Known mostly for its CG entertainment work, Indias emerging animation industry is increasingly adding vfx projects to its portfolio. Karen Raugust reports. Includes QuickTime clips of vfx showreels from Prasad EFX, Paprikaas Animation Studios and Rayudu Vision Media Ltd.!
With visual effects work needed on a global scale, J. Paul Peszko investigates the rise in VFX throughout the Middle East.
Ellen Wolff reports on Digital Domain’s extensive photoreal CG efforts in recreating the horrific Battle of Iwo Jima in Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers.
Alain Bielik climbs the Tower of Babel in search of VFX treasure. Includes QuickTime clip showing Intelligent Creatures CG Tokyo!
Alain Bielik takes on the mission of uncovering the secrets behind the visual effects of Stormbreaker. Includes QuickTime clip of Baseblacks vfx work in the films climactic rooftop sequence!
In this months Digital Eye, Scott Dougherty, the co-founder/head of production at Furious FX, discusses the rise and resilience of smaller facilities in the visual effects community.
Peter Plantec conducts an extensive survey of the vfx work being down in Central and Eastern Europe, discovering that the digital world is truly global. Includes QuickTime clip of OREO and fx3xs vfx showreels!
In this months Career Coach, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson makes an impression on the reader about business cards.
Renee Dunlop boldly goes where no journalist has gone before in reporting on the re-mastering of the original Star Trek series with subtle 3D enhancements.
Adrian Pennington explores the current explosion of 3D character animation as a result of the Harry Potter franchise among the four top London-based vfx studios.
Alain Bielik takes on the mission of uncovering the secrets behind the visual effects of Stormbreaker. Includes QuickTime clip of Baseblacks vfx work in the films climactic rooftop sequence!
Fred Galpern cracks open copies of Ballistic Publishing's latest releases, Expos4 and d'artiste: Concept Art, to find out if the artwork inside is worth the cover price or better left on the shelf.
In the latest excerpt from the book The Magic of Houdini, Will Cunningham welcomes all users to Copy SOP.
In the eighth Open Season production diary, Sony Pictures Animation discusses the new tools they devised for water, hair and cloth.
Karen Raugust investigates how the vfx work featured in new and returning series this fall focuses on realism and subtlety.
Carolyn Giardina reports on the growing popularity and importance of the eDIT 9. Filmmaker’s Festival in Frankfurt, Germany.
Brush operations is the subject of VFXWorlds latest excerpt from The Magic of Houdini by Will Cunningham.
Carolyn Giardina reports back from IBC in Amsterdam, where Aardman was honored for excellence, and color management, DI and 3-D continued to be the hot topics.
In the second Open Season production diary, Sony Pictures Animation describes the establishment of a production pipeline in collaboration with Sony Pictures Imageworks for its first 3D-animated feature.
Karen Raugust investigates how the vfx work featured in new and returning series this fall focuses on realism and subtlety.
Janet Hetherington talks to professionals about how, from courtroom dramas to science-fiction thrillers, vfx are playing bigger roles in current TV shows right from the beginning.
J. Paul Peszko discovers how the use of virtual backgrounds is becoming more of an integral part of the vfx arsenal on TV. Includes QuickTime movie clip!
Flying high with Alain Bielik and the Double Negative crew on Flyboys. View a five-minute dogfight sequence in our New VFXWorld Media Player.
Alain Bielik explains the imaginative vfx and animation in Michel Gondrys The Science of Sleep.
Ellen Wolff speaks with Mat Beck of Entity FX about raising the VFX quotient in the sixth season of Smallville.
