VFXWorld Magazine :: Complete Article List

The Wacom 24HD Drawing Tablet Review

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Evan Goncalo tests the new Wacom 24HD to see if it may indeed be the end-all-be-all of graphic tablets.

A Beastly Mirror Mirror

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Matt Jacobs and Will Groebe of Tippett Studio describe the making of the beast in Tarsem Singh's kid-friendly Snow White tale.

Scary Monsters from Cabin in the Woods

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Todd Shifflett of Rhythm & Hues provides a tour of the acclaimed monster mash from Joss Whedon.

A Bigger and Badder Wrath of the Titans

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Learn how MPC took on the titanic task of creating Kronos, the Chimera, the Makhai and the God’s Death Sequence shots for the epic Clash of the Titans sequel.

Stereoscopic Supervisor Robert Neuman Talks Disney 3-D

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The man behind conversions of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast discusses the stereoscopic 3-D renaissance at Disney.

Victoria Alonso Talks VFX Production, Marvel and The Avengers

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Marvel's Exec-VP of visual effects and post production talks about the pressures of co-producing massive vfx-driven films like Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor and The Avengers.

Wrath of the Titans: Giving Strength to Kronos

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Method Studios VFX supervisor Olivier Dumont walks us through the complex building of Kronos and the Underworld for the Clash of the Titans sequel.

The Hunger Games: A VFX Blood Sport

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VFXWorld spoke to VFX onset supervisor Sheena Duggal about the latest blockbuster.

Richard Lewis Takes On the Pipeline

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The PipelineFX CEO dishes insight on render farm management, pipeline efficiency and people’s wishful thinking about cloud-based production support.

5D | FLUX: A New Paradigm for World Building

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Earlier this month, 5D presented the first of its digital design summits at USC called FLUX. Bill Desowitz reports the highlights.

Animation Director Hal Hickel Talks ILM and Rango

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The animation director of ILM’s first fully animated feature film talks design, budget, pipeline and fear. Not necessarily in that order.

A Splash of Mocha in Your Pipeline?

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Find out how TRIXTER tackles complex CG and stereoscopic 3-D feature work with a little help from a “tasty” motion tracking program called mocha.

John Carter: The Original Space Adventure

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Go behind the scenes of Andrew Stanton's first live-action feature and long-awaited Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation.

Visions of the Future for Computer Graphics and Communication

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NYU Media Research Lab founding director Dr. Ken Perlin discusses the past, present and future use of computer graphics technology for human interaction and communication.

A Darker Ghost Rider

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Production VFX producer Jenny Fulle discusses the back to basics approach to the Ghost Rider sequel, Spirit of Vengeance, but with the addition of 3-D.

Oscar 2012: Rob Legato Talks Hugo

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VFX supervisor Rob Legato discusses the game-changing Martin Scorsese best picture nominee.

Oscar 2012: Erik Nash Talks Real Steel

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Production VFX supervisor Erik Nash of Digital Domain gets into the virtual production ring.

Journey 2 Gets More Immersive in 3-D

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VFX supervisor Boyd Shermis takes us to Mysterious Island for the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Oscar 2012: Weta's Sebastian Sylwan Talks Apes, Art and Technology

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Weta Digital’s CTO talks about the technological challenges of producing some of the most compelling and captivating performances in cinema today.

Oscar 2012: Scott Farrar Talks Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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ILM's Transformers guru has a blast going under the hood of the third movie.