In 1816, E.T.A. Hoffmann, a German author, wrote a children’s story in which a nutcracker, a young girl’s favorite Christmas toy, comes alive. The nutcracker defeats an evil Mouse King in battle and w ...
December 14, 2018
When Chris Meledandri set out to create the CG animated feature The Grinch based on the popular holiday tale, his artists and animators at Illumination went by the book – Dr. Seuss’ children’s book “H ...
December 13, 2018
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) announced that nine scientific and technical achievements, represented by 27 individual award recipients, will be honored at ...
TOKYO — SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 concluded on a record high note in Tokyo, Japan. The 11th edition of the conference drew close to 10,000 attendees worldwide, including computer graphics professionals, rese ...
VANCOUVER - Ziva Dynamics (https://zivadynamics.com) has launched Ziva VFX 1.5, an update to its character creation technology that makes the process of creating high-performing secondary dynamics fas ...
LONDON — Creative software developer Foundry (www.foundry.com) is now shipping Nuke 11.3, an improved version of its compositing and review tool. Nuke 11.3 is the fourth update to the Nuke 11 Series a ...
In Walt Disney Pictures’ latest holiday blockbuster, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, filmmakers create a stunningly beautiful and romanticized version of Victorian London, complete with 19th-centu ...
Netflix’s original feature “The Christmas Chronicles” takes audiences on a whimsical and modern-day adventure with Santa Claus.
According to Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the market research firm for the computer graphics industry, the add-in board market decreased in Q3 '18 from last quarter, while Nvidia gained market share. Ov ...
December 12, 2018
Framestore’s Christmas spirit is on full display in #ReindeerReady, a magical VFX-laden Christmas ad for McDonald’s.