Back light Effect on the Footage

How to give a back light effect to a character if there is no physical light there actually to illuminate him.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/backlight/backlight.html

Modeling of the Punisher

In this time lapse video, artist Valentin will show how he model the character from the movie Punisher Warzone in ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/punisher/punisher_modeling.html

Pigeon Impossible Podcasts - Part 6

In this video will explain the Pigeon Rig, Although the software used was XSI, the podcast is focused on CG techniques

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/pigeonimpossible/pigeon6.html

Baking ZBrush materials to Texture maps

Senior Character Artist at Vicious Cycle Software, demonstrates how to bake ZBrush materials into a texture map.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/baking_texturemaps/baking_texture_maps.html

Restoration of Scientific Films

Post Logic Studios Undertakes Restoration of Scientific Films for the National Archive 16mm Time-Lapse Films

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/postlogic_scientific.html

2D Compositing in After Effects

Learn how to add a depth in a still images and this simple trick will help you in adding life in your boring still images

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/2dcompositing/2Dcompositing.html

Making of Meet You

Artist from China will share the production process of the very appreciated image created in Maya and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/meetyou/meetyou.html

2k sports Team up with Vicon

VICON T160 motion capture system was deployed to capture pro hockey players in an outdoor shoot

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/vicon_2k.html

Interview with John Hayes

Senior Lead Character Artist from Sega studio will share experiences with you, currenty working on the Ironman 2

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/johnhayes/johnhayes.html

Timelapse Making in Mudbox

Wayne Robson gave a Mudbox Masterclass and he showed the creation from nothing to final render

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/timelapsemaking/mudbox2010-timelapse-making.html

Pigeon Impossible Podcasts are Back

After long time Director/Animator Lucas Martell brings another set of informative podcasts which also gives info in general

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/pigeonimpossible/pigeon5.html

Making of Hakara

Artist decide to create a sexy girl with little clothing and weapons using 3ds max and ZBrush [contains artistic nudity]

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/hakara/hakara.html

Frantic Films VFX Battles John Woo's Red Cliff

Epic Chinese-Lang. Film Features Massive Naval Battle Sequence Comprising 2,500 Boats Populated with an Army of 70,000

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/frantic_redcliff.html

CGArena: June-July 09 Magazine Issue

With all your love and best wishes CGArena brings another issue of the bi-monthly free PDF magazine for download

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/june09_issue.html

Interview with Alessandro Baldasseroni

Meet with the 35 years old self-taught senior character artist at Blur Studio. Artist work surely inspire you

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/alessandro_baldasseroni/interview.html

Fast Glossy Render in 3ds max using Vray

This video tutorial shows you one of the ways of speeding up renders of glossy surfaces in 3ds max using Vray

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/fast_glossy/fast_glossy_render_vray.html

Making of Journey Across the Desert

Artist wanted to paint an exotic open desert landscape and imbue with a sense of mystery

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/journey_desert/journey-desert.html

House of Moves captures Dancers

VICON House of Moves recently provided motion capture services for the Black Eyed Peas music video

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/house_of_moves.html

Car Wheel Rotation Expression Tutorial

Learn how to rotate the car wheels according to the movement of the car using expressions in After Effects

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/car-wheel/car-wheel.html