The Effects Mastery of 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'
Henry Turner gets his sea-legs investigating the journey to the big screen for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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Unraveling 'The Matrix': Trilogy Overview
With Revolutions hitting theaters, Steven Mirkin delves into The Matrix trilogy to reveal the evolution of the story and the visual effects on this sci-fi milestone.
'Inspired 3D: Lighting and Compositing': Dead Give-Aways: Real World Vs. the CG World — Part 1
Continuing our run of excerpts from the Inspired 3D series, David Parish, in part one of a two part article, addresses the dead give-aways between the real world and the CG world.
CG Characters and Environments in Gaming
Gameplay demands more than just a hot hero and a fast thumb; Jacquie Kubin explores three unique game environments and the guys that live there.
'Inspired 3D': Creating and Understanding Skeletons and Kinematics
Michael Ford and Alan Lehman take us through the step-by-step process of planning the setup of a 3D character. While these steps may sound time consuming the authors assure us it will pay off in the end! The third of several excerpts from the book, Inspired 3D Character Setup.
Merging Trends in the World of Gaming
Jacquie Kubin takes a look at how the dividing line between vfx technologies for movies and gaming is shrinking.
Organizing the CGI Production Team
Fluid's Michael King, with contributions from Seth Piezas and Michael Fu, shares details on CGI pipeline organization.
A Personal Record of the eDIT|VES In Frankfurt, September 2003
German character designer Harald Siepermann journeyed to the VESs festival, edit/VES, in Frankfurt and reports back about what he witnessed.
'Indiana Jones' Revisited
Henry Turner takes a look at the visual effects legacy of the Indiana Jones movie trilogy and how the new DVD box set has enhanced the spectacle.
Keeping it Together: Issues & Trends in Digital Asset Management
Rick Baumgartner investigates the hot area of digital asset management and how keeping track of ones stuff can give companies a leg up on the competition.
Hench Discusses Legendary Link to Dali and Disney on 'Destino'
Disney entrusted Hench with finding continuity among Dalis fantastical images.
Disney’s Virtual Safari Puts Timon and Pumbaa in Driver’s Seat
Lion King DVD Set-Top Game Repurposes Digital Assets for New 3D Experience.
'Inspired 3D Character Animation': Posing and Staging
This excerpt from Kyle Clarks Inspired 3D Character Animation explores how to convey emotion through posing and staging.
Global 3D Market Trends — Will the Globalization of Technology Allow 3D to Take Over the World?
Sophie Trainor delves into the globalization of technology markets and how it affects the growth of 3D animation and vfx around the world.
The State and History of Previsualization on the 'Star Wars' Prequels
Dan Gregoire, JAK Films visualization effects supervisor on Episodes II and III, writes about state of previsualization on the Star Wars prequels.
Channeling Dali to Make 'Destino'
Bill Desowitz takes a look at how Disney Studio France adapted the artwork of Salvador Dali to complete Destino.
The Previs Gospel… According to McDowell and Frankel
Production designer Alex McDowell and previsualization supervisor Ron Frankel speak to Bill Desowitz about the wonders of the craft.
A Little History on Previsualization
Visual effects veteran Michael Fink charts the history of previsualization. Includes QuickTime previs clips!
'Robota': Building an Empire
Scott Jenkins speaks with artist Doug Chiang and Sparx*s Alan Portillo about the epic 3D universe, building momentum under the name Robota.
'Underworld': Romeo & Juliet — Vampire & Werewolf Style
Scott Jenkins descends on the new vampire and werewolf flick, Underworld, to uncover how this horror/action film mixes the old with the new.
High Concepts On Low Budgets: Visual Effects Trends On The Small Screen
Rick Baumgartner talks with the VFX artists behind TV series like Enterprise and CSI about how they come up with big screen wizardry on small screen budgets.
“Moving Storyboards” Take On New Dimensions: Previs for Animated Features
Ellen Wolff takes a look at the evolution of previsualization in animated features from 2D sketches to 3D moving storyboards at DreamWorks Feature Animation and Pacific Data Images.
The 'Bionicle' Universe Expands on Home Entertainment
George Maestri ventures into the story behind how LEGO brought its popular Bionicle franchise to cinematic life.
FrameForge 3D Review: A Storyboarding Breakthrough
Fred Patten interviews Cliff Galbraith, Fluorescent Hill, MK12, Moneyshots, Girdwood Partners and Zoic Studios to find out more about the role of animation in music videos.
Beyond Words: Previs as a Design and Approval Tool for Directors
Rick Baumgartner spoke with various effects artists about how previsualization is being used by directors as an important design and approval tool.
