Flatiron 1.6 is released

Flatiron is a unique render-to-texture plug-in which is capable of baking full scenes or selections of objects into a single UV Ma…

Archmodels Vol. 91 is out

This collection includes 71 highly detailed models of Aestus radiators with all textures, shaders & materials. It is ready to use,…

V-Ray 2 for 3ds Max

The most expected version of V-Ray in the last decade has hit the market! V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max comes with V-Ray RT and V-Ray RT G…

Fatpaint – Design & Painting Software

Fatpaint has all the tools and resources you need for painting, drawing, making page layouts, photo editing, create graphics and d…

The visual effects of Black Swan

The visual effects of Black Swan

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For Black Swan, director Darren Aronofsky turned to Look Effects to help bring his dark New York ballerina story to life. Look’s visual effects supervisor Dan Schrecker oversaw 220 shots for the film, from full CG swan wings to prosthetic augmentation, face replacements and other enhancements. Here’s my article at fxguide.

Stylish 404 Festival Opener

Nice Shoes has created a glimmering, retro-futuristic opening identity for touring global electronic arts event 404 Festival

messiahStudio 5 is Available

Dynamic Render Interactive rendering, Sketch, Hair and Particle Instances, UV bake render, view shader flow disp. in OpenGL

PD Pro Painter 5.1 is out

New features for animators including the Frame Painter that lets you sequence frames to build complex animations from a limited nu…

Interview with Escape Studios

85% of the people who take Escape Studios VFX and compositing courses get jobs within 12 months after graduating

CG Portfolio: Xu Fei

29 years old artist from Shanghai, China whose specialisation in Modeling, Texturing, Animation and knows the Maya, Nuke and Photo…