The Digital Eye: Recapturing Cinema Magic in 3-D

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In this month’s “Digital Eye” column, Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Jenny Fulle discusses the recent advances in stereoscopic 3-D and how it may be bring the magic back to the theatrical experience.

Disney Goes Wild

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld
Joe Strike gets the lowdown from The Wild’s producer Clint Goldman and director Steve "Spaz" Williams of Hoytyboy Pictures about bringing The Wild to the big screen via Walt Disney.

Audio for Animation

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld
Mary Ann Skweres looks into an essential part of the animation production process — sound.

Career Coach: Don’t Be a Fool: 10 Dumb Things to Avoid

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Career Coach
The Career Coach breaks down 10 dumb things to avoid sabotaging your career.

The Animated Scene: Classical Hand-drawn Special Effects Animation — Facing Extinction?

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: AniScene
This month in the Animated Scene, Joseph Gilland looks at the facing extinction of hand-drawn special effects animation.

V for Vendetta and VFX

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld
Alain Bielik unmasks the 3D tricks for blowing up London and other terrorist activity in the explosive political thriller, V For Vendetta.

The Shaggy Dog: Tippett Studio Barks Up VFX

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Tara DiLullo talks with Tippett Studio’s Tom Schelesny about the transformation vfx that transpire in Disney’s The Shaggy Dog.

Aquamarine: Going Down Under For Mermaid VFX

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Tara DiLullo chats with Morgane Furio of Animal Logic about Aquamarine’s leg and waterworks.

Animators Unearthed: Tower Bawher by Theodore Ushev

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: unearthed
In this month’s Animators Unearthed, Chris Robinson profiles the influences behind Theodore Ushev’s Tower Bawher.

Shine On: Global Illumination and 3D Environments

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld
Filmmakers are always raising the bar on what vfx artists need to create, especially in the area of photorealism. Janet Hetherington chats with professionals about the newest mandatory effect: global illumination.