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Comment: We Were Told Sora Would Replace VFX by Next Year. Awkward.
OpenAI has killed Sora before the proposed Disney deal ever closed. One expensive AI showpiece is gone, while the wider industry still shovels absurd amounts of money into data centers in the hope that a business model will wander in and introduce itself.
FMX 2026 program goes live
The FMX program is live for the 30th edition, with RENO pipeline lessons, generative video craft, and European collab on Predator: Badlands.
FMX 2026 spotlights fire, fur and pipelines
FMX 2026 adds Wētā FX, Pixar and Illogic Studios sessions, plus new Premium Partners AMCRS, Accenture Song VFX and AYON.
Mufasa heads to MPC
The Prequel of a remake of a animated movie, based on a Shakespeare play... and still worth watching! We got a Chance to talk to Audrey Ferrara, MPCs VFX Supervisor for Mufasa
Renderman 26 is here!
Highlights of RenderMan 26: XPU receives extensive updates that improve lighting support, camera control and adaptive sampling capabilities. Plus an interactive version of the Denoiser with ML and a stylised looks toolset. And the free, non-commercial version of RenderMan 26 is already available.
Here comes OpenUSD
USD seems to be catching on - Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and Nvidia have launched the "Alliance for Open USD" together with a branch of the Linux Foundation
Flight of fancy | Retro article
Review: In DP 06 : 2014, the second instalment of Planes rotated its way into the inbound flight path. Disneytoon Studios increased the budget for software licences and personnel at the time - but does the film come close to Disney-Slash-Pixar major productions such as Frozen or Brave?
Trust is good, control is… QScan?
While gazing across the internet in search for DCC-related news items, we stumbled across a report released on
the 24th of October on postperspective.com titled “LWKS Offers Updated QScan for Automated QC”, announcing the launch of QScan 2023 – the most recent version of the automated quality control (AQC) platform, manufactured by Lightworks (LWKS). We got in touch with Daniel Roques, Product Manager for QScan to answer our questions about what improvements users can hope for with QScan 2023.
She-Hulk – Attorney at Law | VFX-Breakdown
Breaking (joke) news: clients represented by lawyer She-Hulk will benefit from nearly 1,000 VFX shots from Digital Domain!
Obi-Wan Kenobi | Breakdown Reel
VFX house Image Engine brings Jedi veteran Obi-Wan Kenobi out of retirement - and into his own streaming series on Disney Plus.
Prey | VFX Breakdown
Who will win the Predator-Alien versus Comanche-Indian duel? MPC provides the visual effects for the fifth Predator film.
Hawkeye | VFX-Breakdown
Are digital dogs the new cat content? Pizza dog Lucky blinks through the Marvel series Hawkeye - sometimes one-eyed, sometimes two-eyed. Fluffy VFXs with Image Engine!
The best fan film of the year!
Something to laugh about at the weekend: "E11 Standard Issues". Anyone who knows DP author Robert Hranitzky knows about his love of the Star Wars universe - now even as a fan film.
Loki | VFX-Breakdown
Industrial Light & Magic conjures up the powerful visual effects of the hit series!
Jungle Cruise | VFX Breakdown
If only Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski knew: Rising Sun Pictures plays the Amazon with wet VFXs.
Rediscover the Disney-Pixar classic “Upstairs” now!
In this wonderfully silly video, the flying house from "Upstairs" takes off on a musical flight of fancy - with Lego optics, created in Cinema 4D.
Download USD Island Paradise from the Disney film Moana now
South Pacific beaches are beyond your travel budget? Then take a trip to Motunui Island now with this USD download.
Monsters, Inc. Reimagined as a 1930s Cartoon
Pixar Remix retells Monsters, Inc. as a four-minute monochrome, hand-drawn-style cartoon inspired by 1930s animation.
Inside ILM: Creating the Razor Crest for The Mandalorian
Doug Chiang, John Knoll and ILM artists explain the design and visual-effects production of the Razor Crest spacecraft for The Mandalorian.
Six Animation Books Highlight Art, History and Filmmaking
A reading list surveys six books on animation artists, pixel history, Disney television, British animation, Mamoru Hosoda and decorative arts.
