DNEG Builds Godzilla’s Sunken City
DNEG’s Godzilla breakdown reveals a submerged city built from carved architecture, shipwrecks, ZBrush decay and layered marine growth.
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RISE Builds Kingdoms of Fire Battles
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ZBrushCoreMini Offers Free Sculpting
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Oxford Shares Cambrian Animals in 3D
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RISE Rebuilds Hobbs & Shaw Chase
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MPC Breaks Down 1917’s Invisible VFX
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Howler 2020.2 Reworks Its Brush System
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Procedural Cheese Material for Substance
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Foundry publishes Nuke 12.1 release
New features for Foundry's compositing tool: Nuke 12.1 comes with improved & new tools, as well as High DPI support.
On-Set Tools
Review: In DP 06 : 2016 we introduced four helpers that will help you to find out the exact position of the light emitter sun, preview LUTs in the browser, and always have a collection of knowledge with you.
Sensitivity for sensitive topics
Looking back: In DP 03 : 2016, we faced up to mortality. The "Young Heroes" organisation is committed to making informed decisions about organ donation. A related short film from Berlin impressed the animago judges with its pop-up 3D environment. All organic, right?
First Cycle
Review: In DP 01 : 2016, we spoke to Mathieu Auvray - a French director with ten years of professional experience. What tools does the artist très français work with?
Making-of Krautscape
Review: In DP 04 : 2014, we let the engines roar in the racing game Krautscape by developers Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Burgdorfer - including procedurally generated racetracks. A game project from the Zurich University of the Arts.
Steampunk Panther
Review: In DP 02 : 2014, a steampunk panther caught the readers' eye - with emerald green eyes and filigree decorations. An animago submission by 3D artist Anna Huber.
Historical Decay
Review: In DP 01 : 2014 game developer Naughty Dog threw its heroes into a post-pandemic scenario with The Last of Us - but how were the lighting, texturing and motion capturing created?
Cutting without shipwreck
Cat comedy or cult film in the making? We wonder who edited "Life of Pi - Shipwreck with a Tiger".
Simple compositing with Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro's compositing tools allow you to complete simple tasks without having to use other programmes.
Monster Uni
Review: In DP 05 : 2013, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios brought the prequel "Monsters University" to cinemas. Could the hair and cloth simulation keep up with its predecessor film "Monsters Inc."? Animation is a hairy business!
Happy endings are inappropriate | Retro article
Review: In DP 06 : 2012, Luis Alonso, Senior Technical Artist at BioWare, spoke at FMX (Film & Media Exchange) about the video game Mass Effect 3. DP grabbed Alonso to ask him a few questions.