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.
Jacquie Kubin takes a look at how the dividing line between vfx technologies for movies and gaming is shrinking.
Fluid's Michael King, with contributions from Seth Piezas and Michael Fu, shares details on CGI pipeline organization.
German character designer Harald Siepermann journeyed to the VESs festival, edit/VES, in Frankfurt and reports back about what he witnessed.
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.
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.
Disney entrusted Hench with finding continuity among Dalis fantastical images.
Lion King DVD Set-Top Game Repurposes Digital Assets for New 3D Experience.
This excerpt from Kyle Clarks Inspired 3D Character Animation explores how to convey emotion through posing and staging.
Sophie Trainor delves into the globalization of technology markets and how it affects the growth of 3D animation and vfx around the world.
Dan Gregoire, JAK Films visualization effects supervisor on Episodes II and III, writes about state of previsualization on the Star Wars prequels.
Bill Desowitz takes a look at how Disney Studio France adapted the artwork of Salvador Dali to complete Destino.
Production designer Alex McDowell and previsualization supervisor Ron Frankel speak to Bill Desowitz about the wonders of the craft.
Visual effects veteran Michael Fink charts the history of previsualization. Includes QuickTime previs clips!
Scott Jenkins speaks with artist Doug Chiang and Sparx*s Alan Portillo about the epic 3D universe, building momentum under the name Robota.
Scott Jenkins descends on the new vampire and werewolf flick, Underworld, to uncover how this horror/action film mixes the old with the new.
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.
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.
George Maestri ventures into the story behind how LEGO brought its popular Bionicle franchise to cinematic life.
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.
Rick Baumgartner spoke with various effects artists about how previsualization is being used by directors as an important design and approval tool.
From the Inspired 3D series, David Parrish continues his look at compositing techniques and methods.
From the Inspired 3D series, David Parrish tackles compositing techniques and methods.
Steven Mirkin delves into SCI FI Channels flashy new re-branding campaign to find out who comes up with those creative spots.
Always ahead of the curve, Trumbull assesses the benefits of shooting electronically as it relates to vfx.
