Archviz artist Peter Guthrie posts his latest work, a visualization project for a new museum building by Thomas Phifer & Partners for the Glenstone Foundation, near Washington D.C. More on Peter Guthrie's blog.

A group of Spanish artists is working on an animated Sci-Fi short film, directed by Alvaro García. A teaser is available on Vimeo.

Five students from France-based IMAC engineering school are developing an open source compositing software based on the OpenFX standard. Check out a recent interview on Libre Graphics, a video on YouTube and find out more on the development blog.

Fabric Engine has posted new sample videos showing the capabilities and portability of their high-performance programming language. The videos show Splice being used in Softimage and Maya, but the company announced recently that it will soon be available for Max, too. Check out the videos on Vimeo: Basic Overview, Procedural Geometry, Additional Samples, Opinions from the VFX industry.

Next Limit have posted a reel showing recent work created by customers using their renderer. Watch it on Vimeo.

Talented Swedish artist Tobbe Olsson has posted online his latest reel, composed of general and FX work. Tobbe is available for freelance work. Watch it on Vimeo.

(Updated) Two video previews of the Max 2014 extension have been posted: Point Clouds and Stereo Camera Feature Set.
Autodesk has announced the upcoming release of an extension for Max users on subscription, which will bring Python scripting, point cloud support and a stereo camera feature set. The extension is expected to be available on or after September 30th. More on Autodesk's site.

(Updated) A video showing an overview of Project Memento has been posted on Autodesk's YouTube channel.
Project Memento is a new free technology preview on Autodesk Labs. It has been designed from the ground up to clean up, fix, and edit huge meshes generated from photos or scans that are currently very difficult to open and or handle by the majority of the modeling mesh apps. It uses smart mesh analysis and diagnostic tools, and visualizes and guides users through each of the found errors (particles, holes, spikes, tunnels, etc.) and automatically or manually fixes those issues with user control. More on Autodesk Labs.