This time we present the long awaited replacement to our McLaren tutorial. When we released The Product Shot tutorial a couple of weeks ago we said we’d discount the first 100 copies sold which we did. Unfortunately we sold out in the first two days, so for everyone that missed that one we’re going to [...]

Brickyard Filmworks has completed 320 VFX shots on Disney’s comedy The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, which opened worldwide on June 19. The year-old company, founded by Brian Drewes, Geoff McAuliffe, and Dave Waller (of commercial shop Brickyard VFX) has added a new partner: film industry veteran Marc Sadeghi (formerly executive vice president [...]

Red Giant Software has appointed Stu Maschwitz as the new creative director for Magic Bullet products. Stu Maschwitz is the original creator of the Magic Bullet Suite of plug-ins. “In my directing work, on projects big and small, I’m always finding ways that the filmmaking process can be made more efficient, more fun, and more [...]

I don’t know how long Kuler had been around, but I just found it. Kuler is a site by Adobe that lets you explore the color wheel and different color combinations. I have found it helpful when I get stuck on what colors to use in a project. http://kuler.adobe.com/

This week The Gnomon Workshop is excited to announce a comprehensive new concept design title: Robot Design with Josh Nizzi. In this DVD, Josh leads you through his production process for designing a fighting robot. He covers everything from sketching thumbnails and modeling a 3D proxy model to rendering and detailing. Throughout the lecture Josh [...]