VFX Designer Kevin Tod Haug chats with Tara DiLullo Bennett about the escalating challenges of creating imaginative effects on Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium while juggling the work of 10 vendors.
Peter Plantec digs deep into EA's plan to push the boundaries of games and make them more immersive and emotionally engaging like movies.
In the latest excerpt of Poser 7 Revealed, Kelly L. Murdock describes how to animate a walk cycle using the Walk Designer.
Alain Bielik goes behind-the-scenes of Fred Claus to uncover the fantastical secrets behind this latest Christmas movie.
In this months edition of The Digital Eye, A2M CTO Martin Walker describes how this Montreal-based videogame developer has upped its 3D artistry with a new workflow and pipeline.
In the latest excerpt of Poser 7 Revealed, Kelly L. Murdock describes how to use the Animation Palette interface to see all the keys at once for an entire scene.
Thomas J. McLean reports on vfx upgrades and improvements to Heroes, Smallville, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Stargate Atlantis.
J. Paul Peszko looks into the growing challenges facing visual effects houses when creating vfx for television.
Tara DiLullo Bennett surveys the diverse array of vfx in such new shows as Journeyman, Chuck, Pushing Daisies and The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Tara DiLullo Bennett chats with VFX Supervisor Gary Hutzel about the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica and the challenges and opportunities of doing the vfx in-house.
In this month's edition of "The Digital Eye," digital artist Eric Hanson explains how his new xRez Studio is raising the industry bar for panoramic gigapixel photography.
MPC had numerous challenges to contend with on the more action-oriented Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and Alain Bielik reports on the results.
Ryan Lesser tests 3ds Max 2008 and finds great productivity improvements, particularly for those specializing in architectural design, previs and lighting/composition.
Fred Galpern tests Maya 2008 and discovers a significant change to Autodesk's approach to Maya development well worth the investment.
Bruce Shutan reports on how Beatles musical, Across the Universe, proved a psychedelic challenge for vfx artist Peter Crosman.
Dan Sarto reports back from eDIT 10: The Filmmaker's Festival in Frankfurt, where, despite the digital evolution, it still begins with story and character.
In the latest excerpt of Poser 7 Revealed, Kelly L. Murdock explores how to create a new IK chain.
Janet Hetherington reports on Montreals conference on digital arts, including a chat with keynote speaker Phil Tippett, and discovers that smart trumps trendy in the world of vfx.
Alain Bielik explores the vfx wizardry that went into the latest children's magical adventure, The Seeker: Dark is Rising.
In the latest excerpt of Poser 7 Revealed, Kelly L. Murdock explores how to set and calculate cloth simulations.
Bill Desowitz gets an early peek at the new previsualization techniques developed by production designer Alex McDowell for DreamWorks' upcoming Bee Movie.
Bruce Shutan reports on how Beatles musical, Across the Universe, proved a psychedelic challenge for vfx artist Peter Crosman.
Previs continues to evolve as a 3D problem-solving tool, and Thomas J. McLean discovers some of the latest examples.
In the latest excerpt of Poser 7 Revealed, Kelly L. Murdock shows how to load and save expressions in the Library.
In this month's edition of "The Digital Eye," Previs Supervisor Rpin Suwannath provides an exclusive sneak peek of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
