It wasn’t a question of “if?”, but “when?” In move reminicent of Resolve, Blackmagic has released a free Windows version of Fusion and dropped the price of a more feature-rich version to $995.

The 9th annual HPA Awards have been announced – see the full list of winners here.

The story behind Xsens new MVN suits and software/hardware upgrades.

Prologue details how they made the opening cinematic for Destiny.

Find out how Techo Image made the Trojan Horse was a Unicorn ident.

Lead product designer Philippe Soeiro walks us through tew tracking capabilities coming in the new Flame Premium 2015 Extension 2.

We talk to cebas CEO Edwin Braun about the release of thinkingParticles 6 and the new tech inside it.

Behind Phosphene’s nasal cavity visual effects for an episode of Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick.

Cinesite has announced a new division and a new partnership to make and produce animated feature films.

See how Method Studios created the vast maze and relentless mechanical creatures called Grievers for the upcoming feature film Maze Runner.

In somewhat of a shake-up to the compositing world, Blackmagic Design has announced that it is acquiring eyeon Software.

As rumoured on the last RC podcast, here is the new Sony FS7 camera just announced at IBC, more than just an XDCAM this camera here is a first look…

The Foundry has launched a COLORWAY kit for MAXON Cinema 4D.

What’s new and all the news about the open source OpenSubdiv project.

The Foundry has made betas of NUKE 9 and NUKE STUDIO available to existing customers.

How real reference served to inform the visual effects artists for three of the devastating tornado sequences in Into the Storm.

A final look at SIGGRAPH 2014 from Vancouver and what to expect in fxguide SIGGRAPH coverage coming soon.

Congrats to all the winners at this Saturday’s Creative Emmy Awards!

The areas of interest for the Sci-Tech 2015 Oscars has been published.

More from SIGGRAPH 2014 – Emerging Tech, the Pixar RenderMan User Group and parties with Image Engine and ILM.

Shotgun introduces an iPhone app and NVIDIA rounds out its Kepler product line at SIGGRAPH 2014.

How day 2 of SIGGRAPH 2014 shaped up with tech sessions and insights into the big film releases this year.

A look back at the opening sessions of DigiPro and SIGGRAPH 2014 from Vancouver.

We look at the news from The Foundry and Chaos Group with V-Ray – plus we leak some stats about NUKE 9.

VFX powerhouse Double Negative is to adopt Isotropix’s lookdev, lighting and rendering tool Clarisse iFX.

John Bruno talks to fxguide about co-directing the documentary film charting James Cameron’s dive to the deepest point on Earth.

A run-down of RealFlow 2014 with Lumiere Studios’ technical director Duncan Lees.

Each year The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to join the academy. The 2014 invitees for Visual Effects are