Brand new trailer for STAR TREK – DISCOVERY: The VFX are made by: Pixomondo Spin VFX Crafty Apes Release date: 24 September 2017 (Netflix) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post STAR TREK: DISCOVERY appeared first on The Art of VFX.
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Brand new trailer for the Season 2 of STRANGER THINGS: The VFX are made by: CoSA VFX Gradient Effects Release Date: 27 October 2017 (Netlfix) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post STRANGER THINGS – Season 2 appeared first on The Art…
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Really cool new trailer for THOR – RAGNAROK: The VFX are made by: Industrial Light & Magic (VFX Supervisor: Chad Wiebe) Framestore (VFX Supervisors: Alexis Wajsbrot and Kyle McCulloch) Double Negative (VFX Supervisor: Stuart Lashley) Luma Pictures…
- 1 day ago23 Jul 17, 11:00am -

Excellent new trailer for JUSTICE LEAGUE! The VFX are made by: Double Negative (VFX Supervisor: Tom Proctor) MPC (VFX Supervisor: Seth Maury) Scanline VFX (VFX Supervisor: Bryan Hirota) Weta Digital (VFX Supervisor: Keith Miller) Rodeo FX Blind Ltd (…
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Oh yeah! Here is the teaser for READY PLAYER ONE, the new movie by Steven Spielberg: The VFX are made by: ILM (VFX Supervisor: Grady Cofer) Digital Domain Territory Studio The Production VFX Supervisor is Roger Guyett. Director: Steven Spielberg Rele…
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Brand new trailer for MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS: The VFX are made by: Zoic Studios Shade VFX Release Date: August 18, 2017 (Netlfix) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS appeared first on The Art of VFX.
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Here is a first look at KRYPTON: The VFX are made by: Important Looking Pirates Rodeo FX Director: Colm McCarthy Release Date: 2018 © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post KRYPTON appeared first on The Art of VFX.
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New trailer for THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE: Animation and VFX made by: Animal Logic Directors: Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan Release Date: 22 September 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2016The post THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE appea…
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In 2014, Lou Pecora explained to us about the work of Digital Domain on X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. He speaks to us today about his work on SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING.The post SPIDER-MAN – HOMECOMING: Lou Pecora – VFX Supervisor – Digital Domain a…
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Really cool trailer for BRIGHT, the new movie by David Ayer: The VFX are made by: Iloura (VFX Supervisor: Jason Billington) Mammal Studios (VFX Supervisor: Gregory D. Liegey) Ollin VFX Pixel Playground (VFX Supervisor: Don Lee) Director: David Ayer R…
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 10:00am -

Halon presents the PreVis and PostVis for War for the Planet of the Apes, done in UE4.
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 7:56pm -

The insider's guide to SIGGRAPH 2017 with Conference Chair Jerome Solomon.
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 7:52am -

Exclusive Siggraph Preview: Strange things are afoot at the DurrrBurger, ...we talk to Directors and the team about their Fortnite UE4 short film. And do a deep dive in the Cool Tech of a real time rendering, animated short film.
- 5 days ago19 Jul 17, 4:52pm -

Each day at SIGGRAPH Mike will meet industry legends from Pixar, Weta Digital, Magnopus, Disney Research, Epic Games and leading researchers from around the world in VR using new Digital Human Avatar technology.
- 7 days ago17 Jul 17, 11:31pm -

Method Studios delivers beautifully crafted character animation and creature work for Netflix's Okja.
- 7 days ago17 Jul 17, 8:00pm -

We talk to Digital Domain and Sony Pictures Imageworks about their friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man and his two biggest battles.
- 7 days ago17 Jul 17, 5:12am -

The 69th Emmy Nominations have been announced
- 11 days ago13 Jul 17, 3:52pm -

The Mummy re-animates to life thanks to companies such as MPC and ILM.
- 12 days ago12 Jul 17, 2:40pm -

