The latest releases in VFX and animation tools.
VFX Futures: How a deep learning renderer was used to re-animate a character’s lines in ‘Free Guy’
Digital Domain used its Charlatan tool to re-animate a line for the game-play version of Channing Tatum in the film.
Check out Luma’s VFX breakdown for ‘Loki’
Miss Minutes, propaganda, and the Citadel at the End of Time!
How DNEG gave life to Tree of Life scenes in ‘Jungle Cruise’
The VFX studio breaks it down, including with b/a stills and video.
‘Mandalorian’ filmmakers reflect on crafting virtual worlds
A new ILM StageCraft video has been released.
Revealed: how they brought back Luke Skywalker for ‘The Mandalorian’
The de-ageing work was showcased in the latest ‘Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian’ ep, which also looked at the deep fake explorations done by the team.
VFX Futures: How do you edit a live action/CG hybrid film?
‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ editor Matt Villa explains.
VFX Notes: Ep 6 – Looking back at ‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’, and, are miniatures dead?
A deep dive with Hugo and Ian on an old-school film and old-school VFX techniques.
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s ‘Maya and the Three’
Meet Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s latest creation.
VFX Futures: Facial capture, CG and cut scenes on Codemasters’ ‘F1 2021’
How REALTIME and DI4D combined for the new story-mode on this racing game.
Watch Scanline’s ‘Free Guy’ VFX breakdown
Destruction, and more.
All grown up: Hybride celebrates 20 years of ‘Spy Kids’
An oral history of the VFX studio’s work on the 2001 Robert Rodriguez film.
VFX Futures: Framestore’s FIRA for portable real-time rig deformation
The VFX studio explains their tech to extend proprietary simulation and rigging tools to real-time workflows.
On the set of ‘Reminiscence’
Rebecca Ferguson and DOP Paul Cameron.
Tech Weeklies: Adobe acquires Frame.io, new Silhouette, disguise and UE 4.27, new Resolve
The latest in VFX, anim, editing and virtual production tech.