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Let the Ewoks rejoice: Unreal Fest 2023 registration is now open
Epic’s annual Unreal Fest returns to New Orleans from October 3rd to 5th with a packed lineup of educational sessions, VR exploration, and networking opportunities. It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.
Here’s Your SIGGRAPH 2023 Buzz Straight From the Floor
As SIGGRAPH Conference carries through the week with dozens of exhibitors and presentations, here are a few of the topics that have made a cannonball splashdown at the SIGGRAPH 2023.
2021’s ‘Dune’ vs. 1990’s ‘Tremors’: The shared prehistoric DNA between two generations of bad-ass worms
An audience unfamiliar with the Dune universe might say, “Dune totally ripped off their sandworm idea from Tremors.” But Frank Herbert wrote the original Dune in 1965, so maybe Tremors is the real ripper-offer here. Let’s compare them.
The post-production elements seasoning the galactic stew of ‘Rebel Moon’
Rebel Moon has employed a half dozen of the biggest post-production & VFX houses to complete work on a film being promoted as a planetary behemoth of scale and spectacle.
The speaker lineup at the 2023 VIEW Conference is like the Space Jam Dream Team of VFX and animation
With an early confirmed speaker list released, here’s a look at who’s attending the event and what you can expect from the 2023 VIEW Conference.
Let’s get technical: The keyboard shortcuts for Autodesk’s Open RV
Whether you’re new to Open RV or a veteran of the commercial RV through a ShotGrid subscription, any user can benefit from RV keyboard shortcuts – especially those now familiarizing themselves with the new open-source version of RV.
What’s happening at SIGGRAPH 2023?
SIGGRAPH 2023 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from August 6th to August 10th, with the opportunity to watch much of the conference live-streamed. With many of the scheduling specifics now available, here are a few highlights of the upcoming 2023 SIGGRAPH Conference.
What does environmental sustainability look like in VFX? The 2023 movements toward green production
The movie industry has come a long way and is still working its way forward in environmental sustainability in film production. Here’s a look at where things are at in the industry-wide push toward green production methods, and where things are going.
Blood, sweat, and more blood: VFX Supervisor Andy Byrne talks the CG effects of ‘Renfield’
We talked with VFX Supervisor Andy Byrne about his experience on Renfield, reflections on everything from mental health to technique, and about a film that wanted Red Sea levels of blood.
Revenge-hungry dogs, 11-foot bears, and head-chomped octopi: the diverse approaches to special effects that make the wild look real in 2023
From recent releases to upcoming movies of 2023, here are current projects that melded a variety of VFX and CG approaches to give audiences the realest, coolest on-screen animals.
The ‘Shadow and Bone’ VFX: Pure nerd speculation on what viewers can look for in Season Two
You don’t have to be someone who writes Shadow and Bone fan fiction to appreciate a well-built fantasy playground, and here’s what we might appreciate from the Shadow and Bone VFX in Season Two.
Crafty Apes VFX releases highlight reel from ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ series
Crafty Apes recently released a highlight reel of some of the finer moments of ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ series that concluded its season finale in February.
VFX unionization: How the IATSE and industry workers are voicing their drive towards stability, respect, and peace of mind
The 2023 IATSE survey emphasizes the challenges that VFX workers face and why they need unionization. What’s the path forward look like for VFX unionization?
“You will draw orc flesh!” Character artist Jared Chavez’s tutorial series teaches artists how to render and texture lifelike orcs
Senior Character Artist Jared Chavez of Firewalk Studios has created an intimate and comprehensive series of Youtube tutorials to help guide you through orc rendering and texturing.
From VFX bibles to coffee table canon for nerds: The best VFX books
The knowledge that helps a VFX artist support the world of a story is found within the stories of the VFX artists that came before. Some of these artists articulated their knowledge for future generations, and that’s what this is: a collection of the best VFX books, assembled for the filmmaker forever aspiring to improve their craft.
The Last of Us VFX: Midseason observations on enhancing chaos, apocalyptic shrubbery, and 88-pound bodysuits
Creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin – and Weta, ILM, Crafty Apes, and the other dozen or so VFX studios that contributed – what they emulated from video game into live-action was a world so striking, that we needed to make midseason obvervations on The Last Of Us VFX and practical effects.
Straight from Beverly Hills: Here are your 2023 VES Awards winners
The 2023 VES Awards celebrated outstanding visual effects artistry Wednesday evening at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and here are the VFX teams and projects that left the 21st Annual VES Awards as winners.