From the Life of a Pixar Artist
Saschka Unseld is one of the Filmakademie's showcase Pixar graduates. He has now given Lifehacker an exclusive look at his working methods and daily routine.
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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!
Autodesk Webinar with Pixar
Autodesk invited special guests from Pixar to present OpenSubdiv, a project intended to make the work considerably more productive.
FMX: Pixar, Cloud Computing and More
Disney/Pixar's Saschka Unseld presents The Blue Umbrella at FMX, alongside sessions on cloud gaming and computing.
Missed the Pixar Exhibition in Bonn?
No problem. The exhibition packed up in Bonn in January and can be seen in Hamburg from January 27, 2013.
Pixar’s Blue Umbrella
Pixar fans are already eagerly awaiting "Monsters University". It has now become known that its opening short will be "The Blue Umbrella", and a first excerpt has now been released.
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.".
New Versions of RenderMan Pro Server and Studio
The offline renderer RenderMan Pro Server has appeared in version 17.0, while RenderMan Studio has simultaneously received the 4.0 upgrade.
Partysaurus Rex—Online
Anyone suffering acute Pixar withdrawal since "Brave" can now watch the new short online in full.
Castle Attack with Golaem 2.0
Version 2.0 of Golaem was released at SIGGRAPH 2012, and now the company has released a new demo video.
Pixar: RenderMan Studio Repackaged
Pixar Animation Studios has combined RenderMan for Maya with RenderMan Studio and kept the price of the complete package low.
25 Years of Animation Art: Pixar Exhibits in Bonn
To mark the 25th anniversary of the famous animation studio Pixar, which belongs to the Walt Disney Company, an exhibition will take place at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn from July 6, 2012, to January 6, 2013. Young and old can look through artistic works such as paintings, concept drawings, film sequences, documentary contributions, and modeled figures.
How to Create a Story
Story artist Emma Coats has compiled 22 rules for creating an engaging story that she learned while working for Pixar.
New Cloud Service for RenderMan
Pixar has recently begun offering a cloud-based rendering service. This service is intended to relieve the company's own render farm and ease the pipeline flow.
Taster Course “Work in Animation”
Take a look behind the scenes during the winter holidays and get to know the film industry as a character designer, animator or visual-effects specialist. That is what the new one-week course at the Games Academy promises.
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.
The Return of the Saber-Toothed Squirrel
It is no secret that “Ice Age 4” is coming – and now the first trailer can be seen, again featuring Scrat, the saber-toothed squirrel.
Price Drop at Pixar
Pixar’s RenderMan Pro Server was unexpectedly reduced in price by forty percent yesterday. RenderMan, one of the most successful renderers, was continuously developed and was used on The Abyss, the Terminator films and Toy Story, among others.
Cars 2 – Pixar Sends the Cars into a Second Round
After Toy Story 3 – one of the most successful films of the year – Pixar is sending “Cars” into a second round and showing a first trailer.
RenderMan Studio 3.0
The latest version of Pixar’s shading and lighting tool aims not only to have a better interface but also to be considerably faster. New features and Maya 2011 support are included as well.
Hasselblad, Pixar and the Greatest Superhero of All Time
At Photokina – despite the dedicated CGI area – there was fairly little for 3D artists to find, and only a few “extreme products” are interesting. And for the weekend, you can watch the tutorial on rigging Pixar’s “Luxo Jr.”
Buzz and Woody Break the Billion Mark
Animated film grows up: Toy Story 3's toys have now grossed one billion dollars at the box office.
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.
RenderMan Studio and RenderMan 4 for Autodesk Maya
The next versions of RenderMan and RenderMan Studio will work with Maya, providing photorealistic rendering in Autodesk's package.
SIGGRAPH 2010: MachStudio Pro 2
StudioGPU's MachStudio Pro 2 now works with Pixar RenderMan and mental ray, while also adding its own renderer.
SIGGRAPH 2010: ILM and Sony Develop Open Animation Format
Industrial Light & Magic and Sony have introduced Alembic, an open-source format for storing animation data of any size across software packages.
Ratatouille Returns in 3D
Pixar is re-releasing Ratatouille: the charming film about the culinary rat is returning to the screen in 3D.
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.
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.
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".
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.
Pixar Guests at the animago CONFERENCE
Crowd-simulation specialist Paul Kanyuk completes the list of top speakers at this year's animago CONFERENCE on October 29 and 30 in the film city of Babelsberg.
The Programme for the animago CONFERENCE Is Set!
