VFXWorld Magazine
SIGGRAPH 2019 Announces Exclusive ‘Making Of’ VFX Production Sessions
Oscar winners ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and ‘First Man,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Toy Story 4’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ among expansive slate of planned feature film, streaming, games and VR presentations.
WATCH: Andrew Glassner Talks Deep Learning, Neural Networks and AI at FMX 2019
The noted researcher and consultant discusses various aspects of artificial intelligence, how the technology is being used in visual effects and the dangers of unchecked deployment.
SIGGRAPH 2019 Announces Computer Animation Festival Winners
Pixar’s ‘Purl’ wins best in show; Supinfocom’s ‘The Stained Club’ wins jury award and Supinfocom’s ‘Stuffed’ takes best student film award.
Method Studios Crashes Photoreal Train in AT&T Wild West Heist Spot
Studio provides elaborate VFX, including full CG derailment, previs, matte paintings and digital background replacements, for 90-second Western-themed “Train” commercial.
WATCH: Fox Drops Brad Pitt’s ‘AD ASTRA’ Trailer and Poster
Sci-fi thriller, set to hit theatres September 20, features Pitt taking to the stars to find his missing father, whose efforts threaten Earth’s very existence.
WATCH: Danny Dimian Talks ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ VFX at FMX 2019
VFX supervisor discusses animation styles, production challenges and his efforts leading the visual effect team on Lord & Miller and Sony Pictures Animation’s Oscar-winning animated comic adventure.
GALLERY: The Third Floor ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Previs, Postvis and Techvis
Leading visualization studio shares just released images showcasing some of their extensive work on Joe and Anthony Russo’s box office smash, the final film in Marvel’s 22-MCU-movie ‘Infinity’ saga.
ILM Tackles Bruce Banner’s ‘Smart Hulk’ Convergence in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
The studio revisits and revamps Hulk, Marvel’s smash-‘em-up, fan-favorite digital character they first brought to the screen back in 2003.
Halon Entertainment is Hiring: Previs / Postvis and Unreal Game Engine Artists
Studio’s Santa Monica headquarters has a number of job openings and is currently looking for talent to join their industry leading visualization services team.
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray for Unreal Update 1
Support for native Unreal materials and Viewport rendering bring powerful new capabilities to full user base.
Jellyfish Pictures Opens Virtual Animation Studio in Sheffield
New facility will operate solely using PC over IP without onsite hardware; ex-Framestore head of animation Kevin Spruce appointed new animation director.
WATCH: Janelle Croshaw Ralla Talks Samuel L. Jackson De-Aging for ‘Captain Marvel’ at FMX 2019
VFX supervisor on Disney and Marvel’s action-adventure hit discusses the complex digital character work used to create a young version of Agent Nick Fury.
NVIDIA Launches NVIDIA Studio High Performance Platform
17 new RTX Studio laptops pair RTX GPUs with NVIDIA Studio Stack of SDKs and drivers to significantly improve performance and reliability for content creators.
Creating a Sense of Realism in ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’
Framestore’s Jonathan Fawkner and MPC’s Pete Dionne discuss the various ways visual effects were produced to help director Rob Letterman bring the smart-aleck yellow cartoon sleuth to the screen.
Dean DeBlois and CH Kim to Keynote 2019 VIEW Conference
‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ director and PUBG CEO are the first announced presenters at upcoming October 21-25 digital media conference in Turin, Italy.
Engine Room’s QuickFX Takes High-End VFX Services to the Cloud
Custom cloud-based platform allows content producers to manage most projects on their mobile device.
WATCH: Oscar Winner Doug Chiang Talks ‘Star Wars’ Visual Design at FMX 2019
Legendary artist shares concept design insights, George Lucas’ impact on his evolution as a designer, working through production design challenges and how he handles different opinions from strong creative voices on a film.
Rebecca Manning Joins Alkemy X as Compositing Supervisor
Veteran compositing supervisor brings with her more than 40 movie and TV credits including ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘Avatar.’
WATCH: Rob Bredow Talks ILM VFX, Tech and Strategies at FMX 2019
ILM’s SVP and Executive Director discusses studio production and management challenges as well as technology investment strategies and plans.
SIGGRAPH 2019 Bringing Immersive Art Exhibit to L.A.
Showcase of 12 diverse works from five countries will run July 28-August 1 at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Weta and Thanos Come Full Circle in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
With a 'snap,' Weta Digital helps brings closure to both Josh Brolin’s seemingly unstoppable villain and the foundational storyline from the MCU’s first 10 years.
WATCH: Jenn Taylor Talks ‘Game of Thrones’ Loot Train Attack at FMX 2019
Image Engine lead animator details her work creating Drogon the dragon in the hit HBO series’ Season 7 Episode 4 battle where the Lannister army is incinerated as it tries to flee.
Entry Deadline for The Third Floor Previs Artist Apprentice Program is May 19
Candidate submissions for 10-week, hands-on summer training program that feeds studio’s artist pool must be received by this coming Sunday!
Framestore Brings Smart Hulk to Life in Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Studio delivers 300 VFX shots, including never-before-seen Bruce Banner / Hulk hybrid, for Anthony and Joe Russo’s box office smash ‘Infinity War’ follow-up.