Bad Guys Have Their Fun in ‘Evil Genius 2: Wold Domination’ Trailer
Haz Dulull and He Sun deliver an exciting game cinematic spot for Rebellion’s latest release, produced with a USD-based Houdini pipeline, Unreal Engine, and Redshift.
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WATCH: ‘A Discovery of Witches’ VFX Breakdown
Axis Studios creates an entire historically accurate CG Elizabethan London, delivering 100 shots for 10 episodes over a span of 18 months.
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Creating ‘Bridgerton’s 19th Century High Society London
VFX house One of Us worked through the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver 350 shots on Netflix’s wildly popular period romance drama set in an alternate Regency-era universe.
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JAMM Scores a Touchdown with ‘The Neighborhood’ Spot
DoorDash’s first SuperBowl campaign featured rapper Daveed Diggs and the Sesame Street Muppets; creative studio incorporated elements including a CG train and added a bit of animation magic to make Grover fly.
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The Charming, Tiny Hero’s Journey of ‘The Snail and the Whale’
Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon are back with an enchanting stop-motion / CG tale about a most unlikely pair taking a sea-going trip of a lifetime.
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Sunrise Productions Open Source Node eXecution Tree Python Tool Now Available
NXT automates programming tasks related to animation and VFX graphics and linear processing; the simplification of production workflows builds a bridge between artists and developers.
Nvidia Omniverse Open Beta Now Available
Cloud-based platform accelerates collaboration in real-time through connected virtual worlds that provide photorealistic rendering.
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Escape Studios Now Houdini Certified
School gains SideFX’s official recognition for excellence in teaching; students now get exclusive access to webinars, presentations, and real-time feedback sessions for their portfolios.
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Method Scares Up the Boogeyman in ‘A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting’
Led by VFX supervisor Hamish Schumacher, the Vancouver studio designs and produces three digital monsters, known as Toadies, bringing frighteningly-good fun to Netflix’s new film, based on the Joe Ballarini’s book series.
The-Artery Creates ‘Star Dreaming’ Holiday Campaign
Creative design company and the David Yurman Holiday Express train take viewers on a sparkling adventure through stars, a meteorite-like mountain, and a miniature city.
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Tangent Labs Announces LoUPE CG Pipeline Tool
New production component tool allows teams to focus on creativity and storytelling by reducing the pain points in their pipeline.
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A Digital Woman Discusses Society’s Perception of Femininity in ‘I.D.A’ CG Short
VFX studio Nu Boyana FX’s first inhouse animated short, based on a spoken word poem, started as an R&D project before blossoming into a film asking fundamental questions about what makes a girl real; the fully keyframed film’s production toolkit included Zbrush, Mari, Maya, and Nuke.
How Studio AKA Captured Chaos and Destruction for the Main Titles on Ridley Scott’s ‘Raised by Wolves’
Working with a team of six artists, director Steve Small employs a combination of 3D, rotoscope and hand-drawn artwork for the haunting, elegant main titles serving as the backstory for the HBO Max sci-fi series.
‘The Last Prophecy’ Sci-Fi Short Examines AI as the Savior of Humanity
Romain Demongeot’s new CG animated film explores the role of religion in our world’s future, and whether people can exist without icons and gods.
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Ringling College of Art and Design Designated a Houdini Certified School
The Motion Design Department’s trained students qualify for fully featured EDU licenses of Houdini FX for home use and a one-year Core or six-month FX license upon graduation.
Union Illustrates Marie Curie and Radium’s Impact in ‘Radioactive’
UK visual effects studio tackles a choreographed radium dance, WWI battlefield, Hiroshima bombing, and Chernobyl disaster in Marjane Satrapi’s captivating biographical drama.
The Living Tombstone’s Blistering ‘Chosen’ CG Music Video
Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, creative studio The-Artery uses remotely produced motion capture to show the anonymous band emerge from stasis and blast onstage for an all CG neon-flooded performance.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray Collection and Single Floating License
Artists can now freely access 15 different 3D products and services for real-time scene exploration and photorealistic rendering.
Cinesite Shares New VFX Showreel
Highlights include sequences from ‘The Witcher,’ ‘Rocketman,’ ‘Lost in Space’ S2, ‘Avengers Infinity War’ and Avengers Endgame.’
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WATCH: Cinesite’s ‘The Witcher’ Season 1 VFX Breakdown Reel
Led by VFX supervisor Aleksadar Pejic, the studio’s London team delivered digital demons and more in more than 250 shots across all eight first season episodes.
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WATCH: Pixomondo Previs and VFX Breakdown Reels From ‘Midway’
Led by VFX supervisor Derek Spears, the studio filled the sea and sky around Midway Atoll with the devastating tools and action of war in Roland Emmerich’s harrowing tale of the decisive 1942 battle between the U.S. and Japan in the Pacific Theatre of WWII.
Dive into the Aquatic World of VES Student Award Winner ‘The Beauty’
Filmakademie Baden-Weurttemburg team honored as top up-and-coming filmmakers with annual award sponsored and presented by Autodesk at 18th Annual Visual Effects Society gala.
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Cinesite Fills ‘The Witcher’ with Dangerous Monsters, Epic Battles and a Magical Fire
The company’s London studio creates a nasty arachnoid, Golden Dragon, zombie-like Striga and wicked battle scenes for the hit Netflix fantasy series starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia.
Union VFX Recreates Treasured Vatican City Locations for ‘The Two Popes’
UK-based visual effects house tackles St. Peter’s Square, the Basilica and Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 23
New release delivers next level artist interactivity, enhanced USD support and Houdini 18 Solaris integration.
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