VFXWorld Magazine

The company’s Research and Engineering leaders Neil Ashton, Ming-Yu Liu and Edward Liu will talk on advances in neural rendering, world models and AI-driven simulation next Monday, July 20; conference runs July 19-23 in Los Angeles.

The son of Mickey Mouse co-creator Ub Iwerks helped advance projection technology, 3D and large-format filmmaking, Circle-Vision, motion simulators, and immersive attractions across more than six decades with Disney and Iwerks Entertainment.

Studio delivers 160 visual effects shots for the eighth and final season of STARZ’s epic time-traveling adventure based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling novels.

Production VFX supervisor Jay Worth discusses building the Mojave wasteland, bringing the iconic Deathclaw to life, expanding Ghoul effects work, and balancing practical craftsmanship with large-scale visual effects on the hit Prime Video series.

The AI and language solutions company’s 2 divisions will now operate as The Mill, bringing together film and series VFX, brand content production, localization, and AI-enabled production services under one organization.

Production VFX Supervisor Hnedel Maximore and Production VFX Producer Brook Noska discuss the noir-first philosophy, dual black-and-white and color workflow, invisible visual effects, and 1930s New York worldbuilding behind Prime Video’s hit series starring Nicolas Cage.

The survival thriller follows a grieving diver swallowed by a massive cetacean with only an hour of oxygen left; directed by Brian Duffield and based on Daniel Kraus’ book, it hits theaters October 16.

November 15 ceremony will recognize the trailblazing artist, Disney’s first black animator, whose career spanned ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Toy Story 2’ and ‘Monsters, Inc.,’ alongside the legendary actress, director, and producing duo.

The harrowing sci-fi series starring Rebecca Ferguson and Common returns July 3 with an origin story set centuries earlier, while continuing the bleak, dark story of the last 10,000 people on Earth, living in a mile-deep home that protects them from a toxic and deadly outside world, who never dare to question their existence or they’ll end up dead.

Latest version of Emmy Award-winning VFX plugin collection adds automatic deinterlacing, updated AI models, easier effect isolation, revamped warps and transitions, and enhanced particles.  

New effort connects 20 independent studios across visual storytelling, entertainment, design and IP development into a multi-disciplinary creative partnership with one consistent point of contact.