The BFG | VFX-Breakdown
Visual effects with giant growth: Weta Digital lets Sophie and the giant off the leash!
Houdini 18.5 | Tutorial
Physical Lens and Focus Plane: catastrophically cryptic for you? Not anymore, because..
Weta Digital & SideFX | Economy
Houdini goes on holiday to Windy Wellington: partnership with Wetah.
DaVinci Resolve 17.3 | Release
Blackmagic Design releases the latest version of its editing tool!
Plex – Open source pipeline for VFX
Review: In DP 03 : 2018, our author Alexander Richter stated: "There are countless pipelines for film projects. But how is a project ultimately set up and realised?
Kitchen Generator | Tool
For 3ds Max: Who will be the new kitchen king (in Environment Design)?
Black Widow | VFX-Breakdown
New VFXs from Weta Digital? That's where we're heading - like a pig to a trough.
The Day the Earth Stood Still | VFX-Breakdown
Human in vitro? No, just the day Weta Digital sent Keanu Reeves to Earth.
Fog Simulation| Eye-Candy
Shadows and fog: A group of award-winning 3D artists smoke themselves.
The Mill | VFX-Breakdown
Relatively ingenious: With Einstein in the bathtub! Be sure to pack a bath bomb!
Independence Day: Resurgence | VFX-Breakdown
The Federal Minister of Transport warns: squeaky yellow American school buses attract alien monsters!
Blackmagic | Triple Release
New from Blackmagic Design: HyperDeck Studio, Studio Camera 4K and Web Presenter 4K!
Unity’s rendering at its finest: Lightweight and High Definition
Blast from the Past: In issue 06 : 2018 of DP our author Alexandra Kaschny wondered 'Which hidden rendering powers are revealed with Unity 2018.1 and above?'
The Video Copilot programmers from Germany
Review: In DP 04 : 2019, our author Nils Calles meets Andrew Kramer's programmers - two Germans who want to know how volumes can be illuminated in real time and manipulated with masks.
Smooth Bridge v2.1 | Release
For 3ds Max: The Smooth Boolean plugin is now also available as a solo plugin!
Colour Award | Competition
Show your colours: Film Light presents its own award. Colourists wanted!
Bomper Studio | Workshop report
"Honey, do you want to animate my music video?" And other romantic stories with Cinema 4D.
Efeu-Generator | Unity
We're getting green fingers: more green branding with the ivy generator!
3ds Max | Webinar
With the VFX case study to Valhalla: News from Autodesk's modelling tools!
Lego Builder Tool | Maya
Creative mobility with the Bat(man)mobil: collecting blocks with Brickit!
Material Blending | Tutorial
Hard as a rock like... Max Rockatansky? Then upload the heightmaps in Blender now!
Canvas | Sketching-App
News from Nvidia: GauGan is now called Canvas. Using AI to conjure up works of art on digital canvases!
Fairlight Audio Guide | Manual
Now for DaVinci Resolve 17: Practical training for (future) sound experts.
Loupedeck | Update
New user interface, integration with Philips Hue, and other functional delights.
Intergalactic | VFX-Breakdown
The protein-rich trend snack: crispy creepy-crawlies! And to go with it: sci-fi visuals.
Synth Eyes 2106 | Release
Better tracking with these eyes: The latest version of the 3D tracking software from Andersson Technologies.
3ds Max 2022 Update 1 | Feature Preview
Autodesk provides a sneak peek: Users can look forward to these announced functions.
USD Shell Extension | Release
Actvision released: a source-free software solution for USD file management.
Monster Hunter | VFX-Breakdown
Are these still Ankylosaurs - or already Koopa Troopas? No, these are the Apceros from the video game film adaptation!
The Expanse | VFX-Breakdown
A day at the beach - with a bang! Will Spine VFX save our solar system?
Fusion 17.2 | Release
The water cooler talk of the day: Fusion 17.2 has landed - and its template bundles too!
DaVinci Resolve 17.2 | Release
Lean back - and wait for the boat? Not any more! With version 17.2, involuntary coffee breaks are a thing of the past!
Songbird | VFX-Breakdown
Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall... while the world is on fire: Apokalyptische Visual Effects!
Chicken Bone FX | Showreel
What distracts these young people from marital bliss? The latest VFXs, of course!
