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Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
Looking for borderline experiences? The Belgian short film "Border" takes you to the limits - of your laughter muscles.
Now comes the Corona Renderer for Blender
In future, you can also render such cosy beds with Blender 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2. Artist Adilkhan Yakubov will take care of the porting (and make the bed for you).
Now lay pipes in Blender until the plumber screeches
This blender artist from Japan offers a free tool with which you can procedurally generate tubes.
Render Crate publishes asset collection for medieval fans
Helm's Deep and Casterly Stone are too puny for you? Then use this collection of assets to build imposing castles that will make King Théoden green with envy.
British Animation Awards finalists announced!
Shaa(r)fe animated films from the British Isles: At the "BAA", the kingdom mows and bleats and scratches among the animation locations.
Asset cloning made easy with Blender 3.0
Are you looking for an add-on that allows you to duplicate assets endlessly? Your search has come to an end!
Airbrush Tool | Tutorial Tuesday
New tutorial for 3DCoat: If you know the difference between an airbrush tool and a brush tool, throw the first axe!
The VFX Festival 2022 will be hybrid
Emerging talents: Ready for the future of VFXs? The industry event from London is also available online!
Is the Shanghai building generator for Blender coming?
This Blender Artist pulls you through procedurally generated urban canyons.
Who is behind Adobe Premiere Pro?
Adobe's "Product Marketing Manager Video" and "Software Quality Engineer" explain the new features.
Will Google Research revolutionise how HDR scenes are created in the future?
If NeRF makes you think of toy guns, click on now. Everyone else will discover the advantages of neuronal radiation fields. Important for everyone who works with HDRs!
Spark FX looks to the future of visual effects
Every VFXer will have a spark: The big online VFX event from Western Canada!
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
The wild west wants to know: In the short film "Rob "n" Ron", two outlaw brothers plan their biggest coup yet.
Motion capturing without annoying markers
Blender users with hot hands: Technical artist Denys Hsu shows you that Mocap can also be comfortable.
New features for Premiere Pro!
Finally, the boredom has come to an end: with artificial intelligence for Adobe Sensei, speech to text for transcription and GPU acceleration for effects, things are getting exciting.
Blende(r)nd Destroy with this add-on
OCD - stands for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? But no, this OCD orders you orgies of destruction (on the 3D object)!
Book Generator | Generation Generator
The best books for Blender: With this swanky-edural tool, you'll be a bourgeoisie (on the virtual bookshelf).
Houdini | Tutorial Tuesday
Great terraforming in just 13 videos? The game artist from Belgrade makes it possible - with dust, fire and water!
Ridley Road | VFX-Breakdown
Cowardly fascists versus freedom fighters: this BBC series portrays the banality of evil.
Free script for 3ds Max | Script Sundowner
What tastes better than Blue Lagoon on Ice? Blueprint drawing with this script for 3ds Max, of course!
Blender Studio releases a tracking tool
Order is half the (production) life? Keep track of all departments and work progress with Watchtower!
Short films galore from The Animation Workshop
If you like animated short films with ambition, you have to inhale this stream!
Cable Generator 2.0 | Release
Are you a Houdini user and need a DIY organisation system for your cable clutter? Then click on this tool!
Procedural flower generator with Blender 3.0
Does your life need more flower power? Cultivate sunflowers, pansies and other floral wonders now!
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
Launch cinematic for the third Witcher game: our anti-hero tussles with red-haired vampire vamps. Can Geralt of Riva escape the neck-biter?
Apply now: Master’s programme at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences!
Going to Hesse to study? What didactic incentives does the h_da offer?
Super Mario – now finally available for Substance 3D Designer?
How did the most famous high jump Italian in gaming history manage to win Adobe's most ludicrous prize?
Keyshot 11 | Release
More than a lucky shot? With the new version, Luxion is also switching to the subscription model - and abolishing perpetual licences.
The Animation Production Days are looking for your creative projects!
Does your VFX or animation project deserve recognition? Then submit it now by 21 February.
Official trailer for FMX 2022 released
Of foxes & forestry: The trailer for Germany's most important event in the VFX industry is out (in both senses of the word)!
