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3D Modeling and Animation

Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 3D Modeling and Animation
Autodesk Maya 2011 3D Modeling and Animation
Autodesk Mudbox 2011 3D Sculpting
Autodesk Softimage 2011 3D Modeling and Animation
AutoDesSys Form Z 6.7 3D Modeling
Blender Foundation Blender 2.53 3D Modeling and Animation
Caligari trueSpace 7.6 3D Modeling and Animation
Daz 3D Bryce 6.0 3D Landscapes
EI Technology Group Amorphium 3.0 3D Modeling and Animation
Dr. Martin Wengenmayer. Cheeetah3D 5.0 3D Modeling and Animation
e-on Software Vue 8.5 3D Landscapes
Luxology Modo 401 3D Modeling and Animation
Hash Animation Master 5.0 3D Modeling and Animation
Maxon Cinema 4D 11.5 3D Modeling and Animation
Massive Software Massive 4.0 3D Animation and AI Crowd System
Nevercenter Silo 2.0 3D Modeling
NewTek Lightwave 10 3D Modeling and Animation
Pixologic ZBrush 4.0 3D Sculpting
Side Effects Houdini 11 3D Modeling and Animation
Planetside Software Terragen 2.0 3D Landscapes

3D Paint

The Foundry Mari 1.0 3D Paint
Maxon BodyPaint 3D 4.5 3D Paint

Simulation

Exotic Matter Naiad Fluids
Next Limit S.L. Realflow 5.0 Fluids

Motion Capture

Autodesk MotionBuilder 2011 Motion Capture and Keyframe Animation

Rendering

chaos group V-Ray 1.5 SP5 Rendering
mental images mental ray 3.8 Rendering
Pixar RenderMan Studio 3.0 Rendering
Splutter Fish Brazil 2.1 Rendering

Effects and Compositing

Adobe After Effects CS5 Effects and Compositing
Apple Motion 4.0 Effects and Compositing
Autodesk Flame 2011 Effects and Compositing
Autodesk Inferno 2011 Effects and Compositing
eyeon Fusion 6.1 Effects and Compositing
eyeon Generation 2.0 Collaboration and Finishing
eyeon Rotation 6.1 Roto, Paint and Keying
eyeon Vision 1.0 Motion Graphics Creation
The Foundry Nuke 6.1 Effects and Compositing
Imagineer Systems mokey Object / Element Removal
Imagineer Systems Motor Rotoscoping
SilhouetteFX Silhouette 4.0 Rotoscoping

Tracking

2D3 Boujou 5 Tracking
Andersson Technologies SynthEyes 2011 Tracking
Imagineer Systems Monet Tracking and Compositing
Imagineer Systems Mocha Tracking
Science D Visions 3D Equalizer 4.0 Tracking
The Pixel Farm PFTrack 5.0 Tracking
The Pixel Farm PFMatchit COMING SOON!

DI and Colour Grading

Autodesk Lustre 2011 Digital Colour Grading
Blackmagic Design Da Vinci Resolve Digital Colour Grading

3D / VFX News, Tutorials, Forums and Blogs

The CG Artist Homepage
Autodesk's Forum for Tips, Tutorials, Downloads, Showcases, Networking, Blogs and Discussions
News, Forums, Galley and Jobs
CG Society, Society of Digital Artist
Pigs Fly is the main eyeon Fusion Forum.
Visual Effects blog, News, Forums, Tips, etc.
Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery and Mike Seymour
Lots of information and downloads for Maya, 3ds Max, Renderman, Shake, XSI and zBrush
Houdini Community, scripts, shaders, tutorials, plugins and codes
The Technical Director's Workshop to Houdini
Renderman Forum
Forums, News, Features, Tutorials
News and Features
Visual Effects blog
The Foundry's You Tube channel
The Foundry's blog
Nukepedia

