How MIDI files, Houdini and the art of animation made piano play possible in Pixar’s ‘Soul’
I mean, have you ever *tried* to animate a pianist playing the right notes?
Weta Digital’s meerkat Unreal short available as free sample files
Download the entire scene.
‘Mank’: inside the world of a synthetic LA and LED screens
How a 'simple' driving scene in David Fincher's film used some significant VFX.
Behind the VFX of ‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’
Weta Digital explains how they created elves, Jack-a-lotes, Santa’s flying sleigh, snowy environments and...a Yule Cat.
Monster molding for ‘Come Play’
MR. X on the combination of practical and digital for the creature Larry.
A visual journey into the VFX of ‘The Good Lord Bird’
Breaking down key VFX scenes from the show.
A Quick Tutorial on Digital Painting and Spatial Frequencies
Understanding one of the most useful compositing techniques for quality paint and clean-up, in this tutorial from Escape Studios' Allar Kaasik.
It’s here: issue #1 of befores & afters in print
You can now order a print version of befores & afters!
How Digital Domain aged David Beckham
They used their new face-swapping tech Charlatan for this Malaria Must Die campaign.
Unreal Engine 4.26 is out
Epic Games updates virtual production toolset, hair and fur, and other features.
Here’s how you can learn Python, online, right now
This course, for CG and VFX artists and TDs, eases you into coding in Python.
Get to know your volumetric video camera
A deep dive into Volucam from IO Industries.
In the LoUPE
Inside Tangent Labs’ new cloud-based 3D asset management and production tool.
Where USD is up to right now at Foundry
How Nuke, Mari, Katana and Modo are adopting USD.
‘Black Swan’ is almost 10 – re-visit the film’s VFX reel
Such a great mix of invisible FX.
There’s a lot happening at SIGGRAPH Asia 2020
It all starts December 4th.
Multi-angle on ‘Jingle Jangle’: Part 3—Building Buddy
Matching CG robot to on-set prop.
Watch the ViZARTS Summit, including sessions on virtual production
The Mandalorian was part of the discussion.
VFX roundtable: season 4 of ‘The Crown’
Framestore’s team discuss turning Spain into Australia, animating an injured stag and deep fake face replacements.
A live mocap’d animated character could be what you need to ramp up your online sessions
See how ASIFA-SOUTH is using Reallusion’s Cartoon Animator 4 to do just that.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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