Look forward to top-class talks and masterclasses as part of the animago CONFERENCE 2009 on Thursday, 29.10.09 and Friday, 30.10.2009.
Of Rats, Robots and Rottweilers
Hollywood meets Babelsberg: Pixar visits the animago CONFERENCE
Disney/Pixar’s UP Wins 3D Bogey!
Around 150,000 visitors wore glasses over the weekend - 3 D glasses, to see Disney/Pixar's 10th animated film UP.
SIGGRAPH 2009: New Version of RenderMan Pro Server Due This Autumn
Pixar Animation Studios has announced its RenderMan Pro Server 15.0 rendering solution for autumn this year. Tractor 1.0 for managing render farms has already been released.
SIGGRAPH 2009: Unlimited Threading with RenderMan
The RenderMan product family will support unlimited threading in future, enabling studios and artists to increase the performance of their render farms.
Pixar Short Film: Where the Stork Gets the Babies
PARTLY CLOUDY is the latest short film from Pixar Animation Studios and explains where babies really come from. Every child knows the stork brings them—but where does the stork get the babies?
These Voices Are Taking Off!
Comedy star Dirk Bach and acting legend Karlheinz Böhm provide voices for Disney/Pixar’s new animated adventure Up.
Up Reaches the Top in the US
After delighting Cannes as the festival’s opening film, Disney/Pixar’s tenth animated feature Up also conquered US cinemas.
Disney/Pixar’s 10th Animated Film UP Celebrates a Double Premiere in Cannes
UP became the first animated film to open Cannes and was presented to premiere guests in 3D.
UP to Open the Cannes Film Festival
UP is the first opening film to be screened in 3D at the renowned Cannes Film Festival.
WALL-E Available on Blu-ray and DVD Today
Production report on the new Pixar short BURN-E in issue 02/09 of DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Tokyo Mater
Disney•Pixar’s first short film in Disney Digital 3-D will be shown in Germany from January 22, 2009 as the supporting film for “Bolt”.
Disney Celebrates “WALL-E-ntine’s Day”
Just in time for Valentine’s Day on February 5, the animated film WALL-E is being released on DVD and Blu-ray.
WALL-E Rockets to Number One in the German Cinema Charts
Disney/Pixar’s ninth CGI animated feature leaves the competition behind.
Picture Gallery from the World Premiere of Wall-E
The Last One Cleans Up the Earth - the New Pixar Film Opens in German Cinemas Tomorrow.
Exclusive WALL•E Preview Screening for DP Readers
Secure one of 100 cinema tickets and discuss the film afterwards with Pixar professionals.
Markus Maria Profitlich Blasts into Space with WALL•E
Popular comedian voices the captain of the Axiom.
Markus Maria Profitlich Blasts Off into Space with WALL•E
A small plant that the robot EVE brings back from Earth in her drone compartment presents the captain of the luxury spacecraft Axiom with a difficult task: only with its help can the people aboard return to Earth, but an unseen enemy sabotages every rescue attempt...
eDIT Focus: Animation & Character Design
Alongside their specialized expertise, the announced speakers will offer a number of exciting crossover topics.
Curtain Up for PRESTO!
A vengeful rabbit and his uproarious carrot show star in PRESTO, the magical short accompanying Disney/Pixar’s latest animated hit WALL-E.
WALL-E Cleans Up at the US Box Office
Disney/Pixar's ninth CGI animated adventure confidently takes first place in the US charts.
Images: Pixar images from Wall E online
Pixar has released a number of images from the new film Wall E for publication. DP has put them on the website right away
Video: Teaser for the New Pixar Film Wall-E
After putting the first trailer for the new Pixar film online yesterday, we now follow with the video teaser.
Video: Trailer for the New Pixar Film Wall-E
The first teaser for the new Pixar animated film Wall-E, about a lovesick waste-disposal robot, is now online!
Animation: Walt Disney Presents Film Projects Through 2012
Collaboration with Pixar Continues / All Future Animated Films Also in Disney Digital 3-D
Coen Brothers Lead the 2008 Academy Awards
The western thriller "No Country for Old Men" won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. "The Counterfeiters" won Best Foreign Language Film, while "Ratatouille" took Best Animated Feature.
‘Ratatouille’ in first place
As expected, Remy the rat climbs to the top position in the DVD sales charts.
Eight Oscar® Nominations for THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures enters five films in the competition for the world’s most coveted film award.
