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One of the first magazines on fantastic filmmaking (eg. horror, fantasy and special effects) out there was Cinefantastique. That magazine existed from 1970 to around 2006. I never subscribed as there are some genres that don't interest me (like horror or zombies) but anything relating to science fiction, stop motion animation, and/or Ray Harryhausen ended up on my bookshelf. In fact, it was the double issue on the Making of Star Wars that got me hooked on visual effects at a young age. Well...the loss of Cinefex (the journal of cinematic illusions) earlier this year when they announced that they have gone out of business has left a big hole in my reading list so I started searching the web for something on-line (who does print anymore?). This brought me back to my old favorite Cinefantastique: Cinefantastique Magazine: 1970-2002 : Cinefantastique : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Now, not every issue is found here for free, but 182 of them should keep me busy. I have always felt that knowing the old methods when people actually got their hands dirty to make something look real is a great way to inform your CGI skills on how to make something look real in the computer. Dave

Are these 3D or actually 2D painted / drawn ?!! CBR

Really nice work!

Yeah that last one dude, particularly - wonderful sunlight / haze combo 🙂 CBR

Exterior Sky and volumetric RnD for a current project. Been relearning how to properly use HDRIs and volumetrics in Corona renderer with help from www.thecommonpoint.com tutorials. Using HDRIs from www.pgskies.com. Fully into R25 now - I love the new layout.

I have zero issue with anyone making this argument. Unless you're on subscription and it doesn't matter to you, R25 is clearly not a worthy investment for anyone considering a permanent license, as it's basically just an unfinished work in progress as will be everything that will follow until the new node core is fully operational and up to speed, which quite frankly there is no guarantee that will ever even happen because Maxon must stay in business long enough to cross that finish line, and at the earliest won't be for several more years.

Sorry, I meant the command manager is where you can find them.