The One and Only Ivan | VFX-Breakdown
Dumbo's ears flickering: Pachyderms, silverbacks - and Bryan Cranston.
FMX Spotlight Explores the VFX Behind Mulan’s Imperial City
VFX supervisor Anders Langlands explains how the imperial city was created for Disney’s live-action Mulan.
The Elephant Funk? Inside the VFX of Dumbo
VFX supervisor Richard Stammers explains how MPC and Framestore created Dumbo, Dreamland and the film’s highly detailed digital elephants.
Inside Pixar Explores the Studio’s Creative Process
The Disney+ documentary series Inside Pixar presents stories from the artists and production teams behind the animation studio’s work.
Unreal Build 2020 Examines Virtual Production Workflows
Epic Games’ free Unreal Build event brought studios and artists together to discuss virtual production, Unreal Engine 4.26 and Weta Digital.
VIEW Conference 2020 Streams Online for Free
VIEW Conference made its 2020 programme and Business Innovation Summit free online, with 160 speakers led by Ed Catmull.
The Rise of Skywalker | VFX-Breakdown
What language does Babu Frik actually speak? Can he speak binary, like BB-8 and D-0?
The Mandalorian | VFX-Breakdown
Pixomondo saddles you up with the Blurrg. Don't forget your sun cream: The desert sun is blazing.
Emmys 2020 | VFX Winner
The Mandalorian won over the viewers - but did it win over the jury?
Mulan Featurette Previews Disney’s Live-Action Remake
Director Niki Caro and actors Liu Yifei and Donnie Yen introduce Disney’s 2020 live-action Mulan in a behind-the-scenes featurette.
El Ranchito’s Mandalorian VFX Reel Crosses Desert and Space
El Ranchito’s season-one Mandalorian reel showcases desert environments, the Sandcrawler and Razor Crest space effects.
VFX-Breakdown zu Disney’s Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
In this visual effects breakdown, a polar bear becomes a boy's best friend.
SIGGRAPH Machine Learning Webinar
Disney Animation's Rajesh Sharma presented a free nine-part SIGGRAPH webinar on machine learning and neural networks for informed beginners.
VES Honours Ray Scalice and Lifetime Members
The VES named Ray Scalice its 2020 Founders Award recipient and honoured Debbie Denise, Thomas Haegele, Richard Hollander and Eugeen Rizzardi.
Hybride Breaks Down IG-11 VFX
Hybride’s Mandalorian breakdown shows the design and hyper-articulated animation work behind bounty-hunter droid IG-11.
ILM Behind the Magic: The Rise of Skywalker
New Behind The Magic from Industrial Light & Magic: VFX breakdowns for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Trixter releases VFX Breakdown for Captain Marvel
The Munich-based VFX studio Trixter recently released a breakdown for Captain Marvel.
Disney Gets Generous
Anyone who has always been interested in the creation processes at Disney can now take a closer look at some of the production assets. They have been released for research and education purposes and can be downloaded free of charge from the Disney page.
Trailer for Disney’s New Feature Film “Coco”
Anticipation is famously the greatest joy—and so we are already looking forward to November 30, 2017. That is when Disney's latest work, the animated film "Coco," opens in German cinemas.
Conference programme & last call for early bird tickets
So ... our animago birthday party is slowly coming together! Here is an excerpt of the presentations at the animago CONFERENCE: Speakers from Disney, Pixar, ILM, Digital Domain, Platige Image and many other well-known animation and VFX studios will be there.
Universal Scene Description Is Open Source
The USD technology that Pixar developed for exchanging 3D data across different DCC tools has gone open source.
Trailer for “Elena of Avalor”
Disney champions women in leadership positions and creates "Elena of Avalor", a tough digital CEO-to-be of Kingdom Inc.
Sneak Peek DP 05 : 16
Our forthcoming DP issue 05 : 16 will appear on 25 July—here we give a brief preview of the topics the editorial team is currently working on for it.
Free 3D Model from “Zoomania”
Officer Judy Hopps reports for 3D duty! Scott Sewel is providing the fully rigged model of the rabbit for Blender free of charge.
