Adobe has officially launched its Creative Cloud online service, as well as releasing the full version of Muse, its code-free web design tool [...]
A private equity house, Endless LLP, has acquired Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount [...]
Adobe has unveiled the full Creative Suite 6 product line and Adobe Creative Cloud. [...]
onedotzero has teamed up with ustwo to launch a special 15th birthday collection of Granimator packs, free from the App Store. [...]
Get a move on if you want to submit an entry to Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2012 [...]
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, a leading UK showcase of short film and animation, is now accepting entries [...]
The co-founder and the former MD of the design outfit Airside have together formed new agency Rupert Ray, which will open its doors in April 2012. [...]My review of Luxology modo 401 has been posted on the Digital Arts site
I said “Already a well specified modelling tool, modo gets stronger in animation and particularly rendering with the 401 release. There’s now a preset library, packed with models, textures, environments and materials”
I talk about the boost to rendering offered by support for direct caustics, which uses photon mapping to enable more realism in glass and jewellery. There are options such as dispersion to add a tint to refracted light rays, and blurry refraction for use in effects such as frosted glass.
I also discuss fur rendering, which in Modo draws on the underlying layer for colour and other appearance attributes and Light Linking, which allows you to tie a light to specific meshes, so that only those parts of the scene are illuminated.
Other features covered in the review include stereoscopic rendering, support for Collada and FBX and Modo’s new Replicators.
Recently I reviewed the new version of the venerable DTP software and set out some key tips for using it in a Masterclass feature for Macworld [...]
In this feature, commissioned by Macworld, I track the last ten years of Mac OS X. It ends with a preview of Mac OS X 7- Codenamed Lion, which is due this summer. [...]
What is the secret of convincing portraiture, whether done digitally or in traditional media or a mixture of the two? Find out in this feature [...]