The science and art of re-colouring photographs. A deep dive into this craft with some excellent examples.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 9:29pm -

ILM takes MaterialX open source.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 4:15pm -

Virtual Production is a hot topic, we examine Autodesk's vision looking forward.
- 14 days ago10 Jul 17, 11:56am -

RED Cinema Android OS Hydrogen Phone has been announced.Firstly, we'll look at the facts and then we'll dive into what it might mean and ask if it can work?
- 18 days ago6 Jul 17, 11:48pm -

Weta Digital had to tackle a new hilarious character for War for the Planet of the Apes in Steve Zahn’s Bad Ape. Here’s how they did it, over at VFX Voice.
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 11:19pm -

One of the toughest things about covering visual effects can be getting great VFX imagery to display with a story. There’s often a lengthy approvals process, and sometimes film and TV distributors just want to keep certain things under wraps. That…
- 5 days ago19 Jul 17, 8:23pm -

For Cartoon Brew, I ran down how Weta Digital takes the on-set performance capture and pushes it through different departments to produce ape animation. It’s an incredible, artistic and technical process. Hope you enjoy the read.
- 6 days ago19 Jul 17, 12:42am -

Recently on vfxblog, I was able to speak to former ILM animation supervisor Randal M. Dutra about his work on The Lost World: Jurassic Park for that’s film’s 20th anniversary. I invited Dutra back to talk about his stop-motion contributions to Ro…
- 7 days ago17 Jul 17, 12:02pm -

Imageworks took on the visual effects for the final third act in Spider-Man: Homecoming, from the factory battle, to the plane fight and the beach confrontation. Here’s a look at how they did it, at Spark CG Society.
- 9 days ago15 Jul 17, 10:18pm -

I talked to ILM’s Scott Farrar about the history of the Transformers franchise, what some of the initial challenges were (their first bot designs didn’t work), and how that has changed leading up to Transformers: The Last Knight. Check it out at…
- 11 days ago13 Jul 17, 8:11pm -

I had a chance to pop over to Wellington recently to chat to the team at Weta Digital on the new, and incredible, War for the Planet of the Apes. You’ll see some coverage coming out over the next few days, but here’s a hint at the first piece, f…
- 12 days ago12 Jul 17, 11:15pm -

Last night in Sydney I got to watch Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver for a second time, and see a post-film Q&A hosted by director George Miller. The Q&A was fantastic, diving into Wright’s directing choices, musical influences and juicy details about…
- 12 days ago12 Jul 17, 9:33pm -

Yesterday I posted an interview with Contact’s visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston about his work on the film, which is now 20 years old. This included the incredible mirror shot, and for that high speed compositing supervisor Sheena Duggal also…
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 7:46pm -

I talked to Method Studios visual effects supervisor Erik De Boer about Okja – and how the team gave a personality to the CG super-pig. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 7:41pm -

To create the five-minute animated “Coming to America“ sequence for STARZ’s ‘American Gods’ episode five, animation and design studio Tendril transitioned to a GPU pipeline ahead of the project, leveraging Thinkbox’s Deadline for compute…
- 8 hours ago24 Jul 17, 6:55am -

At SIGGRAPH 2017, Boris FX will preview 360° stereoscopic workflow and new versions of flagship plug-ins Sapphire and Continuum at the Los Angeles Convention Center in booth 1011.
- 8 hours ago24 Jul 17, 6:46am -

Latest installment in the Marvel Universe to pit Thor against his former ally and fellow Avenger, The Incredible Hulk.
- 14 hours ago24 Jul 17, 12:47am -

Reallusion has released iClone 7, a major update to the iClone real-time 3D evolution, including such features as the latest PBR/GI visuals, unlimited creation for 3D characters, professional animation for morph and curve editing, real camera system…
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 2:58pm -

Emerging Technologies, Studio, and Real-Time Live! programs include touch holograms, a varifocal optical layout, ‘Star Wars Battlefront VR,’ and more.
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 4:58am -

