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Shortfilm Characters / Reel 2011

Submitted by metalliandy on August 19, 2011 - 9:18am

Jelmer Boskma has released his 2011 show reel!

The video contains some simply amazing pieces that have been created over the past 5 years by Jelmer, including modeling, character design and visual effects work!

He has also posted a few pieces of personal work for our viewing pleasure

40+ 3DTotal Siggraph 2011 Video Diaries

Submitted by metalliandy on August 17, 2011 - 12:29pm

Siggraph 2011 is now over and our friends over at 3DTotal have uploaded over 40 short interviews with the vendors of various stands!

In the videos, Tom Greenway talks about what the vendors have been up to and what the future holds for each company

Thanks guys!

XoliulShader 2.0 - Video 1 - UI101

Submitted by metalliandy on August 16, 2011 - 11:35am

Laurens Corijn has posted an awesome introductory video on the forthcoming XoliulShader 2.0.

The introductory video goes over the installation of the shader and explains how to use the UI.

RAGE Behind The Scenes Videos

Submitted by metalliandy on August 11, 2011 - 9:38am

Over the past few weeks Bethesda have published 6 behind the scenes videos for the forthcoming id game: RAGE

QuakeCon 2011 - John Carmack Keynote

Submitted by metalliandy on August 8, 2011 - 7:59am

QuakeCon 2011 is over, but those who couldn't make it shouldn't despair! John Carmack's annual Keynote is available to watch over at the QuakeCon YouTube page

Bungie's 20th Anniversary Documentary

Submitted by metalliandy on August 5, 2011 - 8:53am

To calibrate their 20th anniversary, Bungie have released an hour long documentary that goes over Bungie's legacy

View Conference 2011 Announced!

Submitted by metalliandy on August 4, 2011 - 9:57am

This years View Conference has been announced!

The 12th international computer graphics conference with be held in Turin, Italy between 25th-28th October 2011 and will feature many of the industry's brightest and most talented stars, such as Pixar's Director of Photography/Lighting: Sharon Calahan!

Splash Damage GDC Presentation: Punching Above Your Weight: Small Art Teams, Big Games.

Submitted by metalliandy on August 4, 2011 - 8:48am

Splash Damage have published the amazing presentation that was made for this years GDC in San Francisco.

Making Of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations trailer

Submitted by metalliandy on August 3, 2011 - 7:55am

Digic Pictures have given a fantasitic interview with The Art of VFX that goes over the making of the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations trailer.

Unlimited Detail Real-Time Rendering Technology

Submitted by metalliandy on August 2, 2011 - 1:44pm

Euclideon have released another video that shows off their forthcoming technology for unlimited detail.

Current technology only allows the display of polygon data for realtime rendering in applications such as games and this imposes a finite limit, which increase year on year. The proposed tech by Euclideon, apparently does not have those limitations

BlueBolt Game Of Thrones Visual Effects Reel (Possible Spoilers)

Submitted by metalliandy on August 1, 2011 - 9:09am

BlueBolt have released a reel that features a behind the scenes look at some of the fantasitic VFX that they did for Game Of Thrones.

They completed around 300 shots for the series, including full environments and Dragons ^^

3Point Shader Lite 1.2.0 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on August 1, 2011 - 8:17am

3Point Studios have released an update for the fantastic 3Point Shader Lite, which is a toolset for creation and presentation of high-quality real- time render

Baking Ambient Occlusion In Maya 2011

Submitted by metalliandy on July 25, 2011 - 8:42am

Josh Robinson has created a fantastic tutorial on baking ambient occlusion in maya 2011 at 3dTotal

In the tutorial Josh shows how to bake ambient occlusion in its own UV space.

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Blender Google Summer Of Code: Midterm Videos

Submitted by metalliandy on July 21, 2011 - 8:13am

The Blender Google Summer Of Code has hit the halfway point and now has progress videos posted so everyone can see the new features!

The new features include Motion Capture, Automatic UV Seams, COLLADA im/export, Dynamic Wave Generation, Chinese Blender UI, Weight Painting Improvements, UV Editing Tools and Camera Tracking

Portal 2 Game Production Focus

Submitted by metalliandy on July 18, 2011 - 7:44am

CGSociety have published a fantastic production focus of Valve's stunning Portal 2!

Jordan Walker Brawl Bathhouse Available For Download

Submitted by metalliandy on July 15, 2011 - 6:42am

Epic's Lead Technical Artist Jordan Walker, who recently won a well deserved first place in Polycount's Brawl Challenge, has released his winning environment for everyone to download!

Amplify For Unity Pro!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 12, 2011 - 8:41am

Amplify for Unity Pro has been released!

The Virtual Texturing extension allows massive amounts of textures to be efficiently streamed across a level and bypassing the usual texture memory and streaming limits.

The extension allows virtual textures of up to 512k² :O

Game Developer Magazines Game Career Guide 2011

Submitted by metalliandy on July 12, 2011 - 8:28am

Game Developer magazines Game Career Guide for 2011 has been released!

The 108 page annual guide goes over the industry in great detail and gives vast amounts of information for those wishing to gain a foothold.

Even if you are already in the industry, there is still a wealth of informative reading to be had

Next Gen Hard Surface Interview With Epic Lead Technical Artist Jordan Walker

Submitted by metalliandy on July 11, 2011 - 7:07am

Epic's Lead Technical Artist Jordan Walker, who recently won a well deserved first place in Polycount's Brawl Challenge, has given a fantastic interview for our friends over at Next Gen Hard Surface!

Blender 2.5 Dynamic Wave Painting In Development!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 11, 2011 - 6:51am

Miika Hämäläinen has been hard at work on his "Carrot" branch and has uploaded an awesome feature that he has been working on.