These New ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Breakdowns Explore The Film’s Cutting-Edge Animation And VFX
The sci-fi film is back in theaters.
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Short Pick Of The Day: ‘777’ by Saad Moosajee
Set in a contemporary depiction of heaven, “777” is a surrealist opera narrated through living renaissance paintings.
VFX Artists Are Still Working On ‘Cats’ Even Though The Film Is Already Out In Theaters
Universal is replacing the current version in theaters with a new version that contains “improved visual effects.”
Does The ‘Cats’ Film Use ‘Digital Fur Technology’ — Or Animation?
Do we have another “Lion King” situation on our hands?
How ‘Welcome to Marwen’ Mixed Animation And Live-Action To Turn Steve Carell Into a Doll
The filmmakers of “Welcome to Marwen” came up with an innovative and cost-effective technique to create its miniature doll characters.
Could These Be The Next High-Tech Tools That Animators Use Daily?
The prestigious SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference will include several animation-related technical papers.
iClone 7 Introduces Markerless Facial Capture Tech
Faceware’s markerless motion capture tech is now available for character and avatar animation software iClone 7.
Body Labs Wants To Use Its AI Technology As New Way To Control Characters
Body Labs is creating technology that can predict and generate animation from videos and even single photographs.
The Biggest Motion Capture Studio in Canada Just Opened
Already a hub for vfx, animation and games, Vancouver now has a new mo-cap studio.
‘Alien: Covenant’: How On-set Suit Performances, Mo-cap, And VFX Each Played A Role In Production
Behind the scenes of Ridley Scott’s newest “Alien” film, with before and after image breakdowns.
India’s First 3D Motion-Capture Film Looks Like An Epic Trainwreck
India’s first 3-D mo-cap CGI feature, “Kochadaiiyaan,” will open on May 9th. By Western feature animation quality standards, it looks unwatchable, but perhaps it’s considered acceptable in India.
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ And A Thought on The Hyper-Grotesque
With the entire Internet already yakking about the new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” trailer, it hardly seemed necessary to bring it up here. But for the sake of posterity, here is the trailer for the Jonathan Liebesman-directed film, which will debut on August 8th:
“Brats” By Ian Cheng
Ian Cheng’s expressive use of motion capture was featured on Cartoon Brew last year. His new music video for Liars’ “Brats” is a hunter …
Using Kinect Point Clouds To Animate Figures
Brazilian artist Jomário Murta used multiple Microsoft Kinects to generate a sequence of point clouds (a set of points in 3D space) as …
“I, Pet Goat II” By Heliofant
I, Pet Goat II was directed by Louis Lefebvre at the Montreal area studio Heliofant. The sophisticated production design stirs mo-cap and …
How Seth MacFarlane Created The Animation In “Ted”
It’s looking like this weekend’s box office crown will belong to Seth MacFarlane’s Ted. Even though it’s a largely live action film, the …
“This Papaya Tastes Perfect” by Ian Cheng
Mainstream motion capture performances have the paradoxical effect of looking both flawlessly perfect and utterly unconvincing and …
FACT CHECK: Weta Did Not Invent Motion Capture
No one turns to the Wall Street Journal for insightful animation coverage, but that’s still no excuse for this egregious error in an …
“Space Jam” Producer Says Mo-Cap Isn’t Animation and Why He’s Wrong
Last July we posted the amended Oscar rules that stated motion capture would no longer be eligible for the best animated feature Oscar. …
First Look: “The Adventures of Tintin”
Our first glimpse of Spielberg’s (and Jackson’s) mo-cap Tintin movie. They are still afraid to show us their faces – and I’m still not …