Detailed look at the making of the three-minute ‘Fortnite’ trailer assembled, lit, color corrected and rendered in Unreal Engine will be presented at the Unreal Engine User Group meeting during SIGGRAPH 2017.
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 2:52am -

VFX supervisor Jessica Norman’s London, Montreal and Bangalore teams handle nearly 500 shots on Warner Bros. DC Comics-inspired hit superhero film.
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 9:00pm -

Despite serious competition from shows on rival networks Nickelodeon, Super RTL and Disney, the Award-winning, 3D-animated Insectibles, a co-production between One Animation, KiKA, Discovery and ZDF-Enterprises, has topped the ratings charts for kids…
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 5:07am -

Sony Pictures Post Production Services’ veteran sound team flexed their creative muscles to fill out the soundscape for the characters and gadgetry for Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Homecoming, including foley for the new spid…
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 4:13am -

Imaginative and offbeat love story with visual effects provided by Mr. X arrives in theaters on December 8.
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 4:00am -

Framestore VFX supervisor Kyle McCulloch shares how Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Cadenza and Garderobe were brought to life in Disney’s hit live-action remake of the classic 1991 animated feature.
- 5 days ago19 Jul 17, 8:18pm -

The veteran Framestore VFX supervisor talks about previs, virtual production and visual development on the first cinematic installment about the magical creatures of J. K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ universe. 
- 6 days ago19 Jul 17, 1:29am -

Chris explains the best and worst of creating a VR app (inspired by his book Goodnight Everyone) about earth, its ecosystem and the solar system, for children.
- 2 hours ago24 Jul 17, 1:00pm -

Eran Mendel's project to create a weekly vector-based animated GIF from an iconic moment in each episode of Game of Thrones is continuing into Season 7.
- 2 hours ago24 Jul 17, 1:00pm -

3D artist El Grand Chamaco has created playful, Play-Do-like CG interpretations of all your favourite GoT characters.
- 5 hours ago24 Jul 17, 10:00am -

British street artist Stik has painted a giant version of one of his iconic stick figures onto the side of a New York building for a museum celebrating the city's 'Avenue of Immigrants'.
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 1:59pm -

Limb extensions, tactile holograms and Star Wars in VR – we take a look at the emerging technologies to be showcased at Siggraph 2017.
- 3 days ago21 Jul 17, 10:30am -

Camille tells us about designing a giant maze and spot-the-difference game full of mirrors, bold colours, patterns, and geometric shapes for a gallery in London.
- 5 days ago19 Jul 17, 2:58pm -

Samsung’s new television is disguised as a picture frame, allowing you to display your own choice of artwork when it’s switched off. Find out how to get your hands on one.
- 6 days ago18 Jul 17, 10:47am -

Design studio Potato has created a web app that allows visitors to explore the whale's life and preservation.
- 10 days ago14 Jul 17, 10:40am -

Red has announced it'll be shipping what it describes as the "world's first holographic media machine" – a smartphone take can take 3D images.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 2:56pm -

We’ve combed the thousands of today-only deals on Amazon’s site to find savings on Adobe software, Wacom tablets, Faber-Castell pens and pencils and more.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 2:28pm -

These graphic art students explore the concepts of consumerism, feminism and queer theory through textiles, ceramics and illustration.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 11:22am -

Coming in January, the new Cintiq Pro will offer the largest screen-you-can-draw-on we've ever seen.
- 13 days ago11 Jul 17, 10:43am -

Daily MailCan YOU tell the difference? Google's AI is 'almost as good' at creating stunning images as a professional photographerDaily MailExperts from the firm have used machine learning to train its Creatism software to scour pictures of impressive…
- 55 mins ago24 Jul 17, 1:37pm -

T3Ghost in the Shell VFX interview: volumetric pixel drag, silicone skin, holographic actors and moreT3Ghost in the Shell is available today via digital download (as well as to pre-order on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Ultra HD 4K Blu-Ray) and, as the live-acti…
- 3 hours ago24 Jul 17, 11:40am -

