3DM3 has an interview with Jacobo Rojo - “Making of Audi R8 in Desert” author and Arte-3D Modelling Studio founder and owner.

A critical error has recently been identified that prevents the MOTOR (motion retargeting) feature from working. This affects all versions of xsi 6.x.
A patch is available for immediate download from Softimage’s website

Via: 3DM3.com

Very nice article about the effects behind Beowulf. Don’t miss it!

SplutterFish, developers of the award-winning, fully-integrated rendering suite for Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk VIZ, yesterday announced the worldwide availability of Brazil r/s version 2.0. Click the image to read the press release, or click here to see the full list of features.

Via: CGTalk

HandMade, the film rights and production company, reported yesterday that New Line Cinema, the multi-media company that is behind some of the most successful film franchises in history, had acquired the US distribution rights for the $60 million (£29 million) CGI animation feature ‘Planet 51’ from HandMade.

In March 2007, HandMade joined Madrid-based Ilion Animation Studios as the UK production partner and worldwide sales agent for the studio’s first animation film, Planet 51.

Planet 51, which was written by Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Joe Stillman, writer of Shrek and Shrek 2, is currently in production and will be completed and theatrically released in 2009.

Jacobo Rojo from Arte-3D Modeling Studio guides us through this making of for his latest work “Audi R8 in Desert”, using 3ds Max, polygonal modeling and some nurbs.

Have a look at this stunning making of from Henning Ludvigsen, a Norwegian digital artist currently working as Art Director at a computer game development company in Greece. He is an awarded artist, with features in several books from Ballistic Publishing.

After the success of the previous editions, 3DTotal has begun calling for submission for its third “Digital Art Masters” book. First you have to send your final image_; if it’s approved, then you’ll have to send a making of and several wip’s, and a descriptive text. Click on the image to read more on their website.

According to 3DM3.com, Next Limit Technologies has announced the release of an update for Maxwell Render.

Maxwell Render 1.6 and the updated plug-ins are available for download from the usual customer download area. The public release of Maxwell Render 1.6 will take place some days after the client release.

Version 1.6 brings new features and improvements, including the much-anticipated Maxwell Displacement, Instances, multithreading voxelization, new plug-ins, network improvements and more.

Maxwell Render 1.6 also includes a free pack of Dosch Design HDR images, exclusively for Maxwell Render license holders. This HDRI pack will be made available for download soon after the 1.6 release, and all customers will be notified by email.

This video tutorial is intended to help you in extracting the best results from the light cache in Vray. Follow the link on the image to watch it online on CGArena.