Fusion 6 is on it's way

One of my favorite packages is Fusion from Eyeon. About two months ago I was at an early demo of the upcoming version, 6.0 and it looked impressive (well, Fusion looks impressive as it is, so that was no surprise there). However, at that time the release was quite far away. Fortunately, it isn't anymore. It seems like they have an open release candidate for their current subscribers.

For more on the new version, read on this link on Fusion 6.0

Blender 2.5 - a preview

The next major version of Blender, 2.5, is slowly maturing. All around the net, previews are leaking out. This video is one preview that shows a little bit about the interface.

Blender 2.5, - Got flexible? from Pablo Vazquez on Vimeo.

You can read more about blender on blender.org

Free image editors

Adobe Photoshop is a great tool, but it's also an expensive one. Six Revisions have put together a summary of 10 good open-source/free Image Editing tools to try out if Photoshop is out of your reach economically.

10 Excellent Open Source and Free Alternatives to Photoshop

Photo tips

This post in the blog Prophotolife contains a number of interesting links with resources for digital photography.

atn 36: links from creativity to photo instruction

Interesting thread on matte painting

This thread shows an interesting workflow when it comes to matte painting. It's a nice read if you are interested in finding new workflows/ getting new ideas for painting sceneries in Photoshop (for instance).