Tag: Houdini
Watch: AnimSchool Studios’ Offers a Peek at Wild, Wild ‘MechWest’
The talented team at AnimSchool Studios has delivered a great-looking pilot for their new CG-animated action-adventure series titled MechWest. The imaginative new show takes...
CBS VFX Blazes New Trail for TV Effects in ‘Fire Country’
Drama and action ignite with the help of explosive visual effects work in the new CBS series Fire Country. The producers relied on the...
How ‘Canary’ Directors Dallaire & Therriault Let Their Animated Vision Soar
The classic story of "the boy who cried wolf" is refitted into a modern, CG-animated tale of unlikely friendship and tragic loss in Canary,...
Tech Reviews: Conjuring More Visual Magic with Houdini 19.5
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)***
SideFX’s Houdini 19.5
I’m pretty convinced that the amount of stuff that...
Goodbye Kansas Crafts a Rags-to-Riches Tale for Ubisoft’s ‘Skull & Bones’
The cinematic trailer for Ubisoft's latest AAA game title Skull and Bones, released on July 7, tells a rags to riches story about the...
Breakdown: Digital Domain Helps Create a Marvelous Reinvention of ‘Ms. Marvel’
For Marvel Studios’ latest episodic series, Ms. Marvel, the production faced an interesting, and somewhat rare challenge, revealed today in a new breakdown video from Digtal Domain, which...
Exclusive: ‘Jurassic World Dominon’ VFX Supe David Vickery Unleashes the Dinosaurs Again
***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)***
Twenty-eight years after the release of Steven Spielberg’s ground-breaking movie Jurassic...
Exclusive: Annecy’s Eclectic VR Program Delivers the World of Tomorrow, Today
***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)***
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has long strived...
How Digital Domain Built and Destroyed Two Universes for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios pushes the boundaries of reality – and then keeps going. With broken universes, environments wrapped...
Cannes: ‘Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia’ Sparks a New Adventure for a Familiar Heroine
***This interview originally appeared in the May '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 320)***
For the past three decades, Thorsten Wegener has been producing high-profile...
Pixomondo Crafts Cinematic Worlds for ‘Star Trek’ & ‘Halo’ with KitBash3D
Pixomondo’s skilled team of artists across global facilities have crafted cinematic worlds for the most beloved and coveted IP. From Star Trek’s final frontier,...
‘Green’: Behind the Lush Photoreal Artistry of VES Student Award Winner
This year's winner of the Visual Effects Society (VES) Student Award, presented once again by Autodesk during the 20th annual VES Awards, uses richly...
Twin Pines Recreates a Spectacular Naval Battle for ‘La Fortuna’
Twin Pines, the Madrid-based digital post-production company, looked after the visual effects for La Fortuna, the new Movistar+ series directed by Alejandro Amenábar. This...
Tech Reviews: Adobe Substance 3D Painter & Premiere, Isotropix Clarisse iFX 5
Adobe Substance 3D Painter
The latest edition of Adobe Substance 3D Painter has some pretty exciting new tools. Earlier in the year, there was a...
Dandelooo Prepares ‘Gaston’s Emotions’ for TV Debut
Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo is set to adapt the hugely successful children’s book series Gaston’s Emotions to television.
Based on...
Tech Reviews: EmberGen, KeenTools & thinkingParticles 7
***This article originally appeared in the December '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)***
EmberGen Beta
We all know that the heavy demand for VFX is...
People on the Move: Appointments at DNEG, Outpost, PBS & More
Leading VFX and animation studio DNEG (dneg.com) announced Josh Jaggars as its new Group President, VFX and Stereo. Based out of the Los Angeles...
Weta Digital and SideFX to Enhance Cloud Production with Houdini Software
New Zealand's world-famous Weta Digital has announced alongside its partner SideFX, a new software service. The new software service will combine Weta's proprietary tools...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Meet the Computer Animation Festival Winners
***This article originally appeared in the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)***
Best of Show Award: Migrants
Directed by Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin...
Chaos Launches V-Ray 5 Updates for Maya, Houdini with USD Support
Chaos introduces initial Universal Scene Description (USD) support for V-Ray 5 for Maya and V-Ray 5 for Houdini, tying two powerhouse production renderers to...
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