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Siggraph releases lineup for popular production sessions

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Randall Newton

Insider conversations include Interstellar, Jurassic World, Ant-Man, and Tomorrowland. Industrial Light and Magic will celebrate 40 years with a special ...

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CG artistry move the plot along in Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Randall Newton

Fictional user interface designs enhance realism and visually explain technically sophisticated story elements. In the blockbuster movie Avengers: Age of ...

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CG movie secrets revealed at Siggraph production sessions

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Randall Newton

Experts from movies including X-Men: Days of Future Past and Gravity will show how the magic happens.   Teams from ...

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How Whiskytree runs its “Work Smart” CG pipeline

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Randall Newton

Successful VFX for films including Elysium, Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier are among the projects ...

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The CG Story is a coffee table book for the graphics nerd in each of us

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Randall Newton

“The CG Story: Computer Generated Animation and Special Effects” by Christopher Finch (Monacellli Press) is a lovely coffee table book for the movie lover who has everything.

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JPR: Computer graphics market will exceed $142 Billion by 2016

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GfxS staff

CG industry currently growing at a 5.3% rate. New opportunities are opening up in all aspects of the industry. New research ...

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Fast-paced Siggraph Dailies celebrates excellence in computer graphics

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Randall Newton

The juried presentation is non-stop action as presenters have two minutes to show and describe their work. One of the ...

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How ILM created The Hulk

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Randall Newton

Scanning right down to Mark Ruffalo’s fingerprints, the digital magicians created a digital version of the monster/superhero in The Avengers ...

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New Battlestar Galactica is completely greenscreen and CG

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GfxS staff

The NBC Universal production team used LightWave 3D software to create almost all sets and background for the new sci-fi ...

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Autodesk developing virtual production with James Cameron and Weta Digital

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Randall Newton

The goal is to commercialize the workflows behind Avatar and the Lord of the Rings series. Autodesk built the biggest ...