BSurface Add-on | Tutorial Tuesday
Do the words "retopology" and "blender" set your pulse racing? Then you have to click this video!
Free Guy | VFX-Breakdown
More than just collateral damage: This breakdown smashes minivans and family cars into scrap metal!
News about the FMX 2022
The early bird discount makes it easier to save. Plus: further programme highlights such as "The Witcher" and "Lost in Space" unveiled.
TyFlow | Release
The popular particle simulation tool has outgrown the beta phase. What can the full release do?
Trimsheet Maker Pro | Add-on
The pro tool among the trim sheet helpers? "3D CG Guru" helps you in Substance 3D Designer.
Practical Index Viewer for Blender 3.0
Looking for tools to make your daily clicki-clicki with Blender easier? Then download now for free!
Open Source Editor | Image Editing
Adobe Research and Johns Hopkins University abolish mask pulling in image editing?
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
What happens when Welsh blacknose sheep munch on psychedelic drugs? This short film explains this, and which wash cycle is suitable for sheep's wool!
UVPackmaster 3 for Blender released
Distribute the workload across GPUs: Support for Compute Unified Device Architecture!
UDIM tool for Maya released
Do you dread working with UDIM files? Then check out this tool - and polish up your UV workflow at the same time.
Plask | Great tool
With this free tool you can animate in the web browser - including motion capturing function.
Filmuni Babelsberg organises the Virtual Production Lab
In cooperation with the Erich Pommer Institute: workshops on virtual and mixed reality production
Finch | Featurette
Robots in the post-apocalypse: this sci-fi film on Apple TV uses state-of-the-art MoCap!
Free script for 3ds Max | Script Sundowner
Are you flexing it? This is a new script for 3ds Max that flexes mesh muscles!
SVG Wirr Renderer | Release
For 3ds Max: Wireframes are a nuisance? Convert them to SVG format with this plugin!
Knitwear generator for Substance 3D Designer!
Great tool: With the Knitted Fabric Generator you can show Tom Ford who makes the catwalk purr!
Axiom 2.1 | Release
An explosion in the viewport! Is Michael Bay behind this? No, the latest version of the popular Fluid Solver for Houdini is just rattling around here.
The Lighting Generator is coming for Blender 3.0
A light goes on for two Artist luminaires, the result: free radiance (for you)!
Visual Effects Society announces the nominees
VES Awards host Patton Oswalt & Friends are delighted: "Dune" is one of the big winners!
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
Ready for space travel? This award-winning short film takes you where no VFXer has ever animated before. To boldly go!
UV Morpher | Plugin
(Not) in the eye of the beholder: With this plugin you can deform objects in 3ds Max - without unsightly deformations.
Brush collection | Release
This collection contains over 2,800 setups - from the glorious superhero pose to the sunken thinker. Brush (through) now!
Chaos Player | Release
"Bääm"! The PDPlayer is now called Chaos Player - and is designed to simplify remote work.
SpeedTree 9 | Release
Change trees: The latest version of the vegetation software is particularly popular with photogrammetry professionals.
Free script for 3ds Max | Script Sundowner
Do you hear it? This is a new script for 3ds Max, how it rotates objects through your viewport!
Chaos and Enscape merge
Support comes from LEA Partners and TA Associates. Is everything different now with V-Ray?
The Rescue | VFX-Breakdown
"It's burning!": Scanline VFX heats up the Chinese action film. Better than Michael Bay?
Houdini | Tutorial
Pride of the (Hungarian) nation: Artist from Industrial Light and Magic pulls up neo-Gothic architecture!
Coca-Cola Awakening | Making-of
This Orc Lieutenant is craving a caffeinated cold drink - and you're craving frozen VFXs, aren't you?
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
A new addition to the genre film: snail horror comedy! Not only worth seeing for all those who find Caesar dressing, French dressing and ranch dressing a mouthful.
Noisy Night, Senseless Stuff
Review: In DP 01 : 2017, we discovered the true spirit of Christmas with the animated musical "More Stuff" from London. But how is Brexit affecting everyday animated life?
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
"Is that an ornithopter flying?": In 2015, the sci-fi short film "Sundays" won an animago AWARD. Watch the full short film here!
