VFXWorld Magazine
Prime Focus World Scales New Heights in Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’
Prime Focus World’s senior stereo supervisor Richard Baker reveals how the team worked with miniature scale in Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster “Ant-Man,’ starring Paul Rudd.
OptiTrack VR Tracking Powers Interactive 3D Mural at SIGGRAPH 2015
‘Holojam’ virtual reality experience enables participants to collaborate on sculptural artwork in virtual space.
Blur Studio Creates ‘Halo Wars 2’ Teaser Trailer
Trailer premiering at Xbox gamescom 2015 briefing introduces new strategy game set in the Halo universe.
I Got Your Voxels Right Here: The Updated Digital Characters of ‘Pixels’
Sony Imageworks VFX supervisor Dan Kramer helps bring iconic low-res 1980s arcade game characters into the CG world of 2015 in the new Adam Sandler film.
Fabric Engine 2 Launches at SIGGRAPH 2015
Double Negative, Hybride, MPC and Psyop to present at the Fabric Engine User Group meeting on Tuesday August 11, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Dean Devlin to Deliver Keynote Session at 2015 VES Summit
Forum to feature panels on Virtual Reality and TV, OTT and extended content forms; industry leaders to host interactive business roundtables.
MAXON Announces New Cinema 4D R17
Mirada Creates VR Experience for FX’s ‘The Strain’
Unique virtual reality experience is first to sync six viewers wirelessly and offer real-time vision-distorting effects to heighten suspense.
Pixar Launching RenderMan Art & Science Fair at SIGGRAPH 2015
Pixar’s RenderMan Art & Science Fair to highlight latest updates on RenderMan’s connectivity to Blender, Cinema4D, Houdini, Katana and Maya, Pixar’s support of open interchange standards, a preview of metered licensing technology, new cloud features in Tractor, and more.
Autodesk Launches Stingray Game Engine at GDC Europe 2015
Built on the Bitsquid engine, Stingray is a new platform for making 3D games with support for a host of industry-standard game development workflows and connectivity to Autodesk 3D animation tools.
Solving Tiny Problems: Double Negative Tackles ‘Ant-Man’
Dneg VFX supervisor Alex Wuttke talks lighting, camera arrays and macro photography on Marvel’s latest superhero movie.
Zoic Adds VFX Supervisor Jeff Wozniak
Box Office Report: ‘M:I5’ Wins Weekend with $56M Domestic Debut
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ $150 million tentpole feature launches to $65 million overseas for an early total of $121 million worldwide.
Next Limit Technologies Launches RealFlow 2015
Ninth edition of out-of-the-box fluid and dynamics simulation software for 3D visual effects includes all new features and updates, allowing users to achieve quality results faster than ever before.
SIGGRAPH 2015: 2nd Annual Birds of a Feather for Freelance Survivors
Second annual SIGGRAPH Birds of a Feather for Freelance Survivors to feature a panel of experts addressing issues relevant to successfully navigating a career as a freelancer.
Xsens Boosts ‘The Inheritance’ Real-Time Live! Performance at SIGGRAPH 2015
Innovative visual sculpture piece to be shown for first time in the U.S. at SIGGRAPH 2015 alongside presentations from Autodesk, Dynamixyz, Morph3d and Unity.
Lexhag Creates VFX for BBC Period Drama ‘Poldark’
London-based VFX house uses a mix of LIDAR scan technology, full-CG ship elements and the organizational capacity of ftrack production tracking and management software to deliver visual effects for the BBC’s period drama ‘Poldark.’
Method Studios Comes Up Big by Going Small on ‘Ant-Man’
VFX supervisor Greg Steele talks about bringing ants, wasps and a tiny superhero to the big screen in Marvel’s new action adventure.
Edit 1 Creates New Music Video for Electropop Songstress BECA
NYC-based previs studio stretches creative boundaries with ‘Bayonet’ music video tapping company’s strengths in motion capture, 3D animation, visual effects, editorial, and more.
PipelineFX to Preview Qube! 6.8 at SIGGRAPH 2015
New UI part of demos in Booth #801; “Straight Talk on Cloud Rendering” theme of organized Birds of a Feather event.
T-Rex, Shaq and Shanghai: MPC’s First Six Months in the Middle Kingdom
Global VFX powerhouse MPC’s expansion into China shows that despite considerable challenges, opportunities are there for the taking.
Syd Mead to Receive VES Visionary Award
The Visual Effects Society to present master visual futurist and iconic artist Syd Mead with the professional honorary society’s Visionary Award at the 14th Annual VES Awards on February 2, 2016.
Visualizing an Age of Wonder: Lola VFX Takes on ‘Ant-Man’
VFX supervisor Trent Claus discusses aging and de-aging the character of Dr. Hank Pym in Marvel’s new superhero feature.
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3.1 for Maya
Latest free update boasts 100 new and modified features including Maya 2016 support and advanced VR rendering.