Jay Redd Talks 'Men in Black 3' and Looney Tunes 3-D
The visual effects supervisor on MiB3 and the rebooted Looney Tunes 3-D shorts talks previs, tech tools, visual design and working again with Ken Ralston.
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'Prometheus': Bringing 'Alien' into the 21st Century
Weta and Rising Sun Pictures help Ridley Scott on his sci-fi return.
Dr. Toon: 'The Avengers' Dis-assembled
Dr. Toon looks at the megahit "Avengers" movie and offers a few thoughts.
'Snow White' Gets Grimm
Snow White gets a gritty makeover for her adventure with the Huntsman.
Barry Howell Talks 'Battleship' Previs
The Third Floor’s previs supervisor talks about Thugs, the Beast and working with Peter Berg on his naval-science fiction slugfest.
Doing the Time Warp for 'Men in Black 3'
Go behind the scenes of the VFX and 3-D for MIB 3.
New Hardware, Water and Aliens for 'Battleship'
Read about the latest advancements at ILM for Peter Berg's naval/sci-fi mash-up.
MPC Takes a Bite Out of 'Dark Shadows'
Learn how MPC bit off a 340 shot piece of Tim Burton’s new gothic horror-comedy film.
'Dark Shadows' Gets Burtonvision
Go behind the scenes of Tim Burton's latest kitschy reinvention with Method and The Senate.
Getting Animated Over 'The Avengers'
ILM's Jeff White and Weta's Guy Williams discuss a new Hulk and Iron Man tune-up for Joss Whedon's superhero epic. Steve Viola of Method Design also talks about the title sequences.
The Wacom 24HD Drawing Tablet Review
Evan Goncalo tests the new Wacom 24HD to see if it may indeed be the end-all-be-all of graphic tablets.
A Beastly 'Mirror Mirror'
Matt Jacobs and Will Groebe of Tippett Studio describe the making of the beast in Tarsem Singh's kid-friendly Snow White tale.
Scary Monsters from 'Cabin in the Woods'
Todd Shifflett of Rhythm & Hues provides a tour of the acclaimed monster mash from Joss Whedon.
A Bigger and Badder 'Wrath of the Titans'
Learn how MPC took on the titanic task of creating Kronos, the Chimera, the Makhai and the God’s Death Sequence shots for the epic Clash of the Titans sequel.
Stereoscopic Supervisor Robert Neuman Talks Disney 3-D
The man behind conversions of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast discusses the stereoscopic 3-D renaissance at Disney.
Victoria Alonso Talks VFX Production, Marvel and 'The Avengers'
Marvel's Exec-VP of visual effects and post production talks about the pressures of co-producing massive vfx-driven films like Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor and The Avengers.
'Wrath of the Titans': Giving Strength to Kronos
Method Studios VFX supervisor Olivier Dumont walks us through the complex building of Kronos and the Underworld for the Clash of the Titans sequel.
'The Hunger Games': A VFX Blood Sport
VFXWorld spoke to VFX onset supervisor Sheena Duggal about the latest blockbuster.
Richard Lewis Takes On the Pipeline
The PipelineFX CEO dishes insight on render farm management, pipeline efficiency and people’s wishful thinking about cloud-based production support.
5D | FLUX: A New Paradigm for World Building
Earlier this month, 5D presented the first of its digital design summits at USC called FLUX. Bill Desowitz reports the highlights.
Animation Director Hal Hickel Talks ILM and 'Rango'
The animation director of ILM’s first fully animated feature film talks design, budget, pipeline and fear. Not necessarily in that order.
A Splash of Mocha in Your Pipeline?
Find out how TRIXTER tackles complex CG and stereoscopic 3-D feature work with a little help from a “tasty” motion tracking program called mocha.
'John Carter': The Original Space Adventure
Go behind the scenes of Andrew Stanton's first live-action feature and long-awaited Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation.
Visions of the Future for Computer Graphics and Communication
NYU Media Research Lab founding director Dr. Ken Perlin discusses the past, present and future use of computer graphics technology for human interaction and communication.
A Darker 'Ghost Rider'
Production VFX producer Jenny Fulle discusses the back to basics approach to the Ghost Rider sequel, Spirit of Vengeance, but with the addition of 3-D.
