Learn how to use an HDR image to light your scene in Blender, as well as what to do when your HDR (or LDR) isn't giving you hard shadows automatically.
I'm working on an addon to progressively render animations for Cycles - have it render a low number of samples initially for the whole animation, but get cleaner and cleaner the longer you leave it...
In this short tip I'll explain how to render your animation to a video with audio, as well as mention a couple useful features to stabilize and improve play-back in the viewport.
I've recently started working on another short film, Luke's Escape (http://www.lukesescape.com) - my role in the team ranges from modeling through to compositing, but I'll mostly be doing shading a...