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…
- 16 hours ago21 Jul 17, 3:00pm -

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…
- 21 hours ago21 Jul 17, 10:00am -

Here is a promo video “Join the Jaeger Uprising” (created by Elastic) for PACIFIC RIM – UPRISING: The VFX are made by: Double Negative The Production VFX Supervisor is Peter Chiang. Director: Steven S. DeKnight Release Date: 23 February 2018 (U…
- 1 day ago20 Jul 17, 8:30pm -

Excellent trailer for ONLY THE BRAVE: The VFX are made by: ILM The Production VFX Supervisor is Eric Barba. Director: Joseph Kosinski Release Date: 20 October 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post ONLY THE BRAVE appeared fir…
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Brand new trailer for KINGSMAN – THE GOLDEN CIRCLE: The VFX are made by: Sony Pictures Imageworks (VFX Supervisor: Mark Breakspear) Framestore (VFX Supervisor: Chris Lawrence) BUF (VFX Supervisors: Pierre Buffin and Geoffrey Niquet) MPC Milk VFX (V…
- 2 days ago20 Jul 17, 1:00pm -

Here is a new featurette about THE DARK TOWER: The VFX are made by: MPC RISE Visual Effects Studios Pixel Playground The Production VFX Supervisor is Nicolas Aithadi. Director: Nikolaj Arcel Release Date: 4 August 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The A…
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Erik-Jan de Boer began his career in the VFX at MPC in 1989. He then worked at Rushes before joining Rhythm & Hues in 1996 where he worked more than 16 years as an animation supervisor. In 2013 he won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects f…
- 3 days ago19 Jul 17, 4:00pm -

Here is the trailer for THE SHAPE OF WATER, the new movie by Guillermo del Toro: The VFX are made by: Mr. X The Production VFX Supervisor is Dennis Berardi. Director: Guillermo del Toro Release Date: 8 December 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art…
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German studio Sehsucht presents their work on this beautiful MERCEDES BENZ commercial: MERCEDES BENZ – First Of A New Kind WANT TO KNOW MORE? Sehsucht: Dedicated page about “Mercedes-Benz X-Class: First of a new kind” on Sehsucht website. CREDI…
- 3 days ago19 Jul 17, 11:00am -

The nominees for the animago AWARD 2017 have been announced. Congratulations to Pixomondo and Rodeo FX for their nominations! Here is the press release: Here are the nominees for the 2017 animago AWARDS / 962 Submissions from 58 Countries Munich, 14…
- 3 days ago19 Jul 17, 9:00am -

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

The insider's guide to SIGGRAPH 2017 with Conference Chair Jerome Solomon.
- 2 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.
- 3 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.
- 4 days ago17 Jul 17, 11:31pm -

Method Studios delivers beautifully crafted character animation and creature work for Netflix's Okja.
- 4 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.
- 5 days ago17 Jul 17, 5:12am -

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

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

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

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

Virtual Production is a hot topic, we examine Autodesk's vision looking forward.
- 12 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?
- 15 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.
- 1 day 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…
- 2 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.
- 3 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…
- 5 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.
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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…
- 8 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…
- 9 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…
- 9 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…
- 10 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.
- 10 days ago11 Jul 17, 7:41pm -

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…
- 16 hours 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.
- 1 day 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.
- 1 day 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.
- 1 day 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…
- 2 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…
- 2 days ago20 Jul 17, 4:13am -

Imaginative and offbeat love story with visual effects provided by Mr. X arrives in theaters on December 8.
- 2 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.
- 2 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. 
- 3 days ago19 Jul 17, 1:29am -

3D game engine and real-time rendering software Stingray, which offers equivalent middleware capabilities in a streamlined workflow, to serve as Autodesk’s flagship product for the game development market.
- 3 days ago18 Jul 17, 10:06pm -

New streamlined version of scalable cloud-based project management solution makes video production tracking more accessible.
- 3 days ago18 Jul 17, 9:14pm -

All-star event showcasing new Elara and Bunsen products alongside industry-leading tools Nuke, Modo, Katana and Cara VR to feature special guests Industrial Light & Magic, Weta Digital, Marvel Studios, id Software, and more.
- 4 days ago18 Jul 17, 6:42pm -

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'.
- 17 hours 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.
- 20 hours 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.
- 3 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.
- 4 days ago18 Jul 17, 10:47am -

Eran Mendel's amazing animated GIFs featured some of our favourite GoT characters and scenes from Season 6 – and now he's dropped some new GIFs looking forward to Season 7
- 8 days ago14 Jul 17, 2:00pm -

Design studio Potato has created a web app that allows visitors to explore the whale's life and preservation.
- 8 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.
- 11 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.
- 11 days ago11 Jul 17, 2:28pm -

These graphic art students explore the concepts of consumerism, feminism and queer theory through textiles, ceramics and illustration.
- 11 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.
- 11 days ago11 Jul 17, 10:43am -

