ILM supervisor Craig Hammack sweeps through the VFX challenges of George Lucas' pet project about the top guns of World War II.

Here's a rundown of last night's VFX bakeoff presentations at the Academy.

In the first excerpt from the second chapter, Rhoda Draws talks about drawing what you see.

In the first part of a three-part chapter excerpt, Stephen Burns begins with a tutorial on creating the initial landscape using auto align layers.

In the second excerpt, Rhoda Draws continues her introduction to Corel Painter 12.

In the third excerpt, Stephen Burns teaches us about Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) Interface.

In the second excerpt, Stephen Burns teaches us about the paintbrush engine in Photoshop.

In the first excerpt, Rhoda Draws introduces us to Corel Painter 12.

In the first excerpt, Stephen Burns discusses the use of menus and palettes in Photoshop CS5.

Bill Desowitz provides an overview of his provocative conversation with the innovative John Gaeta at the inaugural Palo Alto Film Festival.