Keep Your Eyes Open and Learn!
We love the slow Flash! And now we can draw him ourselves! “Zoomania” Art Director of Characters Cory Loftis shows how.
Snow Simulation from Disney
As DP 03 : 16, published April 18, will feature plenty of digital snow, here is Disney's snow-simulation technique used for “Frozen”.
All These Critters Everywhere!
Of course countless animated films return to cinemas and screens in 2016. Especially popular this year: animals in the leading roles. A preview.
Only the Best for Animators
If your Christmas gift for an animator wasn’t such a hit: here are a few more tips to make things right again. You can bring one along on New Year’s Eve. Or simply treat yourself.
FaceDirector for the Right Mood
The new Disney Research Labs software allows facial expressions to be adjusted in postpoduction without having to reshoot scenes.
Pixar Landscapes
In this video, Wired explains how the CG landscapes for “The Good Dinosaur” were created using, among other things, volumetric clouds and Houdini water simulation.
“The Present” Wins 50th Festival Award
“The Present” was nominated for an animago AWARD in 2014, and the animated short film has already won its 50th prize from the Film Academy. We interviewed Jacob Frey about the project for DP.
Disney Calculates the Perfect Drape
With Multigrid, Disney Research is developing a method that makes digital fabrics and their behavior under gravity appear even more realistic. The informational video explains the innovative grid.
Findig Dory—First Trailer Surfaced
Pixar has fired out the first trailer for “Finding Dory.” But why is Nemo still a child? Shouldn’t he be at least in puberty by now?
The Good Dinosaur!
And the final trailer for "The Good Dinosaur," or rather "Arlo and Spot," which is coming in December.
First “The Good Dinosaur” Trailer
Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” will open in cinemas on November 26.
A Disney Flop, a Universal Success
While Disney follows “The Lone Ranger” and “John Carter” with another huge financial flop in “Tomorrowland”, “Jurassic World” breaks every record.
Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur Trailer
The next Pixar film has a trailer – “The Good Dinosaur” seems to deal with the dinosaurs not becoming extinct. Hurraaaa!!!
Baymax for the Home
Artist Alejandro Santell has made a free model of Disney's robot Baymax available on Turbosquid.
Disney Research Investigates Eyes
At Siggraph Asia, a team from Disney Research presented its technology for capturing eyes.
Change of Director on Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur”
Pixar parted ways with Bob Peterson for the upcoming animated feature film and is now relying on co-director Peter Sohn.
Animate the Baymax Character with C4D
This tutorial explains how to animate the Disney Baymax character with Maxon's Cinema 4D Pose Morph tag.
“Toy Story 4” Is Coming
Sequels that are well received by audiences are a safe bet in the film business. In the animated-film business too.
Teaser for “Inside Out”
Disney and Pixar show the first excerpts from the new animated feature.
Former DreamWorks Artist Sues Major Studios
Bold: an artist formerly employed by DreamWorks Animation files a "Class Action" lawsuit against Pixar, Disney, SPI, Digital Domain 3.0 and Lucasfilm, among others.
John Lasseter Receives Honorary Doctorate
CalArts is honoring a former graduate. And in the case of one as famous as John Lasseter, it is happy to do so.
A Brief History of Textures
FXGuide has published a detailed account of the different texture technologies: from UV to UDIM to Ptex – there is also an interview with Weta about its design history.
Lucrative University
Education pays off—"Monsters University" has proved to be a lucrative film project for Pixar and Disney. Box-office receipts have broken the 700-million-dollar mark.
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!
Disney’s “Paperman”
Disney's “Wreck-It Ralph” has an enchanting, Oscar-nominated supporting film that can now be seen in full on YouTube.
Star Wars 3D on Ice
Is Disney getting cold Star Wars feet? The 3D release of Episodes II and III has been postponed indefinitely.
Scotland at Home
Today, “Brave” is available on DVD and BD. Reason enough to ask Pixar Shading Art Director Tia Kratter a few questions.
Monsters University Poster
A newly released poster can already fuel your anticipation for the prequel to "Monsters, Inc.".
