Continuing our excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, Keith Lango presents part two of a two-part tutorial on lip-sync and facial animation.

Henry Turner looks back on the vfx milestones that graced the big screen during 2003.

Vamsi M. Ayyagari takes a look at what occurred in the 3D industry in Asia and India during 2003.

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Henry Turner gets Lord of the Rings visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel to provide a detailed overview of how the groundbreaking work on the trilogy always serviced the storytelling.

Mark Ramshaw spoke with the visual effects wizards behind the newest live action Peter Pan feature about how they accomplished the startling and massive visual effects.

Continuing our excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, Keith Lango presents part one of a two-part tutorial on lip-sync and facial animation.

Weta senior animator Jason Schleifer talks about what it was like going Gollum for the landmark Lord of the Rings trilogy.

A banjo-strumming, high-stepping Pixar short marks a turning point for traditional animator Bud Luckey — the artist responsible for designing Woody.

Over the last year, with more sophisticated vfx and direct movie tie-ins, video games upped the eye candy and game play quotient.

Christopher Harz takes a look at new innovations taking place in burgeoning 3D industries beyond entertainment.

Fluid’s Michael Fu and Josh Piezas look at various economic issues surrounding remote animation production.

Continuing our excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, Tom Capizzi presents an in-depth character modeling tutorial.

Dariush Derakhshani looks at the expanding presence of Digital Domain and Stan Winston Studios in the production and digital effects arenas.

Bill Desowitz sits down with Peter Jackson to discuss lessons learned about vfx that Weta Digital applied to The Return of the King.

Mary Ann Skweres looks at recruiting trends in the ever-changing world of vfx.

J. Paul Peszko investigates how filmmakers re-created 1870s San Francisco and Japan for the action-drama The Last Samurai.

Bill Desowitz sits down with Tim Burton and talks with the director about Big Fish and the pros and cons of a digital world.

Mary Ann Skweres talks with the visual effects leads on Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica mini-series about how they re-envisioned the TV series and vfx design.

Rick Baumgartner talks with ESC Entertainment about its transition from The Matrix trilogy to such upcoming visual effects projects as Catwoman.