VFXWorld Magazine :: Complete Article List

In Time: Designing a New Kind of Future/Retro LA

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Alex McDowell tells us all about the time motif in Andrew Niccol's provocative new sci-fi thriller.

Virtually Recreating Elizabethan London for Anonymous

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Uncharted gets into new VFX territory with Roland Emmerich's provocative Shakespeare authorship drama.

Terra Nova: A New Breed of Dinosaur

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Pixomondo comes of age with Fox's new sci-fi adventure produced by Steven Spielberg.

The Three Musketeers Goes Steampunk

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Read about Mr. X's VFX challenges with the latest 3-D reboot of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure.

Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX: Simplifying The Interface - Part 2

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

Resurrecting The Thing

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The acclaimed John Carpenter monster movie gets a digital upgrade from Image Engine for the new prequel.

Real Steel: A New Virtual Production Paradigm

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Bill Desowitz finds out how Digital Domain and Giant Studios took virtual production to the next level.

Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX: Simplifying The Interface - Part 1

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

Breaking the Fourth Wall with John Gaeta

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

Filling the Stadium for Moneyball

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Bill Desowitz gets the lowdown on crowd duplication in Moneyball from Edwin Rivera of Rhythm & Hues.

An Explosive Abduction

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Greg Liegey of Method describes a very retro approach to the new Taylor Lautner action/adventure.

Contemplating the Future of 3-D

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Bill Desowitz provides an overview of this week's 3D Entertainment Summit.

Warehouse 13: Getting More Animated in Season 3

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Keyframe Digital's Darren Cranford fills us in on the latest creatures and environments for Syfy's popular fantasy series.

The VFX Cure for Contagion

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Method's Tom Smith tells us all about the latest viral thriller from Steven Soderbergh.

Poser 8 Revealed: Creating A Face and Facial Expressions - Part 2

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Kelly L. Murdock discusses the face-shaping tool and adding the face to a figure in Poser 8.

Fall VFX Movie Preview 2011

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Rick DeMott breaks down the big vfx flicks coming at the end of 2011.

Achieving a Grittier Conan

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Friend Wells tells us how the new Conan the Barbarian is more of a barbarian.

Taking a Bigger Vampire Bite in New Fright Night

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Joe Bauer divulges the ghoulish VFX in this 3-D remake of a horror classic from the '80s.

Weta Digital Monkey Business

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Joe Letteri explains how they pulled off Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

True Blood Season Four: Faeries and Werepanthers

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Zoic discusses the latest and greatest CG on HBO's popular vampire series.