Creating New Worlds: The Tools Behind CG Environments
Mary Ann Skweres looks into the new tools that are empowering artists to create more lavish and realistic CG worlds.
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'King Kong': Part 2 — Building a New Skull Island and Old New York
Bill Desowitz continues his reporting on King Kong with Weta Digitals divide and conquer strategy for creating environments. QuickTime clips included!
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' Diaries: Part 3 — Sony Pictures Imageworks & Mr. Beaver
In the third installment of VFXWorlds exclusive production diaries, visual effects supervisor Jim Berney of Sony Pictures Imageworks chronicles the creation of photoreal Mr. Beaver from early test through final animation for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Includes QuickTime clips!
'Building Interactive Worlds in 3D': The Donut Tutorial — Part 3
VFXWorld presents a new excerpt from Building Interactive Worlds in 3D by Jean-Marc Gauthier. This month's excerpt is a tutorial on creating an interactive path.
'King Kong': Part 1 — The Creatures of Skull Island
Bill Desowitz explores Wetas innovative work in building a CG Kong along with the dinos and other scary creatures on Skull Island. Includes QuickTime clips!
The Digital Eye: Customized Applications
In this months Digital Eye column, Autodesks Tom Ohanian asks if there is such a thing as one-size-fits-all in todays accelerated production environment?
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' Diaries: Part 2 — Final Character Setup and Shot Production
In the second installment of VFXWorlds exclusive production diaries, Rhythm & Hues Bill Westenhofer delves deeper into The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Gelato 2.0 Review: Harnessing the GPU
Tara DiLullo talks with Academy Award nominated ILM visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman about winning the invisible visual effects war with their work on Jarhead.
Navigating 'The Triangle' for Efficient VFX
Tara DiLullo gets pulled into SCI FI Channels The Triangle with Volker Engel and Marc Weigert of Uncharted Territory.
'Building Interactive Worlds in 3D': The Donut Tutorial — Part 2
VFXWorld presents a new excerpt from Building Interactive Worlds in 3D by Jean-Marc Gauthier. This months excerpt is a tutorial on setting up a camera inside an interactive racetrack.
'Aeon Flux': Live Action in an Animated World
Alain Bielik talks with the visual effects artists behind Aeon Flux to find out how they handled turning the superhuman animated adventures of the title character into a live-action feature.
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' Diaries: Part 1 — R&D and Principle Photography
In the first installment of VFXWorlds exclusive production diaries, Rhythm & Hues Bill Westenhofer talks about R&D and principle photography on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': Part 2 — Wizard Competitions, Deatheaters and Voldemort
In the final part of his in-depth report on the fourth Harry Potter blockbuster, Alain Bielik discusses several of the eye-opening vfx performed by various companies.
'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': Part 1 — Hogwarts, Magic Spells and Miscellaneous Wizardry
In the first part of his in-depth report on the fourth Harry Potter blockbuster, Alain Bielik discusses several of the eye-opening vfx performed by various companies.
Riding the MoCap Rollercoaster in Gaming
Jacquie Kubin looks into how motion capture technology is helping drive the technical improvements in the next-generation systems.
'Jarhead': Winning The Invisible VFX War
Tara DiLullo talks with Academy Award nominated ILM visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman about winning the invisible visual effects war with their work on Jarhead.
Game Review: 'Shadow of the Colossus'
This month Dr. Toon plays the “What If” game to see how the world of animation would be different if in an alternative reality Dick Tracy was an animated star, Bob Clampett lived longer or Walt Disney never lost Oswald the Rabbit.
Videogames Adapted From Movies: The New Blockbusters
Janet Hetherington takes a look at how videogames based on movies are being packed with original content to keep players happy and film franchises alive.
The Digital Eye: Building Pipelines for the Changing World
In this months Digital Eye column, Kim Davidson of Side Effects Software explores refining pipelines to improve production quality, reduce costs and remain competitive.
Next-Gen Gaming: What’s in Store for Cinematics and Animation?
With the holidays comes holiday parties. The Career Coach gives some quick tips on how to get more out of the festivities than just chips and dips.
'The Polar Express Diary': Part 4 -- Keyframe Animation
In the last installment of his exclusive Polar Express production diary, David Schaub breaks down characters and performances that were keyframed.
Imageworks Goes Retro Sci-Fi With 'Zathura'
Ellen Wolff talks with Sony Imageworks Pete Travers about launching Zathura into cinematic outer space.
Lucasfilm Animation Singapore Opens for Business
On the heels of last months opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Barbara Robertson discusses the operation and production plans with gm Christian Kubsch.
'Building Interactive Worlds in 3D': The Donut Tutorial — Part 1
VFXWorld presents a new excerpt from Building Interactive Worlds in 3D by Jean-Marc Gauthier. This month's excerpt is a tutorial on setting up a camera inside an interactive racetrack.
'Chicken Little' Goes 3-D With Help From ILM
Bill Desowitz chats with ILMs Joel Aron about the challenges of converting Chicken Little into the all-new Disney Digital 3-D process.