Artist and Friends

Ron Brinkmann
Sean Devereaux
Ed Harriss
Jeff Heusser
Aruna Inversin
Stu Maschwitz
Tahl Niran
Heribert Raab
Frank Rüter
Mike Seymour

Training and Education

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Trade Magazines

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Post Production Facilities

Animal Logic: Sydney, Australia
Asylum VFX: Santa Monica, USA
At The Post: Venice, USA
Boundary VFX: USA, UK, Brazil and Canada
Brainstorm Digital: Brooklyn, USA
CAFEFX: Santa Maria, USA
Cinesite: Soho, UK
CIS Vancouver: Vancouver, Canada
Crazy Horse Effects: Venice, USA
Custom Film Effects: Burbank, USA

Dive: Philadelphia, USA

Double Negative: Soho, UK
Digital Domain: Venice, USA
Evil Eye Pictures: San Francisco, USA
Framestore CFC: Soho, UK
Hydraulx: Santa Monica, USA
Image Engine Design: Vancouver, Canada
Industrial Light & Magic: San Francisco, USA
Intelligent Creatures: Toronto, Canada
Invisible Pictures: Toronto, Canada
Layersmith Digital: Oxford, USA
Legacy Effects: San Fernando, USA
LipSync Post: Soho, London
Lola Visual Effects, Santa Monica, USA
Mothership: Venice, USA
Moving Picture Company: Soho, UK
Mr X Inc.: Toronto, Canada
Nvizible: Soho, UK
OHUfx: Wellington, New Zealand
Pearless Camera Company: Soho, UK
Rainmaker: Vancouver, Canada
Rhythm and Hues: Los Angeles, USA
Rising Sun Pictures: Adelaide, Australia
Roto Factory: Santa Rosa, USA
Stan Winston Studios: San Fernando, USA
Soho VFX: Vancouver, Canada
Sony Picture Imageworks: Culver City, USA
Space Monkey: Santa Monica, USA
Spin VFX: Toronto, Canada
Svengali Visual Effects: Venice, USA
The Senate: Twickenham Film Studios, UK
Tippett Studio: Berkeley , USA
Trixter: Munich , Germany
Weta Digital: Wellington, New Zealand
Weta Workshop: Wellington, New Zealand
Windmill Lane Creative Post Production: Dublin, Ireland

IRC Chat

nuke irc.foonetic.net #nuke
houdini irc.freenode.net #odforce
fxphd irc.freenode.net #fxphd
3dbuzz irc.3dbuzz.com #3dbuzz

Networks and Groups

General Name
Network
Network Name
Description
Maya LinkedIn Professional Maya Users A group of high-end, professional users of Maya.
Maya Facebook Alias / Autodesk Maya Professional Users Group This is a technical community group for expert professionals using Alias (now Autodesk) Maya.
Houdini LinkedIn Houdini 3D VFX Tools Users 3D VFX Tools by sidefx program Users ONLY! Houdini jobs, Houdini in market, Houdini Pipelines etc...
Houdini Facebook Houdini 3D VFX Tools Users A group to bring together the Facebook community for Houdini animation software.
Nuke LinkedIn Nuke Network A group of high-end, professional users of Maya.
Nuke Facebook Nuke For those who have been Nuked.
Fusion LinkedIn Fusion Artist This is a group for visual effects artists who use eyeon's Fusion compositing system, as well as its subset applications, Rotation and Vision.
Fusion Facebook Eyeon Fusion For all those passionate Eyeon Fusion users out there, in search of information, exchange of knowledge, illumination, etc.
The Visual Effects Society LinkedIn The Visual Effects Society  
Compositing Facebook Extraordinary club of Digital Compositors All thing about compositing.
Visual Effects Professionals LinkedIn Visual Effects Professionals  
ILM Facebook Industrial Light & Magic For those of us who work at, have worked at, or just plain enjoy the work of ILM.
ILM LinkedIn ILM Alumni Current and former Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) alumni. A place for networking, getting back in touch and sharing current job openings.


This list was last updates on 3rd August 2010

 


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