Month: March 2022
61 posts
Maya, 3ds Max, Bifrost and Arnold Updates
Autodesk updates Maya, 3ds Max, Bifrost and Arnold with USD, Unreal Live Link, glTF, retopology, solver and rendering improvements.
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
Chase with modelling gum and mini-Transformer. In the short film "Superbot" it's "chewing gum ball vs. robot man"! And at the end: cuddling with modelling clay?
Generate books (shelves) with this Houdini add-on
For a mere 15 US dollars you can create procedural book shelves - with "Houdini's BooKit - Creative Procedural Library"!
Building a Digital Human in Unreal Engine
A 20-minute behind-the-scenes film traces Renderpeople's digital-double workflow through photogrammetry, motion capture and Unreal Engine.
Ubisoft tool makes creature rigging easier
Ubisoft LaForge is developing the "ZooBuilder" tool. In future, you will be able to record the movements of animals - without any motion capturing!
The Oscar-nominated Netflix film is coming to FMX 2022!
Had enough of screen time? Then let's go to face-to-face time! The hybrid event features the animated film "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" and tech talks galore!
Man of Steel | Tutorial Tuesday
Your kryptonite of the day: 3ds Max and After Effects are already open? Perfect! Then why don't you hold Superman's cape while the Kryptonian makes his landing?
Lost in Space | VFX Breakdown
In the face of robotics: the robots from the final season of the popular sci-fi series rumble and rattle and clatter here!
Visual Effects at the 94th Academy Awards!
The Arakis worm in the VFX pipeline is going crazy: "Dune" is the big VFX winner at this year's Academy Awards. "Encanto" wins the award for best animated feature film!
Neues Blender-Add-on: Perspective Plotter
For architects and artists: With this cost-conscious add-on, you can transform 2D objects into 3D objects - and do so very conveniently.
Version 1.1.4 of “das element” released!
Is the future of asset management coming from Munich? The new version offers incremental improvements that will fuel your asset organisation mania!
And here comes the new DP!
In the spring issue (DP 02:2022), we let the asset manager hang out, because with the two super tools "Dropbox Replay" and "das element", asset shuffling in VFX studios could finally outgrow its infancy!
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
Are you a board game fan? The French short film "My Dear Gnome" will make your laugh muscles sore - and with a board game on top!
Building a healthy and productive team w/ Christopher Hiess | 21 Artist Show 017
Lead Lighting Technical Director at Double Negative London talks about what makes a healthy corporate culture in the visual effects industry.
Music of the future at Nvidia’s GTC conference
VFX triad at the GTC: "Adobe Substance 3D enters into marriage with Nvidia's Omniverse", "Artist collaborations worldwide with Omniverse Cloud" and "Improved rendering on Nvidia's online platforms".
Reinforcing wall | Workshop report Wednesday
What looks like a game of Tetris is actually a pretty wall (created with Substance 3D Designer). Get your daily dose of inspiration here!
My Dear Gnome
Review: In DP 06 : 2016, the animated short film "My Dear Gnome" impressed with a humorous board game of checkers. We spoke to the two makers.
Denoising mit Arnold | Tutorial Tuesday
If you want to learn how to create pristine white rooms - without any annoying image artefacts - then you should fire up Autodesk Maya now.
How does the ACES work?
Anyone interested in the Academy Color Encoding System or colour correction should watch this short video.
Loki | VFX-Breakdown
Industrial Light & Magic conjures up the powerful visual effects of the hit series!
3DF Zephyr 6.5 is released
Do you want to enter the world of photogrammetry in a cost-conscious way? Then you should take a look at the software from 3Dflow.
How does texturing and shading work for spaceships?
How do you create Millennium Falcons, Battlestar Galactica or other space bolides professionally in Blender? This breakdown will help!
Cinema 4D plugin for procedural plants
In the sneak peek, product developer Insydium makes you curious about how you could grow plants and trees in the future.
What do VFX recruiters expect from applicants?
In this episode of 21 Artist Show, Animal Logic's Recruitment Supervisor chats about applications - and how up-and-coming talent gets their foot in the door of the industry.
RS Build Kit 2 released
With this Python tool for Autodesk Maya, you can perform powerful mesh, layout, import, export and curve operations.
Cars of the Future | Wettbewerb
In this competition for 3D designers, organised by Hum3D, you can envision the car of the future. Many valuable software licences await the winners!
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
This is where Jean-Claude Van Damme fans will prick up their ears: the half-hour film "Kung Fury" is an 80s trash titan par excellence!
Bforartists 3.1 is released
The popular Blender fork follows suit: The release of Blender 3.1 is now followed by Bforartists 3.1, making the user interface more useful!
World of Warcraft | Workshop Report Wednesday
If you want to decorate fantasy worlds with your art design, you should start up Autodesk Maya and Marmoset Toolbag 3 now!
Blender 3.1 is released!
The latest version of the open-source 3D software shines with new features - for Cycles Renderer, Point Cloud Objects and much more.
Infinity Bookshelf | Tutorial Tuesday
Are you at a loss as to how to achieve the sensational bookshelf effect from Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar"? Then open Blender now!
