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Marvelous Designer 2026.0 adds 3D Pencil and lacing
Draw patterns on an avatar, auto-route laces, flip to toon materials, and tighten export controls. Marvelous Designer 2026.0 aims at faster iteration.
Third Floor Company Reel 2024
The Thri floor is all about previs, pitchvis, techvis, postvis and things like that - here is their showreel, including Avatar 2, Star Wars series, House of the Dragon and more.
Monkeys, the fourth
The time has come: the next part of the "Planet of the Apes" saga - now number four - will be released in cinemas on 8 May. And that's why we simply asked Weta how they - instead of the apes - built the environment.
Got you a Present!
“Present” stands for “Photoreal
REaltime Sentient ENTity”. During FMX 2022, Manne Öhrström, Global Head of Film Software at Framestore, delivered a talk about the Present project, where machine learning translates high-end film character rigs into real-time. A conversation with Manne Öhrström – and with Epic Game’s Research and Development Technology Producer, Emelia Fiell.
Countdown to the FMX! 2 weeks!
Only 2 weeks to go until FMX! Now confirmed: Avatar 2r and Ant-Man and the Wasp, as well as expert panels on virtual production and AI-based voice and image generators.
Visual Effects Society announces nominees!
Avatar breaks its own record: A total of 14 nominations for the James Cameron sequel! New Emerging Technology Award category nominated for the first time.
From another star | Retro article
Review: In DP 01 : 2010, Weta Digital created a wacky planet, alien life forms and humanoid screen heroes. For what? For James Cameron's Avatar!