Maya@10: Tureski Marks the Milestones
Marking Maya's 10th anniversary with the release of Maya 2009, Ellen Wolff chats with Autodesk's Kevin Tureski about the key highlights of the ubiquitous 3D animation software.
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'Eagle Eye': Rendering with Arnold
Sony Pictures Imageworks tackles Eagle Eye with the aid of a new in-house renderer called Arnold, and Thomas J. McLean finds out how it helped with attaining a real-world look.
'Knight Rider' 2008: VFX in High Gear
Tara Bennett talks to showrunner and exec producer Gary Scott Thompson and Stargate Digital's Sam Nicholson about updating the much-loved franchise for a tech-savvy audience.
'Heroes' Season Three: More Villains, More VFX
Tara Bennett talks to Heroes vfx producer Mark Spatny about the explosion of awesome work in the series' new season.
Ryan Lesser Talks 'Rock Band 2'
Peter "The Rizk" Rizkalla chats with Harmonix Art Director (and VFXWorld 3ds Max reviewer) Ryan Lesser about raising the bar with Rock Band 2.
The Digital Eye: Expanding Education for the 3D Industry
In this month's issue of "The Digital Eye," Alexandra Pasian explores how Softimage's recent educational initiative is helping to push boundaries in 3D.
Alex McDowell Talks 5D Conference and Immersive Design
Production Designer Alex McDowell discusses the impetus behind 5D: The Future of Immersive Design, the upcoming conference at the California State University at Long Beach.
Lumiere VFX Launches in Montreal
Montreal has a new vfx studio, Lumiere VFX, and Aaron Dem discusses its roadmap.
'The Official Luxology modo 301 Guide': Getting Started with modo 301/302
In this first excerpt from The Official Luxology modo 301 Guide, author Daniel Ablan gives readers a jump start lesson in utilizing modo’s customizable interface on projects.
'Fringe': Pushing Science Beyond Far-Fetched
FOX debuts Fringe tonight, so Tara Bennett goes behind-the-scenes with creator J.J. Abrams and Zoic VFX Supervisor Andrew Orloff.
'Bangkok Dangerous': Visualizing the VFX Hits
The Pang brothers follow an elite assassin in the
NVISION 08: The 'Expansive Ecosystem' of Visual Computing
Bill Desowitz experiences NVISION 08: the inaugural visual computing conference in San Jose sponsored by NVIDIA.
'Babylon A.D.': New Solutions for a Post Apocalyptic Journey
Alain Bielik speaks with Buf Compagnie about the variety of vfx that it created for Babylon A.D.
'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed' -- LucasArts Goes Next-Gen
Ellen Wolff explores how LucasArts re-imagines the Star Wars universe for the first time as a next-gen game with The Force Unleashed.
Herken Talks mental images Roadmap
Bill Desowitz chats with Rolf Herken, CEO, CTO and president of mental images, about the company's roadmap and the merger with NVIDIA.
SIGGRAPH 2008's Expanded Computer Animation Festival
Heather Kenyon takes in the CG wonders of SIGGRAPH's expanded Computer Animation Festival, and talks with festival producer Carlye Archibeque about the many programming changes.
'Death Race': Killer VFX for a Killer Ride
J. Paul Peszko puts readers behind the driver's seat to learn more about the visual effects production on Death Race.
SIGGRAPH 2008: New Tech Demos
Eric Post reports back from SIGGRAPH's newly named New Tech Demos (formerly Emerging Technologies) to tell us what the cutting edge will be in the future.
SIGGRAPH 2008: 'Managing the Creative Environment'
Bill Desowitz returns from last week's SIGGRAPH 2008 in L.A. with a few highlights and observations.
FJORG! 2008: Iron Animators 2
The popular FJORG! animation competition returned to SIGGRAPH 2008 last week in Los Angeles, and Eric Post was on hand once again with an in-depth report.
'Tropic Thunder': Doing Funny VFX
Vfx Supervisor Michael Fink and CIS's Mark Breakspear talk about walking the fine line between the photoreal and the funny in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder.
RenderMan@20: Ed Catmull and Dana Batali Reflect On Pixar's Killer App
Two of Pixar's principals take a look at the past, present and future of the landmark rendering system.
SIGGRAPH '08: What the Tech Papers Reveal About the State of CGI
Ellen Wolff previews some of the presentations that may presage the hot tools of tomorrow.
'Doctor Who' Season Four: More VFX Razzle-Dazzle
Tara Bennett speaks with Dave Houghton about raising the CG bar in the fourth season of Doctor Who.
