Tag: Nuke
Pixar Alum Masha Ellsworth Discusses Her Ukrainian Folktale-Inspired Short, ‘Bound’
Writer-director Masha Ellsworth’s new animated short Bound (Переплетені) is one of the more striking and original shorts up for Oscar voting consideration in the...
‘Grand Prix of Europe’ Director Waldemar Fast Explains the Film’s Route from Theme Park to Big Screen Adventure
Zooming in from Germany’s MACK Animation and directed by filmmaker Waldemar Fast, the family adventure Grand Prix of Europe is accelerating onto screens worldwide...
Haunted by Goya: ‘The Quinta’s Ghost’s’ Director and Producer Discuss Their Award-Winning Short (Exclusive Clip)
Celebrated Spanish artist Francisco Goya is considered one the most important painters of the late 18th and early 19th century. His haunting work captured...
Tech Reviews: SynthEyes 2025, Marvelous Designer & Houdini 21
Boris FX’s SynthEyes 2025.5
Boris FX has rolled out SynthEyes 2025.5, and while it isn’t a complete reinvention of the matchmoving (camera tracking in VFX)...
‘Windy Day’ Creators Discuss the Making of Their SIGGRAPH Award Winner
This year’s winner of the Jury’s Choice Award at SIGGRAPH is Jour de Vent (Windy Day), a wordless poetic short about various people encountering...
‘Trash’ Student Directors Discuss the Making of Their SIGGRAPH Prize-Winning Short
When ESMA (France’s École Spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité) students Maxime Crançon and Matteo Durand set out to make their graduation project in the...
‘Dandelion’ Director Zhengwu Gu Discusses the Inspirations Behind the Award-Winning Ringling Short
First completed in 2023, Zhengwu Gu and Ling Zhao’s animated short Dandelion is set in a cold dystopian world in which a coal-burning robot...
Foundry Releases Nuke 16.0 Featuring Native Variable-Enabled Workflows
Creative software developer Foundry has released Nuke 16.0, with features set to transform compositing and review workflows by speeding up review and cutting time...
International Flavors: A Look at This Year’s Student Oscar Animation Winners
The Student Academy Awards changed things up in more ways than one this year. The 2024 ceremony was held in London, far across the...
‘LUKi & the Lights’ Director Toby Cochran Illuminates Us on His Poignant ALS Short
A charming, spirited robot has to face new challenges when he starts to malfunction and is diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in...
Tech Reviews: DaVinci Resolve 19, ZBrush for iPad, Nuke 15.1v2
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 19
After a protracted beta phase (compared to previous releases), Blackmagic finally released Resolve 19, and as usual, I don’t have...
How the ‘Mighty Monsterwheelies’ Showrunners Rolled Classic Ghoulies into an Accessibly Spooky Pre-K Show
It's October, and all-things Halloween reign supreme across our screens this month! One charming trick-or-treat morsel is the new DreamWorks Animation series Mighty Monsterwheelies, which...
Let the Games Begin! The Animal Champs of ‘Athleticus’ Return for the Summer Olympics
Nicolas Deveaux’s whimsical animated series Athleticus has been featuring animals competing in athletic races since it was introduced in 2018. Produced by France’s Arte...
Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.
An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...
Adventure Island: ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Creatives Share the Joys & Challenges of Their Beautiful Adaptation
'It’s a proper adventure story full of action and excitement, but at the same time it is also extremely gentle, with a complex emotional...
‘The Creator’ VFX Supe Jay Cooper on Creating a Retro-Futuristic World
While traveling from one hole to another on a golf course in Park City, Utah, visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper (Babylon) took the time...
Director Julio Soto Gurpide Spins a Tale of Mystery in ‘Inspector Sun’
A mysterious web of intrigue is spun in the new CG-animated movie Inspector Sun. The feature, which is set in the 1930s, aboard a...
How the Duo Behind ‘Curses!’ Combined History & Humor in One Spooky Series (New Clip)
Animated shows playing with horror themes and spooky characters seem to be quite the rage this fall. Premiering only a few weeks after DreamWorks’...
‘Dew Drop Diaries’ Producers Introduce Us to DreamWorks’ New Fairies on the Block
Tinker Bell is getting some major competition this month as DreamWorks Animation is introducing a group of three-inch-tall fairies in its new preschool show,...
‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Directors Discuss Their Ecologically-Themed Annecy Premiere (Exclusive Interview)
The new animated feature Kensuke’s Kingdom is one of the many highly anticipated features making their debut at the Annecy Festival this month. Based...
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