Autodesk launches competition for the hottest design visualisation talent in the UK and Italy, with the winner receiving a high-end graphics card worth over £1,000 from ATI. [...]
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Framestore has announced a new high-profile film hire in the shape of Steve MacPherson as CTO, VFX. [...] Continue reading Steve MacPherson new CTO, VFX at Framestore Prime Focus has teamed up with TV production company Nutopia and the History Channel to post the 12-part series, America: The Story of Us. [...] Continue reading Historical epic Free update to digital nature software adds a host of new features and performance improvements [...] Continue reading E-on releases Vue 8.4 Among the UK companies honoured at the annual VES awards, The Mill has received three nominations, MPC has four, Framestore has six, while Double Negative is in the running for four awards. [...] Continue reading The Mill, Framestore, MPC and DNeg pick up VES nominations  Cinesite is offering graduates a six-week paid placement at the company’s Soho facility during the summer of 2010 [...] Continue reading Cinesite seeks to Inspire with graduate internship 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 Tern celebrates BAFTA Scotland win for KNTV Sex, and launches GUTS, the first iPhone app game from a UK TV company [...] Continue reading Sex & GUTS Animation and design studio Plastic Milk has created a CG film to highlight Vidaza, a new drug in the fight against MDS, a blood disorder which leads to leukemia. [...] Continue reading Cell animation |   
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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 [...]