In our second visual development gallery for Disney's new short Lorenzo, VFXWorld takes a look at the characters conceived by Joe Grant and transformed by Mike Gabriel.

Gerard Raiti goes and scratches up the facts about the effects used to bring Catwoman to the big screen.

This isn’t an episode of CSI. Bruce Shutan investigates the real life uses of 3D in forensics and medical science.

Mary Ann Skweres uncovers the rapid rise of 3D animation as a valuable teaching tool in education.

Alain Bielik meets the visual effects supervisors of two effects studios to uncover the truth behind Alex Proyas’ robots revolution.

Ellen Wolff discusses vertiginous flights of fancy and other superhero feats in Spider-Man 2 with visual effects supervisor John Dykstra.

Continuing our excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, Tom Capizzi delves into modeling resources.

J. Paul Peszko investigates the growing uses of 3D software in architectural design.

Henry Turner talks with King Arthur's visual effects wizards to conjure up the truth about the vfx behind the newest cinematic rendition of the legendary myth.

Continuing our excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, Tom Capizzi delves into modeling resources in the first of two parts.

South Africa makes unique vfx mark on world stage.

Bill Desowitz presented six questions to a host of schools and has compiled the first collection of some of the answers.

Steven Mirkin gets a few helpful hints from vfx houses about what they’re looking for in new hires.

Greg Singer speaks with Softimage, authorized training centers and others to learn about the educational push to bring XSI to a wider creative community.

Mary Ann Skweres discusses the VFX challenges of Two Brothers with supervisor Fréderic Moreau, who required fluid, seamless integration of tigers and actors.

A new director, a darker turn and a new vfx direction underlie the third Harry Potter installment. Mary Ann Skweres reports.

The Pixel Priestess takes a personal look back on visual effects education.

Production designer Alex McDowell provides a behind-the-scenes look at the design and construction of the crucial terminal from Steven Spielberg's The Terminal. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

The nurturing of new talent is vital to the continued success of the U.K. vfx industry. But just how effective are the lines of communication between the professional and education sectors? Mark Ramshaw talks to Seamus Morley at Techimage about the need to stay on course.

Henry Turner travels around the world to discover the vfx wonders that lie within Disney and Walden Media’s remake of Around the World in 80 Days.