HDRI 3D

Blue Sky Studios, creators of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, speak frankly about everything from tips and techniques to being successful in a tumultuous economy.

Do you have a creative project in mind? Follow along with Pierre as he turns an idea into a final draft, using 2D and 3D tools including Photoshop and ZBrush.

Modeling can be easy if you use the right tools. Creating a disco ball with CINEMA 4D's mograph module made life easy when animating the BluRay title You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

Put away the shaving cream and razors, place the scissors in the drawer, and hang up your hat, because it's time to stop your suffering from hair loss. Achieve and maintain healthy hair by using these top 10 tips and techniques for working with FiberFX.

Having problems transferring raw camera data from Maya to After Effects? This complete workflow, from camera to AE, will save your day!

Boujou is able to track or capture a live action camera’s motion and apply it to a virtual camera for import into a 3D application. In this workflow, Peter uses Boujou to track an actor’s head movement by tricking the software into thinking that it is tracking a camera.

Anisotropic Nodes are used to create virtual micro bumps to simulate how light will disburse when it hits a surface. Follow along with this tutorial using Anisotropic Nodes to create the reflective layer of a CD or DVD. 

Keeping a production on track isn't rocket science, so why do so many projects from student films to studio features run off-course and over-budget? The answers are simple, and the solutions are well within everyone's reach.

Want to go beyond the basics of Softimage's create 3D text tool without taking hours to make changes when the animation timing changes? Try some simple scripting to create text or objects that track in 3D space. 

When R&D asked Robert to create a 3D model of a plastic tube with a reinforced metal wire mesh running throughout the inside wall of the tube, he came up with this technique. Follow along and try it yourself! 

Rocco Tartamella takes on Spider-Man with nothing but his bare hands and a fistful of sculpting tools. Join him on his latest sculpting adventure as he prepares for and completes his live sculpting demo at the New York Toy Fair International 2009.  

Losing Your Cool

Shoot and Share With the World's Smallest HD Camcorder:
Introducing the Flip MinoHD by Pure Digital Technologies, Inc.

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Intervention 3D 

The New Era