Sci-Tech awards include recognition of effects simulation software, VFX toolkits, color workflows, practical fx systems and more.

The director and producer of Cinesite’s short ‘Beans’ talk to fxguide about making the surprise-ending film.

In a move to help actually see camera data make it to post, the VES Technology Committee has launched a new initiative and standard that is free and open to all.

Next Limit has released Maxwell Render V3 – check out the new features of this great renderer here.

A run-down of the newest features in The Foundry’s NUKE 8 release.

The list of 10 films that will go into the VFX Oscar bake-off has been announced.

Isotropix targets Clarisse iFX to freelancers and to small studios with new low pricing options. We speak one on one with company CEO Sam Assadian.

How they pulled off the epic Jean-Claude Van Damme splits stunt in that Volvo Trucks commercial.

A announced visit by President Obama to DreamWorks Glendale animation studio has visual effects artists in Los Angeles donning green and taking to the streets.

Your preview guide to the key courses, tech papers, exhibits and speakers coming up at SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 in Hong Kong.

Web-based 3D creation software Clara.io, from the team at Exocortex, is now in open beta. Find out more about the tool and how people are using it.

Houdini 13 released with a finite element solver, plus a new particles and Alembic and OpenSubDiv support. We talk one on one about the exciting new FEA system.

Find out more about CVMP 2013 – a conference that brings together practitioners, experts and researchers from broadcast, film, games, imaging and graphics for two days of presentations.

Egg to kitten to robot to buffalo to shark to race car to rocket – all in a day’s work for Time Based Arts and Important Looking Pirates for this Vodafone spot.

Creating a 3D self-portrait without having to leave your living room is now a reality, thanks to research being presented this year at SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong.

Last month Bournemouth University hosted BFX. Matt Leonard reports on this specialist vfx conference for fxguide.

These days it is not enough to just post a video on Kickstarter if you are hoping to get funding… you need to really kick it up a notch. Nick Nicolaou has certainly done that, sending a Zombie into space!

An interview with J.W. Rinzler, the author of The Making of Return of the Jedi, what to expect from the enhanced ‘making of’ Star Wars e-books and an exclusive hi-res image of the Death Star miniature.

The CG modeling video that recently swept the web will be presented in depth at SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 in Hong Kong. Here’s our sneak peek at the tech.

Find out about the International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) taking place in Melbourne this week. Paul Debevec is one of the key speakers.

Game of Thrones and Banshee take out the visual effects gongs at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Arri has just launched its new AMIRA camera.

Find out all about the changes in NUKE 8, plus an exclusive interview with The Foundry’s NUKE Product Manager Jon Wadelton.

Making camera tracking easier – Cooke, Codex and The Pixel Farm partner to launch new /i Squared Technology system to record key lens data, including inertial tracking data.