An animated day 3 at VIEW
The Book of Life, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Shaun the Sheep – all presented on day 3 at VIEW.
The future is today: how ILM made time travel possible
The incredible work it took to hand-animate the Delorean time slice effects and the lightning bolts 30 years ago for Back to the Future.
Day 2 at VIEW: The Little Prince and ILM’s models and miniatures
We report on ILM Model Shop Supervisor Lorne Peterson’s talk at VIEW, and the keynote from The Little Prince director Mark Osborne.
Kara Zor-El : AKA Supergirl
Encore visual effects supervisor Armen Kevorkian discusses his latest work for Supergirl.
Inside the colorscript process: day 1 at VIEW
A behind the scenes look at crafting an animated feature colorscript with Michael Kurinsky at Sony – our first report from VIEW in Italy.
Houdini 15 released
Side Effects releases Houdini 15 with new crowd, ragdoll, shader building and rendering features.
Behind Marvel’s marvelous trailer titles
They may go by in just seconds, but here’s how one artist helped contribute to many of the titles you see in the biggest trailers from Marvel and other studios.
AR: a researcher’s perspective
In this preview of SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 – which is right around the corner in Kobe, Japan – we talk to Columbia Uni Prof. Steven Feiner about his research into augmented and virtual reality.
Step-by-step: a walkthrough of The Walk
How Atomic Fiction helped replicate Philippe Petit’s daring 1974 Twin Towers high-wire act.
Going off-model: Hotel Transylvania 2
How Sony dealt with the unique animation challenges on Hotel Transylvania 2, with exclusive videos.
Destiny: The Taken King: a visual breakdown of the launch trailer
Behind the scenes of the shoot with Digital Domain and their newest Destiny: The Taken King trailer.
the vfx show #203: The Martian
Mike Seymour and Zap Andersson discuss the visual effects in Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’, in this special vfx show recorded in Stockholm, Sweden.
Three things not to miss at VIEW
Three highlights from the upcoming VFX, CG and animation VIEW Conference in Italy.
Life on Mars: the VFX of The Martian
With a short schedule, the VFX crew on The Martian pulled out all stops, taking advantage of previs, techvis, simulcam, specialty NUKE setups, GoPros and more.
Behind the scenes of Nike’s VR Neymar
Complex multi-rig 360 shooting, tracking and comp made this Nike VR spot possible. Plus check out our exclusive VFX breakdown video.
Limitless goes on a trip to the small screen
Limitless comes to TV, and with a host of unique visual effects work.
How the Everest VFX team scaled new heights
‘Everest’ called for complicated filming in mountainous locations, and matching photoreal VFX.
Racing through the ages
a52 presses the accelerator in this retro car racing spot for Forza Motorsport 6.
