Maya’s Unreal future
Autodesk, in collaboration with Epic Games, has released a new Maya Unreal Live Link
Virtual McDonalds
Co-Directors Matt Manhire and David Whiteson recently finished a Mcdonald’s commercial shot entirely using VP.
Deep neural rendering comes of age
NR is so much more than DeepFakes, as Synthesia is demonstrating.
Ghost of Ghostbusters Past
Egon, Ecto, and effects and effects in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
The volumetric future?
An in-depth, deep dive Case Study on Volumetric Capture : Coldplay BTS My Universe
The definitive Weta Digital guide to image-based lighting
Erik Winquist exclusively shares Weta Digital’s internal IBL making of video.
Foundational visual effects
In the build up to this week’s final brilliant episode of Foundation, we explore DNEGs work on Apple+’s hit series.
Digital avatars at GTC
NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang outlines vision for AI, Robotics, and Omniverse Avatars in his GTC Keynote
Golaem 8 including real-time crowd sims for UE4
Golaem 8: Real-Time crowd simulation for Unreal and significant improvements for Maya and Houdini users.
ILM solves Y Last Man
We talk to Stephen Pugh and Michael Beaulieu about the challenges and process of bringing ‘Amp’ to the screen for Y Last Man.
Can Xencelabs tablets challenge Wacom?
We have been testing the Xencelabs tablet for the last few months.
Cinematic computational photography
A look at the state of the art in computational photography in the iPhone13 ProMax.
Fun news from Adobe MAX
Adobe Max has a range of new innovations many using Sensei AI machine learning.
MacBook Pros : Apple’s back to the future
A look at why the new MacBook Pros are both retro and highly advanced.
Venom carnage: the art and science
Sheena Duggal breaks down the VFX of Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Reminiscencing about Tech Noir
Scanline and RISE flooded Miami and produced volumetric holograms for
73rd Engineering Emmy Awards Winners
Congrats to the 2021 Engineering Emmy Awards Winners
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
Simplified facial capture with head mounted cameras at Digital Domain
Digital Domain’s new simplified facial capture with head-mounted cameras