We have put together a great student Christmas CG bundle, for all you budding artists out there. The bundle combines our top-selling software and hardware products, giving you a great CG set-up for 20% less.
New release of Fusion 6.14 – Out Now
Eyeon are giving customers a special Christmas treat with the new release of Fusion 6.14, and a new discounted upgrade pricing for anyone upgrading from Fusion 5 or earlier.
That’s all Folks! For now…
With 2011 around the corner, I wanted to reflect on some of the amazing things that Escape Studios has achieved this year. Opening our offices in LA, launching our brand new US website, the phenomenal success of CG Whiz and the launch of our Mentored Training Courses is just the tip of the iceberg. We've had Paul Frankin of DNEG talk to our students about the incredible VFX created for Inception and Christan Manz, VFX supervisor on the latest HP7 talk about how Framestore wowed with their character creation.
Maxwell Render 2.5 – Out Now
The latest version of Maxwell Render has been released this week, with a neat new technology called Maxwell Fire. This is a new interactive rendering tool which gives users instant results when setting up a scene, so you can preview scene lighting and materials within seconds. This is pretty neat and should make a difference to your workflows.
Designing & Developing an iPad App
I have to admit I’m fond of iPad apps and games, and have always wondered how developers go about creating them. So, when I got a chance to get the inside scoop from Qurios, an iPad games developer, I jumped at it.
Phoenix FD version 1.20 Released
The latest version of Phoenix FD, Chaos’s newest product is now available for download.
And the winners are...
As part of the new release of RenderMan Studio 3 and RenderMan for Maya 4, we ran a competition to give three lucky people the chance to win a limited edition Pixar’s RenderMan Walking Teapot.
TACTIC 3v1 - Now Available
The new release of TACTIC 3.0.0.v01 is now available for download. It's the latest update to TACTIC 3. Not sure how many of you have had a chance to look at version 3, but here is a quick low down.
Addicted to Games: Overhyped or a Real Risk?
The gaming industry has been grabbing headlines over the last few days. The long awaited release of World of Warcraft and last week’s Panorama on the BBC has got lots of people talking. But has the exposure been good or bad for the gaming world?
Luxology’s modo 501 – Out Today
This is hot of the press: the brand new version of Luxology’s modo 501 has just landed and it’s packed with loads of new features.
TWO Free Tutorials: Car Lighting and MIA Material X Passes
Lighting and Shading are an integral part of the VFX pipeline and if you want to take your skills to a professional level these tutorials are the best place to start learning. What’s great about these tutorials is that they tackle pretty complicated subjects head-on and they are practical so, although you’ll understand the theory, you’ll also learn how to practically apply this knowledge. The best part is that these tutorials will sit in our resource centre permanently, so you can access them whenever you want and learn whenever it suits you.
Escapees to work on Halo Fan Film
Escape Studios has been approached to help with some of the CG and VFX work on an exciting new, non-profit project called Operation Chastity.
V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max – Out Now
The long-awaited V-Ray 2.0 has been released, with some great new features and additions that will really give you better and faster results.
The Sistine Chapel in 3D
For all you digital artists out there this just goes to show that there truly is no school like the old school.
Flash on Ipad, Windows on Ipad, Quicktime on Android, MAYA on IPAD
The cloud is only just beginning to really show its power and what it can do. This OnLive demo of their new video compression technology is astounding. It will open a whole new era of computing and inter-op that we can only dream of. Imagine running maya on an Ipad? Well, it's not that far fetched an idea, and I reckon rental of maya is a definate possibilty in the future. But what about having the ability to run any app on any hardware? This truely is a game changer and from their humble beginnings in just the games' world I think OnLive just showed that the future will be a very different place and that they may be a major force.
How Studio01 used CityEngine
It’s always interesting to see how CityEngine can help studios complete new projects. I caught up with Simon Röjder, the Managing Director of Swedish arch viz studio, Studio01, to get the inside scoop. Studio1 have some great projects to their credit. They are unrivalled in Sweden for their unique ways of using game technology in visualisation work, which enables them to produce an amazing level of interactivity in their 3D-visualisations. Impressive stuff. Here’s the low down on CityEngine…
Top 5 Reasons to use Mari
So many people were impressed with The Foundry’s Mari presentation at our recent Bristol event, that I decided to find out a little more about the new product. For those that haven’t come across Mari before, it’s a new 3D creative texture-painting tool that was originally designed by Weta Digital for painting high-resolution textures on 3D models in King Kong and Avatar.
Announcing the winners of 2010’s CG Whiz
As you know we have spent the past month judging the 170-odd entries we received for this year’s CG Whiz awards. I have to say the standard of entries was incredibly high, and our judges had an extra-tough job singling out those who showed the sheer talent and potential they were looking for.
New Hot Fix4 for 3ds Max 2011 & 3ds Max Design 2011 - Out Now
The latest Hot Fix for 3ds Max 2011 & 3ds Max Design 2011 has just been released.