the features seamlessly into Unity. More on the Unity blog.

David Fallieres has posted a video produced by the 3D branch of EXM Company showing the latest visualization work the studio did for Airbus Corporate Jets. Created with 3DS Max and the FStorm renderer. The studio also developed an immersive VR application that uses the Samsung Gear headset to visit the CG version of the plane. Watch the video on Vimeo and find out more on EXM Company's website.

French school Gobelins continues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its animation department by sharing some shorts created by students for the Annecy animation festival during the past decades. Watch them on YouTube: A la manière de (1989), Les oiseaux (1997), Jurannesic (2002 - mature content).

Render Legion has an interesting interview with Peter Guthrie and Henry Goss, co-founders of London-based Archviz studio The Boundary. (Note: expect questions aimed at advertising Corona Renderer) (more...)

Rome-based Why Worry Production has posted VFX breakdowns of the work they did for Roland Emmerich's Independence Day 2 Resurgence film, as well as of CG work they did for a documentary about Pompeii and of a 20th Anniversary Logo for Centropolis Entertainment. Watch the videos on Vimeo.