“Harry Potter 5” is the blockbuster of 2007
2007 was the year of sequels in cinemas. No fewer than ten land in the Top 25 of the media control annual charts. The biggest blockbuster was "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" with 7.06 million visitors
Bully rules the cinema kingdom
Comedies dominate the cinema charts. Four films in the top five make people laugh. At the forefront is “Lissi und der wilde Kaiser.” Bully’s spoof of the 1950s “Sissi” films remains clearly in the top position in its second week.
Production Spotlight on “Lifted” in the current issue of DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Pixar traditionally tries out new tricks in its short films. In the supporting film for “Ratatouille”, Oscar winner Gary Rydstrom and his team experimented with light and unusual aliens.
Ratatouille remains the main course
The animated film “Ratatouille” remains the most popular main course among cinema fans in its second week. According to preliminary figures, just under 750,000 guests enjoyed it over the weekend.
A rat gets the mobile-phone display cooking
THQ Wireless, Inc. commissions carmunity to create a mobile portal for the new Disney-Pixar film “Ratatouille”.
Family weekend on Premiere: 16 top animated films in two days
"Animation alarm" on 24 and 25 November: TV premiere of "Ice Age 2 - Now It’s Thawing", "Hunting Fever" and "Ice Age - No Time for Nuts".
Over 880,000 gourmets devour Ratatouille
Rat Remy is not only responsible for the salt in the soup of a
Parisian star restaurant, but also brings plenty of pepper into
the cinema charts.
Pixar Licenses Subdivision Tech to Luxology
Luxology licenses patented Pixar subdivision-surface technology for possible use in future 3D modelling and rendering products.
Remy Conquers German Cinema Charts
With a sensational cinema opening, the little rat Remy has continued his triumphal march in German cinemas as well.
“Cheese Tour” for Ratatouille
Promotional campaign for the new Pixar film in Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin.
On CNN: From the “Simpsons” to “Shreck”
After twenty unprecedentedly successful years on television, "The Simpsons" are now making it to the big cinema screen on July 26. In CNN International's film magazine "The Screening Room", presenter Myleene Klass meets the creator of the "Simpsons", Matt Groening, on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. She talks with him about the long-awaited film adaptation of the animated series.
Ratatouille at Number 1 in the USA
With around 47.2 million US dollars in box office, critics' favorite RATATOUILLE, the eighth feature film from animation forge Pixar Animation Studios, cooked up the American box office charts this weekend and landed confidently at number 1 ahead of the strong competition.
RenderMan Pro Sever 13.0 ships
Latest version of the rendering software with numerous functional expansions and improved speed
Disney Swallows Pixar
Entertainment group secures animation studio / Takeover worth 7.4 billion dollars
New Version of RenderMan Pro Server Available
RenderMan Pro Server Is Now Available in the New Version 12.5 for All Registered RenderMan Users to Download Free of Charge.
Pixar Releases RenderMan Pro Server 12.0
RenderMan Pro Server 12.0 is available as a free download for registered RenderMan users.
RenderMan Pro Server Arrives on Mac OS X
Pixar has released RenderMan Pro Server 11.5.3 for Mac OS X 10.3, supporting both G4 and G5 processors.
RenderMan Pro Server Supports x86-64 Linux
RenderMan Pro Server 11.5.3 is available for 64-bit Linux systems using x86-64 processors.
Pixar Releases RenderMan Pro Server 11.5
RenderMan Pro Server 11.5 is available for registered RenderMan users and turns servers or workstations into render engines.
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.51 Supports Maya 5
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.51 added Maya 5 support on IRIX, Red Hat Linux and Windows 2000 or XP as a free update.
Pixar RenderMan 11 Adds Ray Tracing, Global Illumination and Deep Shadows
RenderMan 11 introduced controllable ray tracing, global illumination and deep shadows while accelerating large and complex scenes.
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.0 Released for Maya
RenderMan Artist Tools 5.0 added the Irma re-rendering system, multi-processor acceleration and support for PRMan Toolkit 10 features.
Pixar Introduces RenderMan 10 Toolkit
PRMan 10 added smart archives, subdivision-surface texturing, rendering controls and shader-language improvements.
New RenderMan Artist tools available for Maya
The RenderMan Artist Tools 4.5 for Maya are now available for three popular platforms: Linux, Windows NT/2000 and SGI IRIX and work with both Maya 3 and Maya 4.
New RenderMan version from Pixar available
The new version 3.92 of the Pixar RenderMan Toolkit is now available.
Oscar® Academy Award for the development of RenderMan!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present an Oscar® to Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmull of Pixar on 3 March 2001.