Archive Jul 2012 |
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Matt Radford, FX Animator at Blur Studio shares some VFX breakdowns of the amazing Planetside 2 CG trailer. | Pixologic announced the release of ZBrush 4R4 for both Windows & Mac. | Animation supervisor Dave Schaub describes the challenges of animating Spider-Man’s latest nemesis, the Lizard. |
27 Jul, 2012 | 27 Jul, 2012 | 26 Jul, 2012 |
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Get a glimpse of how some of the action sequences were created for Total Recall in this official featurette for the film. | This funny and informative article on Cracked explains why we have CGI screw-ups in movies. | The producer of Ted, Seth MacFarlane’s new hit film talks about blending motion-capture, CG and improvisational comedy. |
26 Jul, 2012 | 26 Jul, 2012 | 25 Jul, 2012 |
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Rocketbox Libraries have added five kids models to their Complete Characters HD model series. | Dosch Design have launched Printed Media, a large collection of textured models. | The Mill have created a boat race for the third episode of Sinbad. |
25 Jul, 2012 | 25 Jul, 2012 | 24 Jul, 2012 |
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Peter Jackson has posted an eight production video for The Hobbit. | NVIDIA are showcasing the power of the latest GeForce GPUs with this beautiful new tech demo, A New Dawn. | Andrew Kramer has a new tutorial to show how to use the particle replicator in Element 3D for After Effects. |
24 Jul, 2012 | 23 Jul, 2012 | 23 Jul, 2012 |
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Mike Seymour visited Blur Studio earlier this year to sit down with Tim Miller, CEO and co-founder. | Cage, an online collaboration tool for creative teams to present their work for feedback and approval, is entering public beta. | Viktor Antonov, art director on Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, talks about the creative state of the gaming industry. |
21 Jul, 2012 | 20 Jul, 2012 | 20 Jul, 2012 |
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Videezy is a new site offering an ever growing collection of free HD stock footage. | Trevor Hogg talks to the VFX supervisors of Snow White and the Huntsman about their work on the film. | It's Art have interviewed David Luong, senior cinematic artist II at Blizzard Entertainment. |
19 Jul, 2012 | 19 Jul, 2012 | 19 Jul, 2012 |
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MindTex is a normal map generation program with a clean interface and features to help streamline small-scale art pipelines. | Sony Pictures Imageworks have released four videos on the creation of the VFX for The Amazing Spider-Man. | The Mill go behind the scenes with the VFX they created for the second episode of Sinbad. |
16 Jul, 2012 | 16 Jul, 2012 | 16 Jul, 2012 |
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The cast and director of the Total Recall remake talk about the film's story in this featurette. | A unique event for the CGI community, Behind the Iron Curtain is ready to open its gates for the second edition in September. | See how Focus Features created the main character of their stop-motion animated feature film, Paranorman. |
14 Jul, 2012 | 13 Jul, 2012 | 13 Jul, 2012 |
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Samuel Conlogue has posted a very useful article on how CG artists can improve their personal health. | Go behind the scenes of the new Tomb Raider and meet the actress behind Lara Croft. | Martijn van Herk is hard at work on a new fracturing plug-in for 3ds Max, called VoroFrag. |
12 Jul, 2012 | 12 Jul, 2012 | 12 Jul, 2012 |
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MPC have posted a breakdown reel of their VFX for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. | Sony Pictures Imageworks went more naturalistic for Marc Webb's reinvention of Spidey in The Amazing Spider-Man. | Framestore is partnering with McLaren Group to launch a brand new media company called McLaren Animation. |
10 Jul, 2012 | 10 Jul, 2012 | 10 Jul, 2012 |
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The Mill showcase the VFX work they created for the first episode of Sinbad, a new TV series. | Andrew Kramer explores more of the extraordinary capabilities of the Element 3D plug-in for After Effects. | Warner Bros have released a thirteen minute behind the scenes featurette for The Dark Knight Rises. |
10 Jul, 2012 | 10 Jul, 2012 | 09 Jul, 2012 |
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CGSociety have posted a production focus on the VFX of The Amazing Spider-Man film. | Check out the art that David Levy created for the Prometheus film. | Gnomon have released a tutorial covering the VFX pipeline employed on Aaron Sim's short film Archetype. |
07 Jul, 2012 | 07 Jul, 2012 | 06 Jul, 2012 |
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Andrew Kramer has released a video presentation of his amazing new After Effects plug-in, Element 3D. | Golaem Crowd now offers procedural rendering directly in Maya's render window. | Digital Tutors have released 21 new tutorials for July. |
06 Jul, 2012 | 05 Jul, 2012 | 05 Jul, 2012 |
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MPC have posted some VFX breakdowns of their work on last year's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. | A unique event for the CGI community, Behind the Iron Curtain is ready to open its gates for the second edition in September. | Find out about how Naughty Dog made use of Houdini for geometry fracturing and water effects in Uncharted 3. |
04 Jul, 2012 | 04 Jul, 2012 | 03 Jul, 2012 |
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CGSociety have a production focus on Prometheus, giving more insight into how the creation of the film's amazing VFX. | See how Unit Image created their amazing CG trailer for Zombi U. |
03 Jul, 2012 | 02 Jul, 2012 |