Dystopia – Sundays again and again
Review: In DP 07:2015, the sci-fi short film "Sundays" from Amsterdam bundled high-quality VFXs into a 15-minute film. An interview with the makers of the animago AWARD-winning project.
Edge Smooth OB | Release
For Houdini: This tool is just a stone's throw away from the next useful tool!
The Green Knight | VFX-Breakdown
Smart as a Fox: This knight's tale is sure to make it onto your must-watch lists.
Xtremo | VFX-Breakdown
With a bang (and a fall?): If you like explosions, these VFXs will set you on fire!
Nuke 13.1 | Release
Nuclear, Nuclear - Nuke? That's for sure! 3D manipulators, 3D hotkeys and other hot feature delights!
Netflix buys Scanline | Film industry
Stefan Trojansky remains head - but: Is Scanline now working exclusively for the streaming giant?
Star Trek: Lower Decks | Behind the Animation
From the creator of Rick and Morty: Exclusive insight into the creation process of the animated series!
Vizplants | Vegetation Assets
"Grass grows over it": Plant your environments with high-quality 3D assets!
Star Trek: Discovery | VFX-Breakdown
From season 3: Is this "The Terror of the Amazon", or has Picard had one too many Romulan ales?
Ursa Broadcast G2 | Release
Three-in-one camera: broadcasting, studio shooting and film shooting. Can the Ursa Broadcast G2 convince?
Motion Design Show | Saul Espinosa
Is there a Decepticon hiding behind this racing sled? A Terrorcon? Or just an Autobot?
DaVinci Resolve | Tipps & Tricks
Insider tips from a Resolve veteran: every DaVinci user should know these three tricks!
New home for Weta Digital | Business
Winter Sale at Peter Jackson: The filmmaker sells his VFX department - to game engine developer Unity!
Star Trek | Redeeming
Digital Production Logbook: The series highlights Lower Decks and Discovery belong on every star journey!
Vegetation | Tutorial
More than just pixel mash: With Unity 2021 you pluck and pluck the pixel art vegetation.
Houdini-style predetermined breaking points
Review: In DP 03 : 2019, Rainer Duda confronts the predetermined breaking point Houdini 17 aka "Codename Banshee" - and breaks it?
DaVinci Resolve | Price reductions
Blackmagic Design's special offer: DaVinci Resolve for panels and keyboards on top!
Wellen-Generator | Release
Head first - and in: Version 1.1 of the water wonder for 3ds Max!
Water effects | Tutorial
A Bigger Splash: Splash through Unity - like with the Super Soaker!
DaVinci Resolve 17.4 | Release
Black(magic Design) is beautiful: Faster editing, faster grading - quickly check out the new features?
And here comes the new DP!
The autumn issue (DP 06 : 2021) warms you up with RiseFX, RodeoFX and Digital Domain - and the much-loved GameBoy Classic finally gets a love letter..
Houdini 19 | Release
Sparks of functionality: Will the new Houdini ignite sooner than expected?
Houdini 2021 | Showreel
Not one, but three little pigs (called Babe): Spectacle to the power of three!
Nuke 13.1 | Release
In beta: The compositing triple around Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio - test it now!
Autodesk | Triple innovation
For Flame, Flare and Flame Assist: Support for 4K, UltraHD and HDR image material!
V-Ray 2021 | Showreel
Reach for the magazine (and the show values): A cross-section of VFXs in 2021.
Procedural rock | Tutorial
For dazzlers: Nanga Parbat? Zugspitze? K12? Pah! We'll build our own mountain massif!
SimpleOcean OSL | Release
This is where we like to get into the water: with this OSL map, vector displacement gets lively!
The Witcher by Platige
Blast from the Past: In 2020 we conversed with Platige Image about the hit-series “The Witcher”.
Houdini | Game Reel
A beach holiday for the eyes: Houdini ingratiates itself into game development pipelines.
USD | Article
From Chaos Group: Universal Scene Description - in the flow of time, or fishing in the mud?
Dune Solver | Release
For Houdini: counting grains of sand - just like on the desert planet.
VAT tool | Tutorial
From SideFX Labs: Master Vertex Animation Textures with these two tutorials.
Alab Production Scene | Release
Animal Logic pushes the USD-based workflow: with this free USD asset.