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Creating digital fabric physics using Vizoo
How is a digital textile made, and how are real fabrics analysed, quantified, and translated into digital, manipulable versions?
Hauntingly beautiful effects
Three creative leads at DNEG discuss their environment work for the apocalyptic vision of TV series The Last of Us
CREATE REALISTIC OCEAN WAVES
Digital Domain's Mathew Rotman shows how to establish the look and feel of a believable ocean
GROW PROCEDURAL PLANTS TO SPRUCE UP ARCHVIZ SCENES
Rob Redman's Cinema 4D renders bloom as he explains his workflow for creating easy greenery with the Taiao plugin
DESIGN AND RENDER A FILM USING EEVEE
Learn the workflow for Blender's real-time render engine to help bring your complex projects to life
MAKING WAVES
Wētā FX explains what went into the making of Disney's box office sensation Avatar: The Way of Water
VISUALISING HUMANITY'S RETURN TO THE MOON
Tangram 3DS collaborates with the architects of lunar colonisation
Creepy Beautiful
Trevor Hogg visits Host City and gets in some gameplay action for the fourth and final season of HBO’s Westworld
UNREAL VISCERAL MOTION
James Clarke speaks to director Miguel Ortega about the making of The Voice in the Hollow
Arcturus HoloSuite
Since it was first released, Arcturus’s HoloSuite package has made it possible for anyone, including small indie studios like ours, to take advantage of volumetric video’s potential.
Boulies Fit chairs
The benefits of a good chair can’t be underestimated, especially for those of us who spend extended periods sitting at our desks. Boulies has a couple of new ranges and here I’m looking at the Fit series that comes in Regular and Pro options, which adds an upper head support. These chairs have already gained notoriety and won a number of awards, but what makes them worthy?
OneOdio Monitor 60
There are many reasons to use headphones instead of speakers. It could be for use in a shared space, on public transport, or to cut out background noise while you focus on the task at hand. No matter your reason, choosing a good pair can be hard in such a saturated market.
Does the metaverse need a universal 3D asset to thrive?
Dade Orgeron, vice president of 3D Innovation at Shutterstock, offers insight into how universal 3D assets will unite our futures in the metaverse
Pinocchio Reborn
Trevor Hogg learns the truth behind the wooden boy who came to life in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
SCULPT A TROLL ON YOUR IPAD
Dan Torres shows you how to create a fantasy beast using a mobile or tablet device with Nomad Sculpt
CREATE A TRACER ROUND EFFECT
In typical InCamera fashion, the team blends the practical with the digital to create the tracer bullet effect from scratch
GRADE EFFECTS IN DAVINCI RESOLVE
InCamera take advantage of Blackmagic's BRAW format to grade the flame and smoke elements for their Second World War bomber scene
In our Elements
In the final section of their Second World War bomber project, InCamera get busy with the fun stuff, bringing together previs, pyro and post-production
Miniatures and Movers
On set, InCamera mix models and stop-frame animation techniques with custom engineering and sophisticated software
Shooting VFX Incamera
YouTubers InCamera take us through their approach to a motion-control film project, blending practical effects and VFX wizardry
BUILD A G1 TRANSFORMER
Mohamed Abdel Baki demonstrates his process for building, texturing and rendering a huge mech model
RailClone 5.2.x
We were familiar with the duplication and instancing tools available in many other 3D applications, but the birth of parametric tools like RailClone blew many of our minds.
BUILD AN OUTDOOR ARCHVIZ SCENE
Senior designer Alireza Khoshpayam breaks down his process for visualising this unique remote office project in The Andes
CREATE SCENES WITH GOLDEN HOUR LIGHTING
Learn how to recreate this beautiful, magic hour atmosphere in your art
FINDING FORTUNE IN THE LAND OF LUCK
Trevor Hogg gets the inside track on how Peggy Holmes and Skydance Animation created Luck
DESIGN CUSTOM TOYS FOR 3D PRINTING
Follow these quick steps to prepare your own print-ready model in ZBrush
The power to dream big
Impossible Objects helms virtual production workflow for The Cloud Racer short
Kobra Go
Anycubic has built a reputation for quality 3D printers at reasonable prices, but the market is a busy one, and finding a way to compete is an ongoing challenge.
Twinmotion 2022.2
As a result of Epic Games' acquisition of Twinmotion in 2019, we are now seeing their fingerprints all over it.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO POSE A LARGE CREATURE IN ZBRUSH?
Often we create creatures using symmetry to save time, but very rarely in nature do we find anything that 'stands' in that unnatural way that you see when sculpting with symmetry on.