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Reminiscencing about Tech Noir

Scanline and RISE flooded Miami and produced volumetric holograms for

fxpodcast #331: The state of High End Character Animation

ILM’s Rob Coleman provides insight into high-end Character Animation

73rd Engineering Emmy Awards Winners

Congrats to the 2021 Engineering Emmy Awards Winners

fxpodcast #330: What is Machine Learning in VFX actually about?

Weta Digital’s Andrew Glassner discusses machine learning and its role in visual effects.

Shang-Chi: Behind the Scenes in Sydney

Joe Farrell discusses returning to Sydney for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

ILM and Halon Freeing Guy

We explore the Free Guy’s Dude by ILM, and Halon’s Previz + Postviz opening.

RedShift RT is now in Open Beta

10 key questions about the new RedShiftRT you wanted to know

Pixar RenderMan LookDev and XPU

XPU and Stylised looks in RenderMan 24

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Simplified facial capture with head mounted cameras at Digital Domain

Digital Domain’s new simplified facial capture with head-mounted cameras

Level up: Free Guy

FreeGuy: It’s like playing a Fortnite version of a film that is a cross between Groundhog Day and the Truman Show!

fxpodcast #329: Is Camera Tech Still Important?

As part of a new panel series of fxpodcasts, we explore current Camera Tech and ask does it matter?

Weta Digital has joined with SideFX to provide WetaH

Weta Digital has joined with SideFX to provide a new software service WetaH built around Houdini.

Improvements to Virtual Production in Unreal Engine 4

A technical look at the range of new improvements for VP and LED Volumes in Unreal 4.27

fxpodcast #328: How viable is Virtual Production?

As part of a new panel format series of fxpodcasts, we explore the technical and business challenges of Virtual Production stages.

NVIDIA team wins Real-Time Live

The Winners of this year’s Real-Time Live.

ALab, a Free USD scene: Creativity in the 3rd Dimension

Animal Logic release USD production quality assets for R&D and Education.

Real-Time Live Preview: SIGGRAPH 2021

A preview of Real-Time Live @ SIGGRAPH2021, with past winners returning again to the SIGGRAPH Live arena.

VFXShow 256: Black Widow

Live (almost) from the Red Room- the VFXShow: Black Widow

Sweet Tooth

Zoic Studios’ Sweet Tooth

Digital Domain brings Black Widow’s Red Room Crashing Down

Digital Domains 75 secs of visual effects, Black Widow excitement.

In Camera UE4.27 LED Test Shoot

ICVFX with Unreal Engine 4.27 including a new nDisplay module.

Lessons Learnt for Machine Learning VFX

AI Machine Learning Lessons from the ‘Censor Veil’ as seen in Welcome to Chechnya

VFXShow 255: Loki

Thanks to the TVA – the VFXShow is back with Loki

Apple iPad Pro is about Collaboration not Replacement

The iPad Pro ‘road tested’ as a production tool.

Behind the NY Final battle in Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Sony Imageworks rebuilt New York, key locations and even Falcon himself for Disney+ Falcon and the Winter Solider

WetaM

WetaM aims to democratize Weta’s VFX and animation pipeline with Autodesk as a SaaS Maya cloud service.

Battlefield 2042

EA unleashes a powerhouse cinematic trailer for Battlefield 2024

Live action AOVs: Disney Soft Segmentation via CopyCat in Nuke

Soft Colour Segmentation using CopyCat in Nuke 13 with Rafael Silva

NVIDIA GPU Enterprise A5000

Hardcore Graphics options for Virtual Production from NVIDIA.