Mari is the new powerful texture projection painting system from The Foundry. At CGSociety you can read a interview with Jack Greasley the Product Manager from The Foundry. Mari was originally developed at Weta Digital. The technology was driven by the texture department’s need to handle complex, high resolution textures on 3D models in King Kong and Avatar. Mari’s product information can be found here , with a case study describing how Mari was used in Avatar here (PDF). Looks [...]

Check out the new melodramatic trailer for Gears of War 3, called Ashes to Ashes. Created by Digital Domain and  directed by Vernon Wilbert. The concept and stylization of the new trailer is quite similar to the old trailer called Rendezvous.