Adam is a short film created by Unity Technologies to showcase and test out the quality achievable with the company's game engine. It was made with beta versions of Unity 5.4 and the upcoming cinematic sequencer tool. (more...)

RealtimeUK has posted a video with breakdowns for the trailer the studio made recently for Giants Software's video game. Watch it on Vimeo.

New great shorts created by Gobelins students for this year's Annecy animation festival are available. Check them out on Filmnosis.

VFX Supervisor and TD Allan McKay is generously sharing 8 videos with 18 hours of quality training on creating realistic production-ready VFX shots. All the assets are also available for download, including HD footage, scene files, HDRI, roto masks, etc. The videos provide great insight into a lot of feature film approaches to real shots, going over the actual workflow and how to work efficiently to create realistic effects, one element at a time. Subjects covered include character-related effects, water simulations, vehicles, crowds, environments and many popular topics that are commonly required in feature film production. 3DS Max, FumeFX 4 and ThinkingParticles 6 are used. More on Allan McKay's website. (Email and name required)

Vancouver based Goldtooth Creative has posted their latest demo reel featuring recent games work. Watch it on Vimeo.

Screen Scene of Ireland, has released a breakdown of the VFX work they provided for Ripper Street Season 4. Watch it on Vimeo.

Chaos Labs have published a free guide to GPU rendering. As well as information about getting the most from V-Ray RT there are also interesting chapters on the history and principles of GPU rendering and advice on buying hardware. Download the PDF from Chaos Labs (Email and name required)