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Low Level Noise Be Damned 7 Mar 2012 | 05:31 pm
“LWF, Gamma, 2.2, what the hell is with all this noise in my shadows?” Allow me to shed even MORE “light” on this subject. I’m not going to go over the whole 2.2 vs 1.0 thing yet again. There are p...
Foundry Launches Hiero 12 Sep 2011 | 04:45 am
The Foundry announced it’s VFX collaboration tool called Hiero this past week. I assume that this is good news for smaller VFX shops who haven’t already written their own. If anyone has an idea of the...
3DSpeedy.com Launches! 21 Mar 2011 | 06:52 am
A couple friends of mine launched a new site called 3DSpeedy.com. It’s soul purpose is to deliver bite size tips for 3d artists. So far, they are accepting tips for 3ds Max and C4D, but who knows how ...
Autodesk Announces 2012 Lineup 2 Mar 2011 | 05:28 pm
I must say there are a significant amount of updates to ALL the Autodesk 3d products. Quite a few are impressive. Maya 2012 has some cool new features and updates. I’d love to say that I could now ...
3dsmax to ICE and Back! 26 Feb 2011 | 04:32 am
Shane has given us a sneak peak to what looks like a way to one button export pcached scenes into XSI, apply some ICE particles and get them back into Max as a point cloud. AWESOME! Will XSI be incl...
Eric Mootz releases emFlock2 (version 2.0) and emFluid4 22 Feb 2011 | 04:14 am
I think I’m in love with XSI lately. I’ve seen AMAZING stuff with the Lagoa Physics Engine and now these amazing videos for emFlock and emFluids! As a 3ds Max user, this makes me very jealous. Now i...
Interview with Mark Theriault of Prime Focus 7 Jan 2011 | 03:19 am
I first met Mark Theriault (pronounced Terry-O) when he came to Optimus in Chicago as an intern. He mentioned that he came to Optimus after seeing our 3d work and assumed he’d be interning with a big,...
Columbia Lab Helps Un-Tangle Tangled. 2 Jan 2011 | 03:58 am
Great article in NYTimes.com by Patricia Cohen about how scientists at a Columbia lab helped Disney solve the difficult hair problem in Tangled. Read it here.
Cafefx to be Auctioned Off. 31 Dec 2010 | 04:32 am
We are all saddened by the fact that Cafefx has closed it’s doors. What really makes it feel real is the fact that it is now being auctioned off by Joeseph Finn and Company. This post hits close to ...
Lucasfilm sued by Feds 30 Dec 2010 | 04:37 am
In 2005, Lucasfilm and Pixar came to an agreement to screw the VFX artist. They decided that when poaching eachothers artists, they would agree not to get into a bidding war. This would ensure that ...
