Open source release of USDMaya plugin: AL_USDMaya by Animal Logic
Animal Logic makes their USD Maya tools open source.
Syd Mead to keynote at VES Summit
Visual Effects Society Names Syd Mead a Keynote Speaker at 2017 VES Summit, also names a featured speaker from IMAX as well as an Online Security expert.
Adobe Technical Paper Genius
Adobe crosses faces with Content Aware Fill, their Character animator project and some new genius research for one of the best papers at this year’s SIGGRAPH.
Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award
Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Writer-Producer-Director Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award
11 Scientific & Technical areas investigated for 2017 Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 11 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2017 Oscars®.
Real Time Mike !
MEETMIKE explores the future of Actors, Avatars and Agents. See what is creating the buzz here in LA (video)
PIXAR Deep Dive on SSS : SIGGRAPH Preview
We deep dive on the new PIXAR SSS models and explain the link to new Nuclear Physics research. Plus a list of every Pixar talk at SIGGRAPH.
ARKit at Siggraph and WWDC: Wingnut AR (video)
ARkit at SIGGRAPH and at Wingnut AR in New Zealand.
Halon previs War for the Planet of the Apes at Comic-Con
Halon presents the PreVis and PostVis for War for the Planet of the Apes, done in UE4.
The big and the ‘tiny’ of SIGGRAPH 2017. The insider’s guide
The insider’s guide to SIGGRAPH 2017 with Conference Chair Jerome Solomon.
A Fortnite at Epic
Exclusive Siggraph Preview: Strange things are afoot at the DurrrBurger, …we talk to Directors and the team about their Fortnite UE4 short film. And do a deep dive in the Cool Tech of a real time rendering, animated short film.
MeetMike
Each day at SIGGRAPH Mike will meet industry legends from Pixar, Weta Digital, Magnopus, Disney Research, Epic Games and leading researchers from around the world in VR using new Digital Human Avatar technology.
Having a pig of a time
Method Studios delivers beautifully crafted character animation and creature work for Netflix’s Okja.
Spider-Man: by Sea and by Air
We talk to Digital Domain and Sony Pictures Imageworks about their friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man and his two biggest battles.
The complexity of re-colouring photos
The science and art of re-colouring photographs. A deep dive into this craft with some excellent examples.
Autodesk’s Virtual Production Vision
Virtual Production is a hot topic, we examine Autodesk’s vision looking forward.
RED Holographic (Lightfield?) Hydrogen Phone
RED Cinema Android OS Hydrogen Phone has been announced.
Firstly, we’ll look at the facts and then we’ll dive into what it might mean and ask if it can work?
Wonder Woman on Themyscira
We take a trip to all-female Island of Themyscira with DNeg and MPC for Wonder Woman.
Gal Gadot is in a League of her own…Angels
nhb recently provided the vfx for the game, League of Angels’ commercial starring Gal Gadot.
Registration for VIEW Conference 2017 now open
Announced speakers at one of our favorite conferences include Animal Logic’s Rob Coleman, Sci-Tech Oscar winner Paul Debevec, Hal Hickel from ILM, and many more.
Behind the insanely ambitious ODESZA : Line of Sight video
Chappie Meets the Jungle Book in Odesza’s New Music Video.
Encore’s VFX for Legends of Tomorrow
A making of look at Encore’s Legends of Tomorrow crossover VFX episode.
DNeg TV: The Young Pope
We look at Dneg’s TV pipeline through the lens of The Young Pope.
The fractal nature of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Part 2 of our Guardians coverage: the fractal nature of Ego plus giving a Groot: the character animation.