A number of technical Pixar papers and videos have already been published covering cloth, hair and environment R&D in computer graphics for the film. Now is a great time to head over to Pixar’s online ...
Catching up on a week of tech news in VFX, animation and CG. The new MetaHuman Plugin for Unreal Engine, Mesh to MetaHuman, lets you take your own custom facial mesh and convert it into ...
By CHRIS McGOWAN Pixar’s Turning Red is a coming-of-age fantasy/comedy featuring 3D animation with anime influences, directed by Domee Shi. (Image courtesy of Pixar/Disney) Animated features and series of all types and stripes are launching ...
The volumetric capture studio is widening the company’s product offerings. When befores & afters last caught up with Volucap, they had just delivered a range of volumetric capture and camera rig solutions for The Matrix ...
Lots of fun details in their Technical Paper. Pixar’s Online Library has published the SIGGRAPH 2022 technical paper and video being presented by the studio this year about their Profile Mover rigging tech recently used ...
A new way of rigging and articulation developed at Pixar called profile movers helped craft the very expressive characters in the film. In this brand new episode of VFX Notes, Ian Failes from befores & ...
The creators and studio behind Peacock’s new original limited series Joe vs. Carole used cutting-edge, cruelty-free computer-generated imagery (CGI) instead of real tigers or other exotic animals, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ...
A look at the state of play of open source projects. The Academy Software Foundation has released a new research paper that looks at the origins of today’s open source landscape in filmmaking. It’s called ...
How ILM helped transform Kristofer Hivju into the beastly character in s2 of ‘The Witcher.’ When photos and footage of actor Kristofer Hivju wearing make-up effects appliances and a head-mounted camera in order to play ...
Visual Effects Editor Emily Lawrence has said she would like to see tech similar to The Mandalorian employed in Doctor Who in future. Star Wars series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett use ...