Lovecraft Country | VFX-Breakdown
Broken over the knee: Landscapes, panoramas, battlefields and other environments.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | VFX-Breakdown
How to make history in VFX? Learn how in this making-of!
VR Deep Diving | Retro-Article
Review: In DP 06 : 2017, our author Mirja Fürst immersed herself in a VR experience for the "Ghost in the Shell" film adaptation.
Blackmagic | Update
The Camera Update 7.3: with Generation 5 Color Science, false colour help, and more!
A Discovery of Witches | VFX-Breakdown
Fly away, mashed potato. Hex-hex! Things get magical in the British series.
Direct modelling: modelling without obstacles
Review: In DP 01 : 2020, our author Rainer Duda took a closer look at the steep learning curve of VFX powerhouse Houdini - and revealed how the curve can be smoothed out.
Lovecraft Country | VFX-Breakdown
Afro-Matte of the Future: The HBO series shocks with an experimental hairstyle.
The Watch | VFX-Breakdown
Flying lizards - now in golden hamster format? Only in Pratchett's Discworld cosmos!
Nuke 13 | Release
Features with a nuclear punch? Machine learning, Hydra 3D viewport renderer and more.
Marie Curie | VFX-Breakdown
Above the rooftops of Paris: worlds of images - with nuclear explosive power.
The Medium | VFX-Breakdown
The hairstyle holds, despite hordes of soul-eating demons. What is your secret recipe?
Fate: The Winx Saga | VFX-Breakdown
Flaming InFEENo: Tinkerbell's new favourite series is coming.
Four enchanting sisters | VFX-Breakdown
Too early for spring cleaning? A question of the right feather duster.
The One and Only Ivan | VFX-Breakdown
Dumbo's ears flickering: Pachyderms, silverbacks - and Bryan Cranston.
Star Trek Discovery | VFX-Breakdown
To boldly go – where many VFX-teams have gone before: Mackevision im Alpha-Quadranten.
Tutorial | Houdini
With Sessions Sync: Start procedural tools in two applications in parallel.
Blackmagic | Hardware
Exciting technology in a triple pack: Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro, Atem Mini Extreme - and Web Presenter HD.
DaVinci Resolve | Public Beta
Makes us smile: Blackmagic releases Beta 8 for DaVinci Resolve 17.
Fusion Studio 17.1 | Release
Chillaxt and stylish: with Blackmagic's update for the compositing software.
The Queen’s Gambit | VFX-Breakdown
Chess master's novella: show values in the Queen's Gambit.
A siren in Paris | VFX-Breakdown
Tom Hanks horrified: French imitate his cult classic Splash.
Houdini VEX | Tutorial
Who is afraid of programming languages? You certainly won't be after this tutorial.
V-Ray Showreel 2020 | Chaos Group
As chic as a moustache: VFX from 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Houdini.
Alita: Battle Angel | VFX-Breakdown
Weta Digital amazes: realistic facial expressions for the anime character.
The Twilight Zone | VFX-Breakdown
Proud as Sterling: Marble UFO, Monstermade & ghostly apparition.
Augmented Reality-App | Houdini & Blender
The Adonis of AR apps. Byplay for Houdini, Blender and Cinema 4D.
Amazon’s Utopia | VFX-Breakdown
The aluminium hats go into series production: conspiracy theories, nerd culture and John Cusack.
DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor | Release
What the little brother of the Resolve Editing Keyboard can do.
DaVinci Resolve 17 | Release
An update with many pages. New features for: Colour Page, Cut Page, Edit Page and Fusion Page.
Snowpiercer | VFX-Breakdown
The sci-fi icebreaker as a word-case scenario for a train journey.
Fantastic Voyage | VFX-Breakdown
The colours of the rainbow pop and burst in the advertising film for Adobe Photoshop.
The Umbrella Academy | VFX-Breakdown
Wellness from the monsters, aliens, robots & zombies: eyeballs instead of moisturiser in the footbath.
Champagne simulation | Fluids workshop
In the fiery stream of vines: Workflow fuelled with bubbly.
The Rise of Skywalker | VFX-Breakdown
What language does Babu Frik actually speak? Can he speak binary, like BB-8 and D-0?
V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D | Free Public Beta
What Houdini can do, Cinema 4D can now do too: V-Ray 5 in public beta.