VFXWorld Magazine
'Black Panther' Posts Powerful $64M Third Weekend
Marvel Studios’ most-recent entry is the third-fastest film to reach the half-billion mark at the domestic box office.
‘Coco,’ ‘Dear Basketball,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Win Oscars at 90th Academy Awards
Glen Keane’s ‘Dear Basketball,’ Pixar’s ‘Coco’ win animation Oscars; ‘Blade Runner 2049’ wins VFX and cinematography awards.
Electric Dreams: John Nelson Talks ‘Blade Runner 2049’
The overall VFX supervisor riffs on witness cameras, bleak L.A. cityscapes and the super-secret digital recreation of Rachael in Denis Villeneuve’s mesmerizing ‘Blade Runner’ sequel.
'Paddington 2' Comes to Life With Help From Rodeo FX
DNeg Honored at BAFTAs for 'Blade Runner 2049'
Autodesk Celebrates Awards Success for Projects Using its Tools
All five Oscars best visual effects nominees used software made by the company, whose employees also were honored by the Television Academy and at the Sci-Tech Awards.
Piecing Together the Puzzle: Bringing ‘Black Panther’ to the Screen
Production VFX Supervisor Geoff Baumann assembled and managed the movie’s heavy-hitter vendor lineup to complete more than 2,000 visual effects shots for Marvel’s most recent hit.
Can Three Caesars Add Up to One More Oscar for Joe Letteri?
Weta’s four-time Oscar-winning senior VFX supervisor talks about the complexities of creating believable digital ape performances in the final film in Fox’s ‘Apes’ trilogy reboot, director Matt Reeves’ futuristic action adventure ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’
Chaos Group Sets Total Chaos Event for 3D Artists and Developers
Wacom Introduces Cintiq Pro 24-inch Pen Display
High-performance, mid-size display is built for creative and design applications including augmented and virtual reality.
Jeff White Named Creative Director of ILM Vancouver
Academy Award winner and visual effects supervisor of ‘Kong: Skull Island’ takes creative reins of ILM’s Canadian studio.
The 2018 VFX Nominees: Doubling Down on Digital Effects
Group of 20 nominees draws on two decades of experience and technological advances, delivering shots that were previously unimaginable.
Do Digital Characters Deserve Academy Awards?
Academy governors Richard Edlund and Bill Kroyer weigh in on how to acknowledge and reward the growing number of stellar CG character performances.
Center for Visual Music Restores Oskar Fischinger Work for DVD
Release makes available classic and rare films by the ‘Father of Visual Music’ and the great-grandfather of motion graphics.
axisVFX Blends VFX with Stop Motion for 'Early Man'
Bristol-based VFX outfit delivers effects across 1,350 shots on Nick Park’s most-recent Aardman feature.
PETA's Oscats Recognize 'Ferdinand,' 'Last Jedi,' 'Jumanji'
Animal-rights group rewards films for storylines positive to animals and use of CG imagery instead of live creatures.
Double Negative Delivers the Joi of ‘Blade Runner 2049’
DNeg VFX supervisor Paul Lambert details the creation of futuristic Los Angeles cityscapes, the holographic Joi, and the visuals for the final act of director Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to the 1982 sci-fi film noir classic by Ridley Scott.
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Comes Home in March
Digital and Blu-ray editions in HD and 4K include extensive bonuses including a feature-length making-of documentary and 14 deleted scenes.
Annie Winner Tuna Bora Joins Nexus Studios
Poland's CeTA Played Key Role in 'Loving Vincent'
Center assisted painters by providing detailed reference, visual effects, compositing and editing for Oscars-nominated feature.
MPSE Honors 'Coco'; ASC Lauds 'Blade Runner 2049'
Sound editors’ guild also honored sound work in short-form animation, games and non-theatrical long-form animation.
Framestore Celebrates BAFTA VFX win for 'Blade Runner 2049'
SIGGRAPH, FlyOver Canada Present Themed Entertainment Contest
Winner will receive $10,000 prize as well as a trip to the conference for a premiere event for their content.