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
visual effects
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
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: 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
Digital Domain files for bankruptcy
Legendary effects house sells out to private investment firm; looking to secure jobs of LA-based staff.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
ASTC: a new codec for 3D images?
Unity staff proclaim The Khronos Group's new normal-supporting compression technology awesome.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Eye candy: Next Limit's RealFlow Siggraph 2012 reel
All the gorgeous advertising work you might expect - and some shots from Aardman that you might not.
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Eye candy: V-Ray IRL
See Hollywood VFX stars swap GI for guns in this mini heist movie created for V-Ray's tenth birthday.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
We can do previs from an airplane over the Arctic!
Gradient Effects' Sandbox tech lets users work on movie-res assets via an iPad, anywhere in the world.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
Shotgun Software announces Shotgun 4.0
Update to production-management tool on show at Siggraph, along with beta of shot-review tool Revolver.
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012