Bulgarian artist Tsetso has posted a video of a river simulation with some great breakdowns. Created with Chaos Group's Phoenix fluid dynamics software. Watch it on Vimeo.

Australian artist Chris Jones, known for his great short film "The Passenger", has posted a video with a realistic human head he created using Lightwave, Sculptris and Krita. Composited with DaVinci Resolve Lite. Watch it on YouTube.

A SciFi short by filmmaker and VFX artist David Weinstein, created as a proof of concept for a full-length feature film. Watch it on Vimeo.

Southpaw Technology, developer of the open source digital asset and workflow management platform Tactic, announced today that it has launched five new apps: VFX, ASync, Server Assist, Media Library and Brand Manager. The availability of different tools is intended to give organizations various options so that they can choose the digital asset application that is most suitable to their needs. Watch some related videos on YouTube and find out more on Southpaw Technology's site.

Another test of the waves crashing on beach scene, this time by CG generalist and VFX artist Carlos Parmentier, who created a great version using Houdini. Watch it on Vimeo and find a breakdown on Carlos Parmentier's site.

New features in Otoy's physically-based, unbiased GPU renderer include: (more...)

A video showing a sand physics simulation using Houdini and Bullet has been posted by Pavel Pehlivanov. An explanation of the method he used is available on OD|Force's forum. Watch the video on Vimeo and find out more on OD|Force's forum.

(Updated) A new video is up showing new features that allow to choose the time of the year (season) for all the vegetation in a scene, with additional control over individual trees. Watch it on YouTube. (more...)