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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
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Eye candy: Oz - The Great and Powerful trailer
It's too early to tell how well Disney's Oz prequel will hold up as a movie - but the visuals sure do look pretty.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Fabric Engine demos real-time production renderer
Final-quality, VFX-focused real-time renderer due as part of next release of Creation Platform this fall.
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Disney to buy Lucasfilm, make new Star Wars movies
George Lucas stays on as 'creative consultant'; ILM and LucasArts also caught up in the $4.05 billion deal.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Eye candy: Marvel's first Iron Man 3 trailer
Some nice (and suprisingly long) VFX shots - and is that a hint he's going to be less of a jerk this time?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
JefeCorp makes JefeCheck free to download
Is this production-ready playback and shot review software the best VFX tool you've never heard of?
Friday, October 19th, 2012
Eye candy: MPC's VFX reel for Prometheus
See the titular spaceship go from Ridley Scott sketch to rendered form, plus creature and FX breakdowns.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Pixar ships RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and Studio 4.0
Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700.
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Eye candy: Digital District's La Poste spot
See an origami postman set loose through a paper world in this stylish ad for the French postal service.
Friday, October 5th, 2012
Eye candy: Little Kaiju
What lives in Tokyo's vending machines? Cute little monsters, if you believe TWiN's new VFX short.
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Tears of Steel
The Blender Foundation's first VFX open movie blends boy-girl romance and kickass robots - and it's a blast.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Blu-ray review: The Avengers
Is this the best superhero film of all time? Nope, that's The Dark Knight. But it's damn close.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Are visual effects today just too darn boring?
Yes, argues Variety's David Cohen. No, responds fxguide's Mike Seymour - and here's why.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012