In-Depth:  Framestore goes to Where the Wild Things Are

Neil Bennett discovers how Framestore created incredibly lifelike CG faces for the Wild Things

News:  How to blow up the planet: behind the scenes on 2012's VFX

2012 is the VFX-laden 'event' movie of 2009. We spoke to Double Negative to find out how you destroy the world in the most entertaining way possible.

In-Depth:  Benetton shows its true Colors

The fashion label has added video to its in-house magazine using some augmented reality wizardry.

News:  Wonderful character art for children's cookbook detailed

Clémentine Derodit's et toque! is a new French-language cookbook aimed at children aged 5-8 with some fantastic character-based artwork.

In-Depth:  Vault49's juicy BlackBerry images

New York-based illustrators Vault49 created an illustration-heavy campaign targetting creatives, showing what the latest BlackBerry range can do.

Review:  Red Giant Mojo

Magic Bullet Suite is one of the most popular colour-correction tools on the market. The latest addition, Mojo, offers a simple way to ‘punch…

In-Depth:  Artillery flexes its guns with six CGI idents for the FX channel

Bristol-based studio Artillery Design raided its creative arsenal to update the branding for the FX channel – including creating six glossy CG…

In-Depth:  How to fix the Photoshop CS4/Snow Leopard 'multiple images' bug

In-Depth:  Coldplay goes interstellar

Hello Charlie matched the ambition of Coldplay’s stadium rock with a sweeping set of animations for the band’s tour visuals.

Review:  Pixelmator 1.5

In a market dominated by Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator does its best to stand out, with a unique interface and an ever-growing set of impressive…

News:  Possible scam alert: Publicized 'Autodesk Maya 2010 software conference' does not exist

On August 21, we published a story based on press materials that we had received about a conference called the Autodesk Maya 2010 software…

In-Depth:  Beat the copyright cheats

How do you protect your work from being ripped off online? Here are five ways to keep your designs safe.

News:  Apple Shake's demise confirmed

Following Apple's removal of its Shake high-end compositing tool from its website and store, we've received confirmation that it's no longer…

News:  Wallace & Gromit nominated for Cartoon d'Or 2009

Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death is one of the five finalists for this year's Cartoon d'Or prize. The winner will be…

Review:  Dell Precision T7500 workstation

The Precision T7500 is a well-designed workstation that's large, capacious and aimed at high-end creative professionals working in fields such as…

Review:  GridIron Flow

When was the last time you bought a piece of software that changed the way you work? GridIron Flow is a rare example of a groundbreaking…

News:  LBi's creative director discusses interactive industry's skills shortage

Simon Gill, creative director at LBi, tells us why digital agencies are suffering a dearth of top talent, and what can be done to find them.

Review:  Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

The PowerShot SX200 IS is Canon’s first ‘travel-zoom’ camera, a new category of cameras that put fairly long zooms onto bodies from the…

News:  Adobe launches Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder for desktop app design

Adobe has launched Flash Catalyst, an interactive design tool for creating interfaces for desktop applications that's pitched at designers rather…

Review:  DigiEffects Freeform AE review

Digieffects latest plug-in, Freeform AE, aims to bolster After Effect’s 3D toolset, allowing you to warp layers in 3D in a way that’s just not…