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Editor's Note

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Stereo 3D: A Visible Difference

Spotlight

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Foundry Introduces Katana 1.0

Back Products

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Smith Micro Software has released Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012

Animation Evolution

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The artists at Weta Digital turn their fastidious talents to their next film and create a remarkable animated feature to the surprise of everyone except themselves.

Magic Man

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Visual effects artists push deep into cinema history to help Martin Scorsese create Hugo

Dancing the Ice Away

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Animation director Rob Coleman talks about the cool, new CG feature Happy Feet Two

Road To Oscar

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Which visual effects and animated features are causing buzz heading into Oscar Season?

Mean Streets

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Topping the greatest comic-book game of all time with open war in Arkham City

Technical Knockout

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Teams Digital Domain, Giant, and Video Hawks put virtual robot boxers in real rings for on-location filming.

Turning Back Time

Courtney Howard — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Terra Nova, with its CG dinosaurs and lush jungle landscapes, proves to be new territory for TV visual effects.

Digital Fine Art

Douglas King — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The past, present and future represented in the largest digital tapestry.

Scared Silly

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

From Art to Part: A CG character comes to life in the real world

Editor's Note

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

iCons and Icons

Spotlight

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Khronos Enriches Cross-platform 3D Graphics with OpenGL 4.2

Holy Frijole

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

DreamWorks Animation puts Shrek’s Puss in Boots into a fairy-tale world fit for a swashbuckling hero, and gives the familiar CG cat a new life.

Editor's Note

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Initially I was going to title this editorial “The End” since the focus was going to be on the magical visual effects journey of Harry Potter that spanned a decade. But somehow that just didn’t seem appropriate. Indeed, the series has come to an end, forcing studios throughout the world to close this particular chapter of their work.

Spotlight

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

According to Jon Peddie Research (JPR), 2011 is shaping up to be an anomalous year for the industry, as businessestake their own path to recovery. To this end, JPR found that estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’market share for the second quarter of 2011 did not behave according to past years with regard to seasonality, and was higher on a year-to-year comparison for the quarter.

Chimp Change

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The artists and scientists at Weta Digital didn't monkey around when it came to creating Cesar, a digital chimpanzee, and other CG apes for Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

A Final Fantasy

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

VFX supervisor Tim Burke leads the visual effects efforts for the eight and last Harry Potter film.

War Game

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Digital Domain creates a cinematic trailer for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Up-and-Coming Superstars

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Recent graduates have a hand in this summer’s VFX-driven superhero movies

Killer Machines

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT

ILM ups the visual complexity and action for the third film in the Transformers franchise

Captains of the World

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Within the superhero genre, Marvel Comics characters from the films Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Thor share a fictional cinematic universe, with characters from one film occasionally appearing in, or referencing, another. The latest entry in this Marvel universe is Captain America.

Seeing Double

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The old joke is: In LA, everyone has a screenplay to pitch. Here’s the new joke: Everyone with a game to pitch goes to LA. The City of Angels is not just home to Hollywood, but also home to E3, the annual expo where game developers, game publishers, console makers, and their fans come together and willingly endure sensory overload.

From Digital to Real and Back Again

Kathleen Maher — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT

It’s getting real, folks. Increasingly, the real world is becoming interrelated with the digital world, and this is driving new frontiers in software. Scanned data is being fed into computer-aided design (CAD) programs to serve as a starting point or even to co-exist with CAD data, depending on the application. And, on the other end, the digital is becoming real thanks to 3D printing machines. This mixing and matching of the real and virtual is causing a major shift in the way people work with software, including CAD programs.