Art of LED wall virtual production, part one: lessons from the Mandalorian

March 4, 2020

ILM’s Richard Bluff outlines the lessons learned on The Mandalorian’s Virtual Production stage

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Mac Pro for VFX pros?

February 27, 2020

Is the new Mac Pro a VFX machine?

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JUMANJI ‘making of’ video and digital release

February 25, 2020

An exclusive video with SPI VFX supervisor Jason Greenblum looking at the making of Ostrich Chase in Jumanji: the next level

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Sonic’s very fast redesign

February 24, 2020

We talk to Ged Wright, the film’s VFX supervisor about Sonic and *that* redesign.

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Real-time “deepfakes”

February 17, 2020

Deepfakes by Pinscreen, now in real-time, points to the rapid advance in this new technology of face-swapping.

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The Oscar goes to…

February 10, 2020

Congrats to all the winners and their crews and talented artists.

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Best VFX sequences of the last decade?

January 21, 2020

We asked the Industry to name their most impactful sequences.

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UE4 real-time hair advances

January 20, 2020

We take a deep look at UE4’s new Hair, including an exclusive video deep dive.

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Great Oscar-nominated short films: Kitbull & Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone

January 15, 2020

If you haven’t seen these Oscar-nominated shorts: ‘Kitbull’ and ‘Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you are a girl)’, – they are worth it.

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RealTime Conference with simultaneous events on two continents

January 14, 2020

A New RealTime Conference that will happen simultaneously in Paris and New York in April.

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92nd Oscar nominations

January 13, 2020

The Oscar Nominations for the 92nd Academy awards

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VES 2020 award nominations

January 7, 2020

This year’s 2020 VES nominations

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Taking Jumanji to the next level

December 27, 2019

We talk to Jumanji VFX supervisor Mark Breakspear

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The Visuals of Two Popes

December 23, 2019

Union VFX work on the Golden Globe Nominated Two Popes.

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The age of AI

December 18, 2019

We go behind the new Youtube Docoseries, with Dr. Mark Sagar.

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Aeronautical Engineering

December 17, 2019

Framestore took to the skies for Amazon’s Aeronauts, with one balloon, two actors and 700,249 butterflies.

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And then there were ten…Oscar bake off list

December 16, 2019

The bakeoff ten

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VFX For All Mankind

December 16, 2019

Jay Redd fakes a moon landing for AppleTV+

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Dark Fate at DD

December 15, 2019

Digital Domain’s work on Terminator: Dark Fate.

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Arnold GPU on NVIDIA RTX

December 10, 2019

Arnold GPU rendering now on NVIDIA RTX’s RT Cores for ray tracing and Tensor Cores for AI denoising.

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5 things that make us happy

December 8, 2019

From Baby Yoda to AI tools,… things that are just making us smile right now.

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De-aging the Irishman (updated)

December 6, 2019

ILM undertook one of the most ambitious de-aging projects in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.

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Ford V Ferrari stylised previs in UE4

November 25, 2019

Halon produced the Previs and Postvis for Ford V Ferrari

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Adobe Photoshop AI Detector

November 24, 2019

We talk to the Adobe and UC Berkeley research team about their latest AI manipulation detector research.

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iClone Headshot at real-time Live SIGGRAPH Asia

November 19, 2019

Headshot premiering at Real-time Live at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil At Mill Film (part 2) updated pics

November 13, 2019

We interview The Mill’s Laurent Gillet about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil at MPC (part 1)

November 12, 2019

The first of two stories looking at Maleficent. Part 1 MPC face pipeline.

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Epic Games acquires Quixel Megascans

November 12, 2019

Epic Games Acquires Quixel Megascans and offers free access

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SIGGRAPH Asia preview

November 10, 2019

We look at the upcoming SIGGRAPH Asia

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Gradient Effects new approach to De-Aged John Goodman

November 7, 2019

We look at the new AI Shapeshifter tool that de-aged John Goodman in Righteous Gemstones

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