Philippine StarLuc Besson's 'Valerian' brings greatest visual experience since 'Avatar'Philippine StarConstrained by the relatively primitive visual effects technology available in the 1990s, Besson knew it would be some time before he was able to cr…
- 1 day ago23 Jul 17, 9:50am -

CNETThe toughest effect in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming': Tony Stark's hairCNETMaking a Marvel movie like "Spider-Man: Homecoming" can be "maddening or exhilarating", according to visual effects expert Lou Pecora. And the toughest shots in this effects ex…
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 4:08pm -

Novinite.comDisney Sued Over Visual Effects - Novinite.com - Sofia News AgencyNovinite.comDisney is in some legal hot water over the use of some special effects technology for Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, and the live-action remake of Beauty .…
- 4 days ago20 Jul 17, 8:36am -

The VergeHow War for the Planet of the Apes turned a visual effect into a reluctant heroThe VergeIf you're a filmmaker trying to bring fantastic characters to life with the most realistic, lifelike performances possible, you're probably going to want…
- 6 days ago18 Jul 17, 3:57pm -

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Gets Entangled in Visual-Effects ...Wall Street Journal (subscription)A lawsuit against Disney has roped the company into a legal dispute over rights to a visual-effects technology, po…
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PolygonAvatar's visual effects were the inspiration Besson needed to make ValerianPolygonJames Cameron's Avatar, released in 2009, marked a big moment of change in the film industry and specifically how people viewed the capabilities of visual effect…
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Hollywood Reporter'Valerian' Features 2355 Visual Effects Shots, 600 More Than 'Rogue One'Hollywood ReporterNow, 20 years later, he has spent twice as much on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but for nearly 10 times the eye candy, with a…
- 7 days ago17 Jul 17, 1:00pm -

ABC NewsHow the lifelike visual effects in 'War for the Planet of the Apes' were ...ABC NewsABC News' Ginger Zee got a behind-the-scene glimpse into the making of the upcoming "War for the Planet of the Apes" film while visiting Weta Digital, the ..…
- 11 days ago13 Jul 17, 1:16pm -

Marvel Studios brought its preview reel for “Avengers: Infinity War” to San Diego Comic Con this past weekend following that reel playing at Disney’s D23 Expo the weekend before. Unsurprisingly, a badly framed pirated copy of said reel has ende…
- 3 hours ago24 Jul 17, 11:49am -

Marvel Television chief Jeph Loeb has been out talking up “The Defenders” event series and how, after three years of planning, it’s all finally coming together next month when the four Marvel-Netflix heroes come together onscreen. Since its rev…
- 4 hours ago24 Jul 17, 10:58am -

Kim Rhodes, Briana Buckmaster, Kathryn Newton and Katherine Ramdeen have all reportedly closed their deals to star in the “Supernatural” spin-off “Wayward Sisters” should The CW move forward with it. The news was revealed during the show’s…
- 4 hours ago24 Jul 17, 10:41am -

Alyssa Milano is having a busy 2017 so far with both a “Project Runway All Stars” hosting gig, leading the Netflix dark comedy series “Insatiable,” and making an appearance in the upcoming “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later”. Repor…
- 4 hours ago24 Jul 17, 10:07am -

Filming has only just finished on the Christmas episode for The BBC’s “Doctor Who,” but a brief glimpse of footage from the hour-long special titled “Twice Upon a Time” has arrived following its premiere at the show’s Comic Con panel on S…
- 6 hours ago24 Jul 17, 8:22am -

Legendary thesp Clancy Brown (“Highlander,” “Carnivale”) has been cast as the voice of Surtur, the fiery demon who resides over Hel, in Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Ragnarok”. We scored our first look at the creature during the film’s new t…
- 20 hours ago23 Jul 17, 6:33pm -