Disney Buys Lucasfilm
Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse—what a combination: Disney has acquired Lucasfilm.
Characters That Touch Us
Disney's 12 principles of animation – The final part of Steve Lambert's free workshop series deals with the emotional impact of an animated character.
Disney’s Documentary “Waking Sleeping Beauty” in Berlin
The Film Art & Animation department at the Games Academy is bringing the award-winning documentary about the
rise of Walt Disney Studios to the capital on January 27.
More Disney Classics in 3D
Because of the great success of the 3D rerelease of “The Lion King,” Disney is said to have decided to bring further classics from its program back to cinemas as 3D versions.
Disney and Pixar Reunited with the Annie Awards
There was great anger at the last Annie Awards in Los Angeles in February. Animation giant Disney/Pixar boycotted the festival and did not attend the ceremony. The company was protesting the Annie rules and the ASIFA jury’s assessment. But the wind now seems to have shifted again.
Two New Pixar Films by 2014
According to the Huffington Post, Pixar will release two more films over the coming two years. So far, only titles and story teasers have been announced.
First Images from Pixar’s “Monsters University”
Anyone who can hardly wait for Mike and Sully’s latest adventures can see the first designs of the new characters here.
Animating with Disney
Walt Disney Animation is making its own developments available as open source – so anyone looking for free high-end software will find it here.
DP Gives Away “Tangled”
Disney presents a fast-paced fairy-tale adventure; DP gives away two Blu-rays and one 3D Blu-ray.
The Sharpest Superheroes Ever!
The Incredible family takes on the villains for the first time on high-definition Blu-ray Disc; DP gives away two copies.
Let Yourself Be Enchanted!
Walt Disney Studios, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub present THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE. DP is giving away three DVDs for the DVD and Blu-ray sales launch on January 13, 2011.
DP Gives Away “A Christmas Carol” and “Toy Story 3”
Participants in the current reader survey can once again win great prizes. This time, the package includes three Blu-rays each with two fantastic stories.
The Monsters Are Coming Back
Walt Disney Pictures is marking major dates in the calendar: Monsters, Inc. 2 arrives in cinemas on November 2, 2012.
Pixar Retrospective on Sat.1
To mark the launch of the third Toy Story film, Sat.1 will show the biggest Pixar-Disney productions throughout Saturday, July 17, including the short-film collection, “A Bug's Life,” “Monsters, Inc.” and the first two Toy Story films.
50 Places for Toy Story 3
Disney invites guests to an exclusive special screening of Toy Story 3 in Berlin – exactly one month before its official cinema release. DP is offering 50 places for the screening on June 29.
ShoWest 2010: Dolby Introduces New Dolby Surround 7.1
Dolby is developing a new audio experience for moviegoers and digital cinema operators in cooperation with Disney and Pixar.
Dolby Introduces New Dolby Surround 7.1
Dolby works with Disney and Pixar to develop a new audio experience for visitors to and operators of digital cinemas
The Short Film Accompanying Disney/Pixar’s New Cinema Adventure Toy Story 3: ‘Day & Night’
The Disney/Pixar hit factory is known not only for its unique animated feature films. Fans worldwide also look forward each year in particular to the ‘shortie’, the short film traditionally shown before each of the ten Pixar hits.
Disney XD calls fathers to a dubbing casting!
This year's Pixar cinema highlight TOY STORY 3 is looking for the German voice of the green plastic soldier!
Disney productions on course for the Oscars
Disney/Pixar's tenth animated hit has just ascended to the heights of film history! As the first animated film, UP was nominated for an Oscar by the Academy Award jury in the categories "Best Animated Film" and the premier category "Best Picture".
Toy Story Goes Blu
The CG classic begins its third adventure from June 2010; from March 2010 the two predecessors will finally be available on Blu-ray
Disney/Pixar’s UP Honoured with Two Golden Globes
Last night, the already multi-award-winning animation studio took home the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film for the fourth year in succession.
Sony, Imax and Discovery Plan All-3D Television Channel
The three companies plan to launch the first all-3D channel for the US market, with possible international expansion.