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 Animation studio Nexus and its directing duo Smith & Foulkes have created another piece of animation fantasy for Wieden + Kennedy, this time promoting the new Honda Jazz. Read on for an exclusive behind the scenes interview. [...] Continue reading Life…and all that jazz  e-on software has announced the free Open Beta of Carbon Scatter, an instancing plugin for the mental ray and V-Ray renderers for 3DS Max. [...] Continue reading Free Open Beta of Carbon Scatter for 3ds Max MachStudio Pro is a virtual 3D real-time studio environment that allows you to add lighting, cameras, materials, compositing and finishing capabilities in a non-linear workflow. [...] Continue reading MachStudio Pro Planet 51 is a retro-styled animated feature movie and game produced in Spain for international release, created by Ilion Animation Studios and Pyro Studios using a pipeline including Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya [...] Continue reading American alien Ingenuity Engine’s futuristic music promo for ‘I Can Transform Ya’, features singer Chris Brown, producer Swizz Beatz and rapper Lil Wayne as they deconstruct and shapeshift into sports cars, armoured tanks, helicopters and other objects. The promo opens with a jet-black sports car weaving across the screen. It morphs into Chris Brown, armed with a can of spray paint [...] Continue reading Metamorphic music Prime Focus VFX has created 124 effects shots for the Stephen Sommers film “G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra”, work that entailed building a complex animation pipeline and orchestrating a flying swarm of bioweaponry for an aerial sequence. [...] Continue reading Aerial infection |   
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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 [...]