VFX Oscar Nominees 2009: Conversations with Barba, Franklin and Snow
VFXWorld offers its sixth-annual Oscar chat with the supervisors nominated for Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight and Iron Man.
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Bonner Medalist Kimball Takes the Long View
Disney vet Mark Kimball will be honored at the Sci Tech Awards on Saturday for helping the industry move into the digital age. Ellen Wolff learns more about where he's been.
'The Uninvited' Comes to CIS Vancouver
For psychological thriller The Uninvited, a director and vfx supervisor team who cut their teeth on commercials make contortionist corpses and milk-turned-blood realistic.
'Mirror's Edge': A Leap of Faith
Peter Rizkalla talks with Mirror's Edge Art Director Johannes Soderqvist and Senior Animator Tobias Dahl to discover how the unique first-person shooter was created.
Rise of the Creature Designer to Director
Famed creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos moved into the director's chair for the third Underworld film, Rise of the Lycans, with even more vfx than the first two.
'Inkheart': Shadows, Twisters & Inkworld, Oh My!
Alain Bielik uncovers how Inkheart brings The Wizard of Oz and other books to life with crafty CG.
'The Official Luxology modo 301 Guide': Animating in modo
In this fifth excerpt from The Official Luxology modo 301 Guide, author Daniel Ablan gets to the animation.
The Digital Eye: Avoiding CG Clichés on 'Despereaux'
In this month's issue of "The Digital Eye," The Tale of Despereaux DP Brad Blackbourn describes how he traveled halfway around the world to work on the Flemish-inspired, painterly film.
Maxon Cinema 4D R11 Review: 3D Applications Made Easy
Peter "The Rizk" Rizkalla starts off the New Year by getting behind Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Fallout 3, Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff and Sonic Unleashed.
VFX Oscar Bakeoff 2009: The Dance of the Superheroes
The Academy held its annual VFX Bakeoff on Thursday, with Thomas J. McLean providing the full report with exclusive breakdown clips!
MK12 Has a Blast with 'Quantum' Main Titles
MK12 discusses going Bond with the iconic title sequence and other graphical goodies and with exclusive clip.
Keeping Superman Flying on 'Smallville'
Entity FX makes the most of superhero action in the show's eighth season.
'24': Beyond Redemption
With 24 relocating to D.C. for its seventh season, Tara Bennett goes undercover to find out how they are adding more vfx to their arsenal.
Possessing 'The Unborn'
Asylum's Mitchell Drain tells Silas Lesnick about achieving the vfx scares of The Unborn.
Fincher Talks 'Benjamin Button' and VFX
Oscar nominee David Fincher gets in the right headspace to talk about head replacement on Benjamin Button and the state of VFX.
2009 VFX Sneaks: 10 Movies to Watch
Stereoscopic sci-fi, the most influential graphic novel of all time, the return of a beloved franchise and a wizard named Harry are part of our 2009 cinematic sneak peek.
Bringing 'Benjamin Button' to Life
Bill Desowitz uncovers the curious vfx case of Benjamin Button in this in-depth report with Digital Domain, Asylum, Hydraulx, Lola VFX and Matte World Digital.
'Valkyrie': Achieving Digital Minimalism
Rich Hoover of Sony Pictures Imageworks tells Ellen Wolff about the crucial vfx issues for Valkyrie, including dealing with the two missing fingers on the hand of the German protagonist played by Tom Cruise.
'Bedtime Stories': Sandler-Style Spectacle
Adam Sandler's tall tales come true in Bedtime Stories, and John Andrew Berton Jr. and Matt Johnson talk about the diverse vfx.
Getting into a New 'Spirit'
Stu Maschwitz of The Orphanage tells Tara Bennett what it was like collaborating with Frank Miller on Will Eisner's The Spirit, including the creation of a new digital hub called The Bunker.
2008 VFX Year in Review
VFXWorld picks its top 10 favorite vfx movies in this year-end overview.
VFX That Don't Stand Still
Janet Hetherington chats with Aaron Sims about his latest work on The Day the Earth Stood Still, Clash of the Titans and Green Lantern.
A More Scientific 'Day the Earth Stood Still'
Jeff Okun tells VFXWorld how a modern technological approach informed the retelling of The Day the Earth Stood Still.
'Primeval': Monster Dinos for TV
Framestore adds a touch of film-level flair to its CG dinosaurs, as Tara Bennett discovers in her coverage of the popular Primeval TV series.
'Prince of Persia':The Tale of a Thousand Textures
Andrew Farago reviews four short films: Drux Flux by Theodore Ushev, The Old, Old, Very Old Man by Elizabeth Hobbs, Sandbox by Avi Ofer and The Waif of Persephone by Nick Cross.