Foundation | VFX Breakdown
With great power comes great responsibility (for Rodeo FX): Will the long-established VFX studio succeed in rendering the novel world of Isaac Asimov?
These are the winners of the 20th VES Awards!
Which films are among the winners of this year's Visual Effects Society awards? Were the hopefuls "Dune" and "Encanto" able to convince?
Version 1.6 of PhotoInsight released
Simply drag and drop 3D objects into the Unity Editor? The beta version of the popular asset manager promises this and more!
Deepfake with Autodesk Maya!
Want to shock your audience at the next video conference with a lifelike Tom Cruise mask? Then fire up Maya now and download DeepFace Live!
Comic-like crystals grow in Unity!
Indie game developer Sørb amazes his Twitter followers: How were these stylish comic crystals created?
Leave your home country for a VFX career?
Aiming for an international career in the VFX industry? Victor Perez is a freelance visual effects supervisor from Spain who now works in the UK. How did he manage the transnational balancing act?
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
Terry Pratchett fans will love this short film! The Moldovan "Simpals Animation Studio" teaches the Grim Reaper how to surf!
Discover the International Festival of Animated Film!
With a competition between young animators, female power from the industry, but also the inventor of Wallace & Gromit, the festival attracts visitors to Stuttgart. Will you be there?
3D artist creates water simulation in Blender
A beach holiday from the Blender pipeline? With the Flip Fluids and Botaniq add-ons, you can create your own little spot in the sun.
Programme highlights for FMX 2022 published!
The (canine) FMX mascot goes crazy in the pan: "Eternals" and "What if...?" from Marvel, but also the aesthetically valuable Netflix film "The House" await you - and everything about the wonderfully complex world of NFTs!
Ofenritter | Workshop Report Wednesday
Knight of passion (with Blender and Substance 3D Painter)! Heat up your creativity on the Belarusian 3D artist's project - and improve your texturing skills at the same time.
Germany in Baselight
A look back: In DP 01:2019, we took a look at high-end grading with Baselight. We also spoke to Rotor Film about HDR material and the Amazon series "Deutschland 86".
World Creator 3 Rebuilds the Terrain Tool
World Creator 3 removes Unity dependencies, adds a revised workflow and website, while World Creator 2 remains available for missing features.
Large inlays | Tutorial Tuesday
Red alert with 3ds Max? Not if art director and concept artist Arrimus 3D gives you the green light.
Jungle Cruise | VFX Breakdown
If only Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski knew: Rising Sun Pictures plays the Amazon with wet VFXs.
Conveniently create stop-motion animation in Blender
Step by step to the stop trick: Blender developers show you what to expect with Claymation.
The droplet generator makes it moist and cheerful
Blender artists know where water flows: Over tin cans, salty over the skin or fruity on apple peels. What can the Droplet Generator do?
Sophia Zauner becomes new professor at the ifs
Character TD is now leading the "3D Animation for Film and Non-linear Media" Master's programme at the International Film School Cologne.
Pixel Art Shaders in Unreal Engine 4 and 5
Artist and developer Yoan-Dako Petkov presents a series of pixel-art environments and shaders created in Unreal Engine 4 and 5.
Create realistic liquids with Blender add-on
Want to generate real water droplets along a curve? Simply download the free add-on - and fire up Blender 3.1!
Interview about the company history of “Pacific Data Images”
Company founder Carl Rosendahl chats about his VFX company PDI, visual effects in the 90s and 0s - and the legendary company's memento mori in 2015.
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
If pensioners, then sprightly? The French short film "Escarface" knows the antidote to poverty in old age - and could inspire a bank robbery.
Blog entry announces new Blender Sculpting features
What features can users expect with Blender 3.2 and 3.4? Above all, innovations in terms of sculpting and the real-time renderer Eevee! And what else?
Maxon announces its events for 2022
What to expect: Guides to the newly acquired ZBrush tools, a possible return to face-to-face events, fascinating lecturers and more - always with Cinema 4D & Co
With the open source Open Brush 1.0 you can scribble in virtual space
Anyone looking for a 3D sketching tool should take a look at Icosa Gallery. But what does it have to do with Google's Tilt Brush?
Stylised Inn in Unreal Engine 5
Environment artist Zurab Barisashvili explains the texturing and lighting workflow behind a stylised inn built with UE5 and Substance Designer.
Bigger & Better
Review: In DP 04 : 2009, effects company ILM realised gigantic robots for Michael Bay's second part of the tin-and-bending brothers from Transformers. "Mindbending" or "sand in the gears"?
Rediscover the Disney-Pixar classic “Upstairs” now!
In this wonderfully silly video, the flying house from "Upstairs" takes off on a musical flight of fancy - with Lego optics, created in Cinema 4D.
Robot gripper arms | Tutorial Tuesday
Doc Ock is your favourite villain in the MCU, and Inspector Gadget your role model? Then click on this Blender tutorial!
Venom: Let there Be Carnage | VFX Breakdown
Facts, facts and more facts (in number): 12 is still too low, because you can expect 1003630198099968 bytes of hard facts for the Tom Hardy superhero hunt.