Category Archives: VFX/Animation

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Tim Miller Gets Animated

Lured to Los Angeles by his buddy Jerome Chen, Tim Miller started off as a compositor and 3D artist at Action Video until he got a job as a character animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He saw his chance when more »

Discreet Combustion 4

The major new revision of Discreet's Combustion is replete with UI tweaks that make the program easier to use, but what's really impressive is the technology it lets users harness from high-end Discreet more »

David Hare on the Art of Cinematics

Tigar Hare Studios created a:60 cinema-resolution trailer for Microsoft Game Studios' Halo 2 as well as nine minutes of in-game cinematics for Electronic Arts' Goldeneye: Rogue Agent - which included more »

Making Old Photos Come Alive

Co-creative directors/Inferno artists Vico Sharabani and Ronen Sharabani of NY-based Rhinofx and Anonymous Content director Brett Morgan (The Kid Stays In The Picture) dug deep into Budweiser's archives to more »

Otomo Returns with Steamboy

Sixteen years after the landmark anime hit Akira, director Katsuhiro Otomo is back in the spotlight with Steamboy, 10 years in the making and with a total budget of $22 million - establishing it as the most more »

When 2D Evolves into a 3D Look

When asked to create the effects for CIBA Vision's "Inside the O" campaign, visual effects house Method Studios took an unusual approach and used Flame, traditionally a 2D platform, to come up with more »

Discreet Combustion 4

Discreet brings out a visually advanced combustion 4, for both Windows and Macintosh, which features a complete set of sophisticated tools for visual effects creation more »

How to combine live action and animation using Flash and After Effects 6.5

Step 1 Style your frames We start by creating style frames for the end page with the show information and A&E bug, and for the animated characters (Santa, his reindeer and sleigh). The end page was more »

What I’m Using Now

Tim Crean Partner/flame artist, Suspect, New York, NY Favorite gear: Discreet flame List: Pricing varies based on system configurations. Why I love it: In the completely insane world that I work in, Discreet more »

Essential Gear: HD lenses, serves and cameras

Hot technology picks by Marker Karahadian, President, Plus8digital, Burbank/New York/Vancouver more »