Finding the perfect clip now comes with an added benefit. Artbeats, the industry’s leading creative royalty-free stock footage resource, has introduced an online scavenger hunt in celebration of the industry’s newest all-inclusive stock footage service, Artbeats FootageHub. Taking place now through Jan. 31, 2010, the Artbeats $40,000 Scavenger Giveaway provides participants weekly opportunities to win free stock footage collections, software packages and industry resources. All successful searchers will also receive more

A truly unparalleled moment in time, the arrival of a newborn is also one of the most difficult events to effectively document on film. Artbeats’ newest royalty-free stock footage collection, Birth of a Baby, conquers that challenge and provides an exceptional and uncensored look inside the real-life human birthing process.

A graphic, yet true-to-life presentation, Birth of a Baby offers multiple camera perspectives including extreme close-up, doctor point-of-view of the more

San Mateo, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2008 – Luxology® LLC today announced that two new sets of videos focused on architectural subjects have been added to the company’s growing training library. Using modo® 302, Luxology’s artist-friendly 3D content creation software, the “Architectural Modeling” video training album demonstrates how to create an architectural model from a given set of dimensions, and the “Architectural Interior: Lighting and Rendering” video album provides techniques more

Myrtle Creek, Ore. –— Dec. 8, 2008 –— Transform everyday projects into masterpieces in motion with expert tips from Artbeats’ new video podcast. World-renowned for its extensive library of royalty-free stock footage, Artbeats is now widely recognized as a source for creative inspiration and educational tools for incorporating motion into your everyday projects. The latest addition to the company’s line-up is a bi-weekly video podcast hosted by award-winning and industry-recognized more

The industry’s first and only royalty-free stock footage shot on the RED One digital camera is now available from Artbeats, with an initial release of more than 350 clips. Available for individual download, this new footage can be purchased with Artbeats’ ‘Buy 3, Get 4th Free’ clip discount. For more information or to view the RED footage demo, please visit the Artbeats website at www.artbeats.com/redfootage.

“This is the first time that more

NEW YORK — Oct. 20, 2008 — Escape Studios, the number one source for developing a successful career in the CG industry, today announced that its new New York facility is offering a five-day Pixar’s RenderMan® Fundamentals course. Taught by acclaimed Escape Tutor, Bhamik Patel, Pixar’s RenderMan Fundamentals course will provide students with a solid foundation in the primary rendering technology used in film, visual effects and animation production. Pixar’s more

Background clips don’t have to be boring. The release of Abstract Dimensions, Artbeats’ versatile new footage collection, proves that with 25 new backgrounds spanning a creative cornucopia of geometric shapes, subtle flowing designs and wildly colored warping ‘effects.’

Abstract Dimensions features computer-generated (CG) textures designed as interesting, unobtrusive backgrounds for the placement of titles, text, ID bugs and other main elements. The clips evoke an incredible variety of moods — calm, more