The artists that brought you Lionel Richie’s head are planning a seven-metre high Happy Kanye head, a positive twist on the Sad Kanye meme.
- 11 days ago11 Jul 17, 10:08am -

Ben Newman's space-travelling feline is back in an all new puzzle experience by Minilab.
- 16 days ago6 Jul 17, 10:15am -

Junior Shader/Visual Effects ArtistDevelopThey're now ramping up production for their most ambitious project yet, and are looking for a Junior Shader/Visual Effects Artist to define and develop shaders in Unity! You'll create stellar visual effects a…
- 6 hours ago22 Jul 17, 1:04am -

Variety'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' VFX Supervisor Transforms Live Action Into Special EffectsVarietyWhen visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk came on board to oversee imagery for Luc Besson's “Valerian and the City of a Thousan…
- 2 days ago20 Jul 17, 5:16pm -

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…
- 2 days ago20 Jul 17, 4:08pm -

Novinite.comDisney Sued Over Visual EffectsNovinite.comThe Wrap reports Visual effects company Rearden is claiming that its MOVA Contour Reality Capture technology was stolen and that Disney contracted the criminals to get ahold of the technology and…
- 2 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…
- 4 days ago18 Jul 17, 3:57pm -

MarketWatchDisney faces a lawsuit for the visual-effects in 'Beauty and the Beast'MarketWatchA lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. has roped the entertainment giant into a long-running legal dispute over ownership rights to a visual-effects technology, p…
- 4 days ago17 Jul 17, 7:26pm -

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Gets Entangled in Visual-Effects LawsuitWall Street Journal (subscription)A lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. has roped the entertainment giant into a long-running legal dispute over own…
- 4 days ago17 Jul 17, 7:01pm -

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…
- 5 days ago17 Jul 17, 6:02pm -

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…
- 5 days ago17 Jul 17, 1:00pm -

ABC NewsHow the lifelike visual effects in 'War for the Planet of the Apes' were createdABC NewsThe company, spearheaded by famed director Peter Jackson and based in Wellington, New Zealand, pioneers the use of motion capture technology, dubbed "mo-c…
- 9 days ago13 Jul 17, 1:16pm -

Warner Bros. Pictures has premiered the new trailer and poster for “The LEGO Ninjago Movie,” the upcoming animated adventure based on the toyline. The story follows young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are…
- 3 hours ago22 Jul 17, 4:01am -

HISTORY has announced a November 29th premiere date for the two-hour, fifth season premiere of its historical drama series “Vikings”. The date was announced during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this evening where an exclusive…
- 3 hours ago22 Jul 17, 3:56am -

In a surprise announcement, actress Charlize Theron will reunite with her “Million Ways to Die in the West” director and co-star Seth MacFarlane for a guest starring role on the sci-fi comedy series “The Orville”. The “Star Trek” spoof bo…
- 3 hours ago22 Jul 17, 3:48am -

Following its panel in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Netflix and Marvel Television have brought online the full trailer for its upcoming event series “Marvel’s The Defenders”. Following a screening of the entire first episode of the se…
- 4 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:39am -

HBO has released the new Comic-Con trailer for the remaining episodes of the seventh season of “Game of Thrones”. The clip is mostly an extended trailer for this coming weekend’s second episode ‘Stormborn’ but offers glimpses at further epi…
- 4 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:35am -

Following its debut at a San Diego Comic-Con panel, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions have released a new trailer for the upcoming “Middle-earth: Shadow of War” game. The trailer puts the focus on the infamous spider…
- 4 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:34am -

Following their panels today at San Diego Comic Con, AMC have released the new trailers for the eighth season of “The Walking Dead” and the second half of the third season of “Fear the Walking Dead”. The former contains around five minutes of…
- 5 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:24am -

Following its panel at San Diego Comic-Con, AMC has released a new trailer for the remaining episodes of the second season of “Preacher” with a further teases of the villains Herr Starr and the Saint of Killers. The series follows a Texas preache…
- 5 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:19am -

Talk of a live-action “Spawn” reboot has been floating around in the two decades since the last time a shot at a big screen version was taken. The comic follows a slain marine who, following a deal with the Devil, is returned to Earth five years…
- 5 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:16am -

The CW has unveiled a new San Diego Comic Con promo for the upcoming fifth season of “The 100” to premiere early next year. The fifth season will follow on directly from the fourth’s end, taking place six years after the world’s reactors have…
- 5 hours ago22 Jul 17, 2:04am -

Following the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con, FOX has released a new trailer for their “X-Men” spinoff series “The Gifted”. Bryan Singer helms the pilot episode of the show which follows two ordinary parents (Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker)…
- 6 hours ago22 Jul 17, 1:23am -

“Dunkirk” and “Inception” director Christopher Nolan recently indicated that if he were to direct an entry in the James Bond franchise, it would likely be when a new actor takes on the role as opposed to a returning Daniel Craig. Now, speakin…
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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…
- 24 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…
- 49 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…
- 16 Apr 15, 6:16pm -

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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