Sheena Duggal. (Images courtesy of Sheena Duggal.) In recognition of a visual effects career that began as a pioneering Flame artist on Super Mario Bros. (1993) and currently has her overseeing the visual effects for Venom 2, Sheena Duggal received the 2020 VES Read more
Epic Games’ Unreal Engine was used in the Siren project to craft a photoreal digital actor based off of a live actor performance. (Image courtesy of Epic Games) Just as photoreal CG humans in film and television garner much attention, Read more
Disney+’s Togo is the story of Leonhard Seppala and his lead dog Togo, who completed the longest section of the Great Race of Mercy, the famed sled dog relay that brought diphtheria antitoxin across the U.S. territory of Alaska in five and Read more
TIME and Digital Domain undertook an exceedingly ambitious project to produce a 3D recreation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as part of a new VR experience called The March. This first-of-its-kind production allows visitors step back in time to play witness Read more
Pat Hanrahan and Ed Catmull wins Turing Award, also known as “Nobel Prize of Computing” and named for computer scientist Alan M. Turing. The two will share a $1 million prize. The duo will split the $1 million cash prize for Read more
Women in Visual Effects is an ongoing video series set to share the experiences and stories of the talented women in the industry. To find out more about this project check out: http://www.womeninvfx.com
Sonic the Hedgehog is a live-action adventure feature based on the global videogame franchise from Sega. The film centers on the brash, bright blue hedgehog with incredible speed, and it came to the cinema after a fan induced, major reworking of Read more
To date, 3 Animated films nominated in VFX category: The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993, Kubo and the Two Strings in 2016, and The Lion King in 2019. There has been one semi-animated film nominated, which also won: Who Framed Roger Read more
Neat Video 5.2 Released with add new host support, new features, and bug fixes. New features: Support for Metal in macOS support for GPU models used in new Mac Pro machines: Added optimizations in GPU code Fixed bugs and improvements Read more
A behind the scenes look at the groundbreaking virtual production technology used on The Mandalorian, Season One. Over 50 percent of The Mandalorian Season 1 was filmed using this ground-breaking new methodology, eliminating the need for location shoots entirely. Instead, Read more
