Turkey-based Zero Density has made available a demo video of its green screen system that combines camera tracking technology, a tracking-aware GPU keyer and Unreal Engine to composite talent in 3D space in real-time, offering realistic reflections and refractions. Reality's lens matching tools provide features such as chromatic aberration correction, allowing for keying and focal distance tracking that matches the 3D graphics' depth of field with the real world. More on Zero Density's website. (more...)

A short film made by a team of students at Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, directed by Tom Teller. The CG work was done using 3DS Max. Watch it on Vimeo.

A recent video showing projection mapping onto deformable surfaces caused a bit of a stir online when it was released. Now FX Guide has published an interesting and in-depth article explaining the technology behind it which depends on tracking an invisible infrared marker with a high speed camera. Read the full story on FX Guide.

Glassworks have released their latest showreel. Watch it on Vimeo.

Brazil-based Vetor Zero has posted a great making of video of the mixed media work they did for Caixa, a state-owned bank that supports art projects. Watch the video and making of on Vimeo.

QuatTwist is a free Maya plugin by Brave Rabbit that provides an easy solution for creating twist functionality for any kind of character rig. It features true quaternion-based twisting without any common flipping issues and delivers flexible control over how the twist is performed. Download it from Brave Rabbit's website.

ImageWorks have released a behind the scenes look at how they created the Ocean of Time for Alice Through the Looking Glass. Watch it on YouTube.

VortechsFX have posted some videos showcasing their new plugin for Nuke, called Eddy. Eddy is both a fluid solver and an unbiased volumetric renderer for Nuke, which allows for simulating gaseous phenomena, and rendering of VDB caches directly inside of Nuke. For more information on Eddy, you can visit the VortechsFX website.