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A key focus of Houdini 11 is making you more productive in your day-to-day work. This means targeting our development efforts on ways for you to work faster with fewer clicks. In Houdini 11, new Voronoi-Based Fracturing tools will make it easier to break up objects either before a simulation or automatically during a simulation. Destruction sequences are a staple of Houdini-based VFX shots and now they will be easier to create and even more controllable.

The Gnomon Workshop announces the release of its first tutorial on stereoscopic imagery. Stereoscopic Camera Fundamentals: Maya and Lightwave Setup with Aristomenis Tsirbas is a great introduction to the subject and is software agnostic with demonstrations in Maya and Lightwave that could be applied to other packages as well. The DVD covers subjects ranging from the biology of the human eye and converting 2D CGI to true 3D, to final output and display.

E-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of the Personal Learning Editions (PLE) of its solutions for CG professionals, Vue 8.5 xStream and Vue 8.5 Infinite.

The Gnomon Workshop releases a superb DVD on Animal Anatomy by Marshall Vandruff. Marshall is an acclaimed art instructor who has combined a love of drawing with a pursuit for the ultimate teaching strategies for anatomy, perspective and composition.

This new video discussed several areas of Visual Effects in regards to doing facial / muzzle replacement techniques while in a compositing environment. We will show you how to stay in Nuke for the entire voyage of capturing the motion and turning it into a monstrous transformation.