Maya 7 Review: Pushing the Boundaries of 3D Software
Fred Galpern explores the latest in digital art wonders from Ballistic Publishing with his overview.
SIGGRAPH 2005 Overview: Electronic Theater & Animation Festival
The Career Coach gives strategies and tips on how to work the job fair, especially at SIGGRAPH 2005.
SIGGRAPH 2005 Overview: Empowering the Artist
Rick DeMott opens up the new coffee table book, The Cinema of George Lucas, to discover more about the art of the man behind Star Wars.
'Building Interactive Worlds in 3D': Materials and Textures
VFXWorld presents a new excerpt from Building Interactive Worlds in 3D by Jean-Marc Gauthier. This month we present a tutorial in materials and textures from the Basic 3D Kit.
CAT2 Software Review: Meeting the Goals of Animation Intensive Industries
The graphic novel craze is taking over the world. Christopher Panzner investigates the European scene to see what the hottest properties are.
Ballistic Four-Book Review: 'Exposé 2', 'Exposé 3', 'CG Challenge XV: Machineflesh' and 'd’artiste: Digital Pai
Marisa Materna looks into the design work of Imaginary Forces, which has been a go to place lately when turning comicbook properties into feature films.
'Building Interactive Worlds in 3D': Modeling
VFXWorld presents the first installment of a new series of excerpts from Building Interactive Worlds in 3D by Jean-Marc Gauthier. This month we present a tutorial in modeling from the Basic 3D Kit.
Book Review: 'The Cinema of George Lucas'
Nancy Cartwright discusses and gives advice about an important, but little talked about area of the voice acting business promotions and marketing.
'Stealth': Keeping Speed With Jet-Fast F/X
Alain Bielik speaks with Digital Domain and visual effects supervisor Joel Hynek about bringing the fast-paced action of Stealth to the big screen.
'Sky High' — The Superpower of Visual Effects
Mary Ann Skweres unmasks the secrets identities of the visual effects heroes behind Sky High.
SIGGRAPH 2005 Art Gallery: Threading Time
Mary Ann Skweres talks with the people behind putting together SIGGRAPH's Art Gallery and what we can expect in the future in the world of digital art.
Alias SketchBook Pro 2 Review
With Illuminate Labs set to launch Turtle 2.0 at SIGGRAPH 2005, Xen Wildman provides a sneak peek of its new and improved features.
The Digital Eye: Picking the Right Technique
Jenny Fulle, evp of production and executive producer for Sony Pictures Imageworks, takes on the Digital Eye column this month, focusing her look at picking the right technique.
Prevising 'Charlie' for ‘Burtonvision’
Bill Desowitz reveals how production designer Alex McDowell and previs supervisor Nic Hatch set up a centralized previs unit unique to the U.K. to meet the 3D design challenges of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Brevig and Bay Reunite on 'The Island'
ILMs Eric Brevig discusses with Ellen Wolff the challenges of matching virtual CG work with live-action cinematography on The Island.
U.K. Digital Art: New Rules, New Techniques, New Collectives
Michael Burns surveys the U.K. digital design scene for exciting talent, styles and trends.
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory': Burton Eye Candy
Several of the visual effects supervisors on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tell Alain Bielik how they managed to incorporate complex CGI.
Uncovering the Magic: VES’ Festival of Visual Effects 2005
Animation World Network and VFXWorlds staff report back about the various secrets revealed at the Visual Effects Societys Festival of Visual Effects 2005.
Turtle 2.0 Preview: The Renderer for Maya is on the Move
With Illuminate Labs set to launch Turtle 2.0 at SIGGRAPH 2005, Xen Wildman provides a sneak peek of its new and improved features.
'Inspired 3D Short Film Production': Production Planning — Part 9
In this last excerpt from Inspired 3D Short Film Production, Jeremy Cantor and Pepe Valencia discuss how to safeguard your digital files and create backup plans.
The World of Design According to Syd Mead
Henry Turner talks to famed visual designer Syd Mead about his influential work on Blade Runner, old school vs. digital tools and the luxurious SUD.
Otherworldly Concept Designs of Ryan Church
Ryan Church tells Ellen Wolff all about the design challenges of working with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on two of this summers hottest movies.
'Inspired 3D Short Film Production': Production Planning — Part 8
In the eighth part of the production planning chapter from the book, Inspired 3D Short Film Production, Jeremy Cantor and Pepe Valencia discuss the importance of managing and organizing the digital assets for a production.
Poser 6 Review: An Emerging Tool for Digital Creators
Janet Hetherington checks in with independent animators across Canada to find out whats hot and whats not on the Canadian animation scene.
'Fantastic Four': Marvel’s Original Dysfunctional Family
Tara DiLullo discovers how Giant Killer Robots, Stan Winston Digital and Soho VFX pulled off the vfx wonders of Fantastic Four.
