Archviz artist Bertrand Benoit has been experimenting with improving his workflow for scanning 3D food, with the aim to make the heavy scan data light enough to manage in an Archviz context. He's been sharing some of his latest results along with the process, and has made the assets available for purchase. More on BBB3viz: Baked assets, Raw renders.

A SciFi short by Tim Cahn about traveling beyond Earth. Created with Maya, After Effects, Mental Ray and Renderman. Watch it on Vimeo.

After some months of beta testing, the online platform for production of creative projects developed by Animation Mentor has been officially launched. According to the developers, Artella is intended to represent the idea of a global workshop or studio for creatives. (more...)

Sydney-based Mirari studio has produced an animation for the grand opening of an international kickboxing competition held in China titled 'Glory of Heroes'. Watch it on Vimeo.

German artist Christian Kalata has posted online his latest reel. All works were created with 3DS Max, V-Ray, FumeFX, Krakatoa, After Effects and Nuke. Watch the video on Vimeo.

Hans Godard, character TD at Naughty Dog and Maya technical artist, has posted a reel showing the latest plugin he's been developing along with demos of other tools. Watch it on Vimeo.

Check out the latest shorts produced by students from US-based animation school CalArts. Lorenzo Fresta's Waves is especially recommended. Watch the shorts on Filmnosis.

Fabric Software has released v2.2 of its platform for building high-performance graphics applications that can be run across different 3D software. New features include: Python support for Canvas visual programming, integrated Script Editor with syntax highlighting of Python code, Fabric for Modo plugin, etc. Tools built in Fabric can now run in Maya, Softimage and Modo. Also of note, Fabric for 3DS Max is in advanced beta. More on Fabric Software's website.