Elastic Tackles ‘Gears of War 5’ Multi-Part Launch Campaign
Creative studio collaborates with 215 McCann, XBOX and The Coalition to produce, design and animate three key pieces of game launch content.
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Scanline Reveals Throne Melt and King’s Landing Destruction in ‘GOT’ Season 8 VFX Breakdown
Studio delivers 60 minutes of spectacular visual effects, including epic battles, destruction and Clegane brothers fight on final three episodes of HBO’s hit fantasy adventure series, ‘Game of Thrones.’
Luma Pictures Takes Molten Man and Cyclone into the Cloud on ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’
VFX producer Michael Perdew shares how Google Cloud was integral in the studio’s Air and Fire Elementals production work on the hit superhero action adventure.
GALLERY: 106 Images of DNEG 'Men in Black: International' Concept Art and VFX
VFX powerhouse DNEG has shared 106 images with AWN, showing in extensive detail some of the concept art and VFX imagery their team, led by VFX supervisor Alessandro Ongaro, produced for Sony Pictures Imageworks on the latest 'MiB' franchise hit, 'Men in Black: International.'
Doing it Fast ‘And’ Distinctive: The VFX of ‘Men in Black: International’
VFX supervisor Jerome Chen discusses staying true to the ‘MiB’ franchise look, and meeting audience expectations, while producing 2,000 visual effects shots in only six-months.
A Monstrous Undertaking: The VFX Behind Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan
Production VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron, MPC, Method Studios and DNEG describe the creative and technical challenges of bringing four gigantic kaiju to the screen in ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters.’
Creating a Sense of Realism in ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’
Framestore’s Jonathan Fawkner and MPC’s Pete Dionne discuss the various ways visual effects were produced to help director Rob Letterman bring the smart-aleck yellow cartoon sleuth to the screen.
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Autodesk Introduces Arnold 5.3 with Arnold GPU in Public Beta
Arnold now brings artists the power and flexibility of CPU and GPU rendering in a single renderer.
Chaos Group Launches One-Click Cloud Rendering Service
Unlimited rendering power for 3D artists and designers with no hidden fees.
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Columbia College Hollywood Launches New VFX B.F.A. Program
Program is the first in the country to include widely used Perception Neuron, Maker Bot, Formlab and Houdini 3D software technologies in its curriculum.
Milk Visual Effects Weathers the Rendering Storm on ‘Adrift’
Studio scales up 10x over onsite render capacity by leveraging AWS Cloud and Thinkbox’s Deadline.
Pixar Releases Non-Commercial RenderMan Version 22
Interactive ‘live rendering’ highlights latest update, which is free for all education, research, personal projects and evaluations.
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Sony Pictures Imageworks Takes A Bite Out of ‘The Meg’
SPI visual effects supervisor Sue Rowe and her team use simulation tools and a lot of bubbles to tackle a dynamic, action-packed third act in Warner Bros.’ underwater thriller.
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Solid Angle Introduces Arnold 5.2
New release of Academy Award-winning rendering software includes new Cell Noise shader, multi-threaded Adaptive Subdivision, Texture Baking, and deeper integration with Cryptomatte.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray for Houdini Beta
Academy Award-winning renderer now available for SideFX’s popular visual effects software.
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Zhanna Bekmambetova Spreads Her Creative Wings With ‘Tweet-Tweet’
First animated film project for both director and Russian VFX house CGF Studio centers around a young girl and her fearless companion…a sparrow.
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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 22
New release delivers interactive performance and state-of-the-art features, laying the groundwork for integration with Universal Scene Description technology.
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Gradient Effects Brings 8K Tech to ‘Megan’ Spec Short
Studio behind ‘Stranger Things’ Upside Down visual effects creates live-action proof of concept inspired by ‘Black Hawk Down’ and the Cloverfield franchise.
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Rodeo FX Releases ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Breakdown
Montreal-based studio’s work on the hit HBO series earned a VES Award for the wall destruction sequence in the season finale.
WATCH: Guru Studio Unveils Trailer for ‘Space Between Stars’ Short
First project produced as part of Guru’s new short film program is directed by Samuel W. Bradley with a score by composer Jim Guthrie.
Foundry Partners With Google Cloud for Cloud-Based Pipeline Tool Athera
Pairing will allow users to work with multiple VFX applications in the cloud.
'Paddington 2' Comes to Life With Help From Rodeo FX
Studio created complex sequence in which the beloved bear is trapped underwater.
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‘Garden Party’ Leads to an Oscar Nom for French Students
A team of graduating students from MoPA garner accolades for hyper-realistic animated short with a noir twist.
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Cinesite Delivers 860 Shots for ‘The Commuter’
VFX supervisor Stephane Paris oversees a full CG train crash, extensive environments and digital doubles for director Jaume Collet-Serra.
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ILM, Pixar, DreamWorks Among 10 Academy Sci-Tech Honorees
Jonathan Erland to receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award Feb. 10 at annual awards ceremony.
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