Digital / Visual Effects

Rhythm & Hues has become a digital Animal Farm with its animated virtual menageries. The studio created 500 CG shots for Alvin and the Chipmunks.

A pig goes for a trip to the countryside. Instead of relaxation it gets swept along in a thunderous swirl by a herd of buffalo's.

The famed KNB created practical effects for the creatures.

The Villains of Disney's feature Enchanted.

A clip form Disney's feature film Enchanted.

The Legacy of Disney's feature Enchanted.

Seven vendors contributed around 650 vfx shots to the final cut of Fred Claus.

The Seeker uses visual effects in many sequences but the shot count ended up only at about 350.

This film depicts a lethal species in an instant of vulnerable bliss, the moment of waking.

At SIGGRAPH 2007, fxguidetv's John Montgomery chats with Sony Pictures Imageworks vfx supervisor Rob Bredow about the wave animation and simulation in "Surf's Up."

The Invasion tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings.

Watch this clip from Warner Bros.'s The Invasion.

Watch this clip from Warner Bros.'s The Invasion.

Watch this clip from Warner Bros.'s The Invasion.

The winning animation from FJORG! and an interview with Syd Mead.

Autodesk's Rob Hoffmann covers their 3D product line and Chris Bond of Frantic Films talks about their cool plugins.

A conversation with MPC's Greg Butler. Interview with Autodesk's Michel Besner about newly acquired Mudbox.

A look at the Emerging Technologies exhibit and a conversation with Paul Debevec.

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