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Autodesk Mudbox – Free Basic Course
These videos introduce Mudbox 2011's new features together with the fundamentals of modelling.
Games in Motion
Kinect and Move are the only hardware highlights at Gamescom so far – and they are getting gamers moving.
Dragon Age 2
Trade-fair season is trailer season, and BioWare's Dragon Age 2 trailer should fuel the appetite for more polished fantasy.
BioShock Infinite – From the Deep Sea to the Clouds
Irrational Games is returning for BioShock Infinite, and its first trailer promises another legendary game.
Gamescom 2010
After a shaky start – including an eviction lawsuit – Gamescom 2010 is now under way and has already nominated its best games.
Windows Phone 7 as a Gaming Platform
Microsoft will pit its new phone operating system against iOS 4 and Android while also building in Xbox Live.
News from Babelsberg
The animago AWARD & CONFERENCE again takes place at Studio Babelsberg's fx.Center, part of one of the world's largest production sites.
“People Make Media”
That is the company credo of TeleFactory – PostFactory, which has provided extensive film and TV production services since 1993.
Multimedia Designer by Distance Learning
Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt's new 19-month course teaches multimedia-design fundamentals with Adobe CS5 Web Premium.
VFX Made at fx.Center
exozet effects is based inside fx.Center, using in-house tools such as XFace and Aurora for 2D and 3D production workflows.
Drench, Cubehead
Advertising is often the master class of short film, as Ulf Johansson's “Drench” commercial demonstrates through its technical execution.
Award the Title of Master!
Autodesk is asking the community to honour masters of 3ds Max, Maya or Softimage who create outstanding CGI work and support the industry.
FileMaker Developer Conference
The FileMaker Developer Conference is the world's largest gathering of FileMaker staff, independent developers, consultants and trainers. It offers professional workshops and seminars led by FileMaker experts, early information about new products, and opportunities to network with system engineers, product managers, developers and exhibitors. Participants registering before May 21, 2010 at www.filemaker.com/devcon receive an early-booking discount of US $200.
Friday Evening in Space
NASA is making 3ds Max models available free of charge, from spacesuits and the Gemini probe to the Space Shuttle.
Autodesk Media and Entertainment Demo Reel 2010
If you missed the entire past year: here is everything important in four minutes.
The Foundry Relaunches After Effects Plug-ins
The Foundry has released a new camera-tracking plug-in and a new version of Kronos to exploit After Effects' 64-bit architecture.
Alliance in Industrial Visualisation
Realtime Technology (RTT) AG and Bunkspeed have announced an intensive collaboration.
An Autumn of Horror in HD 3D
Anyone still unsatisfied by the adult appeal of previous 3D films can now indulge their taste for horror with “Scar 3D”.
Enter the Animatron Film Festival Now
Babelgum Digital Broadcast Network has opened submissions for its Animatron animation and anime awards in online, offline and mobile categories.
LaCie Stores with Style
Backup servers for small and medium-sized businesses need not resemble the battered refrigerator in a student residence kitchen.
ZBrush 4.0
Ten years have passed since the first version of ZBrush. But has ZBrush grown wise with age, or merely stubborn?
Book Review: Lighting in People and Portrait Photography
Friedrun Reinhold's book primarily covers flash photography and how individual light modifiers affect people and portrait images.
Intro Film for Fable 3
Chickens as fantasy heroes? Fable 3's opening scene shows what separates heroes from ordinary people.