Wētā’s having a great year with the 95th Oscar Nominations
Wētā’s having a great year with 6 of the 20 nominees over 3 films. We speak to Wētā Visual Effects Supervisors from all 3 films.
Read the ArticleCongrats to the Nominees for 21st Annual VES Awards
Nominees in 25 categories for this year’s VES awards were selected by VES members at 27 in-person and virtual nomination events conducted worldwide last weekend (the event unfortunately overlapped with the Oscar Bake-off).
Read the ArticleI Wanna Dance With (the volumetric capture of) Somebody
In the new Whitney Houston Bio-pic, the film’s crowds were made with volumetric capture – a first for this approach at this scale. We talk with Zero VFX’s Brian Drewes.
Read the ArticleAll Quiet on the Western Front VFX
All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the shortlisted films in this year’s VFX bakeoff.
Read the ArticleExclusive: Joe Letteri Discusses Wētā FX’s new Facial Pipeline on Avatar 2
Senior VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri discusses in depth, Wētā FX’s new APFS pipeline – the new face system in Avatar: The Way of Water, along with Prof. Karan Singh.
Read the ArticleInvisible Effects of living in the WestWorld
WestWorld aimed to do as much work as they could in camera, but they still relied on a host of invisible effects work by FutureWorks.
Read the ArticleVolumetric team Arcturus expands with help from Epic and Autodeck
Volumetric startup Arcturus received $11M Series A funding, including investments from Epic Games and Autodesk.
Read the ArticleUE5.1 adds M&E tools to an impressive UE5 release
A look at the Virtual Production improvements in UE5.1
Read the ArticleTwenty Years of Spider-Man at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Congrats to all the Artists at SPI on 20 years of Spider-Man
Read the ArticleShe-Hulk: Wētā’s Shade of Green
We sit down with Wētā FX to discuss the character animation of She-Hulk with VFX Supervisor Guy Williams and Animation Director Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
Read the ArticleWhy the Campanile Movie, 25 years on, is still so important
Following his Lifetime Achievement Emmy, Paul Debevec looks back 25 years to his original Campanile Movie.
Read the ArticleNever Mind the Chaos, Here’s Danny Boyle’s Pistol
Union discuss the VFX for the Sex Pistol’s bio-pic series Pistol.
Read the ArticleDigital Domains AI Quantum Leap
Digital Domain plays ball with Joe Montana in 1984.
Read the ArticleNVIDIA ACE Enables Easier Interactive Avatars
NVIDIA unveiled a no-code digital human chatbot link to Epic’s Metahumans at GTC.
Read the ArticleThe Virtual Production behind the Soccer TVC for Caledon Football Club
We explore the technical issues in this advanced Virtual Production with film makers and VP experts.
Read the ArticleCongrats to the Creative Emmy Winners
Congrats to all the Emmy nominees and winners in 2022
Read the ArticleProof that F9 is both Fast & Furious
We look at the Previs for The Fast and Furious: F9, The Fast Saga by Proof Inc
Read the ArticleAWS Thinkbox: Deadline, a Brief History
With the AWS Thinkbox products now free of charge, a look back at the 21 years of Deadline.
Read the ArticleNetflix buys Animal Logic
Netflix expands even further by buying Animal Logic.
Read the ArticleMetaHuman Brings History To Life
Case study of Metahuman in Modern Archeology
Read the ArticlePrehistoric Planet
The remarkable realism of Prehistoric Planet from Apple, BBC NHU, and MPC.
Read the ArticleHuge update for MetaHuman : Import your own head!
The new mesh importer for MetaHuman Creator is a game-changer for Digital Humans in UE5
Read the ArticleMajestically Morphing Morbius
We talk to Joel Behrens, VFX Supervisor at Digital Domain about Morbius’ digital transformation.
Read the ArticleRealtime Fractals in Unreal
Something familiar that you have never seen before – in real-time: UE5 Fractals
Read the Articlefxphd: online vfx training for professionals
Our sister site fxphd.com is a leading provider of online training courses for professionals in the visual effects and animation industry. Their courses are designed to help professionals stay up-to-date with the latest techniques and software, and to develop the skills they need to advance their careers.
Read the ArticleDeep Dive on Wētā FX Face Fabrication System
A deep dive into the Machine Learning of WĒTĀ FX’s Wētā FX Face Fabrication System
Read the ArticleAutodesk + RADiCAL: AI-powered 3D Motion Capture
Autodesk invests in RADiCAL and their AI-powered 3D Motion Capture System.
Read the ArticleMaking of (all the) Spider-Man: No Way Home
Video breakdowns of SPI’s great Comp, Environment, suit, and FX work for Spider-Man
Read the ArticleDoug Meet Zoey
Digital Domain Gives a Face to AI with ‘Zoey,’ at the FMX Conference in Germany
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