Isotropix has released a new service pack for Clarisse iFX. New rendering improvements include: A new clamping strategy which clamps the contribution of individual paths in the Path Tracer. This new strategy is also applied to LPEs which now ensures the proper reconstruction of the beauty pass in comp. Greatly improved energy conservation of the[…..] […]
Pixologic has announced the latest version of ZBrushCore, its stripped down version of ZBrush. Features that are now available in ZBrush Core include Sculptris Pro, Subtool Folders, Universal Camera, Thumbnail, Camview, and ZeeZoo. WHAT’S NEW IN CORE 2020 About ZBrushCore® 2020 ZBrushCore 2020 is a major upgrade that brings new features from ZBrush to users[…..] […]
Coming up from the European Challenger League, the Rainbow Six esports team Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) quickly made its way to the top of the Rainbow Six international competitive scene. Already considered a fearsome team before the beginning of the Pro League Finals Season X, Na’Vi put on a fantastic show last November in Japan. Alongside[…..] […]
He was the cheeky cartoon steam engine that sang in his local choir, went out on his own and provokes nostalgic memories of an innocent childhood. Now 60 years since Ivor the Engine first steamed onto TV, his owners want to bring him out of the retirement shed and turn him into a film star.[…..] […]
An upstart studio just made animators’ lives easier. Who will be the Pixar or Aardman of the 2020s? Will it just be the Mickey Mouse monopoly of Disney owning everything in CGI animation next decade, or could a small upstart like Thinko rise up to take the crown? The Brooklyn-based animation studio may not be[…..] […]
Disney+enjoyed a pretty solid launch at the tail-end of 2019, but 2020 poses all new challenges and opportunities for the nostalgia-fueled streaming service. The new network wisely launched with a healthy mix of both new properties–both feature length and short-form–and a sizeable amount of archival material; it helps that Disney just so happens to own[…..] […]
Just the other day, Beijing Animation Week is a dynamic Chinese festival committed to showing top-flight artistic animation. And now we’ve got wind of another event like it: The West Lake International Animation Festival (IAF), whose inaugural edition will be held in Hangzhou on April 16–19, 2020. It will subsequently be held every two years.[…..] […]
In the animated spy comedy adventure Spies in Disguise, super spy Lance Sterling (voiced by Will Smith) finds his life taking an unexpected turn that forces him to team up with scientist Walter Beckett (voiced by Tom Holland) for the ultimate mission. In order to succeed, the otherwise suave and debonair spy must allow himself[…..] […]
Working on the animation is quite a complex process. Surely, you can find plenty of articles and videos about working on animation and hoe to get your skills better, but there are some professional studios that share their experience and knowledge of the area with other artists. Pixar Animation Studios is quite known in the[…..] […]
“When you’re sitting at a table, and if everybody looks like you? You’re in trouble. You’re not gonna get the best story out of that.” That’s Kevin Feige, head of all things Marvel Cinematic Universe, speaking to a crowd of film students at a New York Film Academy Q&A about the importance of representation in[…..] […]
