Look Effects: Former president responds to 'anonymous' letter

Posted By Marc Loftus

NEW YORK - Last week, I received an "Anonymous" email with a letter attached to it that was said to have been prepared by a core group of former Look Effects employees. The visual effects studio, which had four locations - Brooklyn, Los Angeles, ... Continue reading "Look Effects: Former president responds to 'anonymous' letter" »

August 21, 2014 | Permalink

SIGGRAPH 2014: Fabric Engine's potential for VFX tool development

Posted By Scott Singer

Fabric Engine is a visual framework for rapid development of custom 3D VFX tools that are as fast as dedicated custom "written from scratch" applications, but without the usual costs in time and resources. It does this by providing a core, node-based ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2014: Fabric Engine's potential for VFX tool development" »

August 14, 2014 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2014: DreamWorks' Premo breaks new ground

Posted By Scott Singer

VANCOUVER - At SIGGRAPH this week, DreamWorks Animation unveiled a huge leap forward in character animation technology with their new animation program Premo. And five years of planning, designing, building and testing yielded impressive results. ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2014: DreamWorks' Premo breaks new ground" »

August 13, 2014 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2014: Capturing the Infinite Universe in 'Lucy'

Posted By Scott Singer

VANCOUVER - During the "Capturing the Infinite Universe in 'Lucy' - Fractal Rendering in Film Production' session at SIGGRAPH, Alex Kim and Daniel P. Ferreira from Industrial Light & Magic talked about their fractal rendering techniques used to ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2014: Capturing the Infinite Universe in 'Lucy'" »

August 13, 2014 | Permalink | Comments(0)