Paths of Hate (Damian Nenow)
There is a lot to like about this graphic novel inspired CG animated short by Damian Nenow. (via @davidstripinis)
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Computer Graphics World: Invisible CG effects
Uncharted Territory’s Volker Engel, Marc Weigert and Rony Soussan discuss the making of Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous and their collaboration with eyeon Software.
Sneak Peek at the Crazy Image Deblurring Feature That May Appear in Photoshop
At the Adobe MAX 2011 event, Adobe gave a sneak peek into an advanced Image Deblurring feature that may appear in an upcoming version of Photoshop.
John Landis Explores Evolution of Monsters in the Movies
In his new book Monsters In The Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares, John Landis explores a century of cinematic creatures. (via @boingboing)
Lucasfilm and Sony Pictures Imageworks Release Alembic 1.0
Alembic 1.0 is the computer graphics interchange format which provides a standard for exchanging animated computer graphics scenes between content creation software packages.
MAXON Unveils CINEMA 4D Release 13
This seems like a decent upgrade: with the new physical render engine, new subsurface scattering shader, Xrefs and support for multi-layered OpenEXR files amongst other tweaks and updates.
Carlyle Group acquires stake in The Foundry
Considering its history, I have mixed feelings about the private equity firm, the Carlyle Group, announcing that it has acquired a significant majority stake in The Foundry, the VFX software company.
Monsters by Gareth Edwards
Roger Ebert’s review of the indie film “Monsters” by Gareth Edwards. Saw it over the weekend on Netflix streaming in HD. A little slow, but engrossing. All the visual effects done by the director. (via @ebertchicago)
VFX good enough? Sez who?
An article on how unreasonable demands, shortened schedules and budget pressures are affecting the quality of vfx in Hollywood movies. (via @davidstripinis)