Following their presentation last night, Marvel Studios has now released the Comic Con posters for both Peyton Reed’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther”. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” sees the returning cast from the f…
- 21 hours ago23 Jul 17, 5:08pm -

The Expanse Syfy has teased the third season of its sci-fi political drama “The Expanse” arriving next year with a new trailer which sadly offers no footage from the next season – only recaps of the second. It was announced during Syfy’s Comi…
- 22 hours ago23 Jul 17, 4:53pm -

Following it “Gotham” with the first footage from the upcoming fourth season which just cast “Teen Wolf” actress Crystal Reed as Sofia Falcone. The new season includes the introduction of Professor Pyg, the new introduction of The Scarecrow,…
- 22 hours ago23 Jul 17, 4:41pm -

“Smallville” star Tom Welling has signed on to join the cast of FOX’s “Lucifer,” marking his first TV role since the Superman prequel series ended. Welling will play Marcus Pierce, an accomplished but reserved police lieutenant. The new sea…
- 22 hours ago23 Jul 17, 4:37pm -

Yesterday afternoon The CW unleashed Comic Con trailers for the new seasons of all five of its DC superhero shows along with revealing some new details about what to expect in upcoming episodes. The Flash Six months after Barry Allen disappeared into…
- 1 day ago23 Jul 17, 9:38am -

The second trailer and a new poster for Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Ragnarok” are now online following their premiere at Marvel’s San Diego Comic Con panel on Saturday. The story has Hela (Cate Blanchett) escaping millennia of imprisonment. She ex…
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Update: You can donate to Eric here: https://www.gofundme.com/s5hw7-send-eric-to-dc Huge thanks to all of you who helped contribute to comments on NAFTA renegotiations. VFX professional Eric Rosenthal left a comment in the previous post that he might…
- 26 days ago28 Jun 17, 8:15am -

Statement from Daniel Lay, Co-Founder of the Association of Digital Artists, Professionals, and Technicians In 2013 Daniel Lay, the writer behind the industry blog VFX Soldier started ADAPT to help fund and direct a trade effort to curtail the use of…
- 51 days ago3 Jun 17, 2:34am -

Hollywood Reporter: Ron Thornton, an Emmy-winning visual effects designer, supervisor and producer who worked on such shows as Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Voyager, has died. He was 59. Variety: Thornton is best known for bringing computer-generated imag…
- 23 Nov 16, 7:29pm -

Today is my last day in the visual effects industry. It’s an industry that I’ve spent nine years of my life completely dedicated to, so it’s a bitter sweet kind of day. My love for animation and film began at 4 years old, when I saw the Lion Ki…
- 12 Oct 16, 6:08pm -

I came across a post on Facebook by one of Ron Thornton’s friends that the veteran VFX supervisor has been hospitalized. While I don’t have all the information a gofundme page has been set up to help pay for medical expenses. If you can please he…
- 16 Sep 16, 4:42am -

Tonight a majority UK voters chose to leave the European Union which as of this writing is leading to a meltdown in financial markets and wild drops in foreign currencies agains the US dollar. There’s been a bit of chatter amongst many in VFX as to…
- 24 Jun 16, 6:43am -

Are people still reading this thing? Well, It’s been a year since I’ve posted on this blog and after the end of the ADAPT effort I took a long hiatus. As disappointed as I was, the post-VFX life has been great. New opportunities, I got a home, a…
- 2 May 16, 5:43am -

From the press release: https://wikileaks.org/sony/press/ Today, 16 April 2015, WikiLeaks publishes an analysis and search system for The Sony Archives: 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than…
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The other day I got an email from the VES asking members to suggest nominees for title of VES Fellow: The Visual Effects Society is asking for your suggestions for nominees for title of VES Fellow, which is a member who has maintained an outstanding…
- 14 Apr 15, 8:41pm -

I haven’t posted much on this blog but some recent news caught my eye: Last week’s Godbout Commission report sent shivers up the spines of Quebec’s film and television production industry. The Quebec Taxation Review Committee, chaired by econom…
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