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Creating the Killer Content in ‘Mortal Kombat 11’

5 March 2020 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Design, Gaming, Visual Effects

The team behind “Mortal Kombat 11” discusses how they developed the high fidelity cached simulations and other groundbreaking gaming elements.

Game Design, Game Developers, Game Development, Games, Geometry Cache Sampling, Houdini, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 11, NetherRealm Studios, Programming, Ray Tracing, Unreal Engine, Video Games

How LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’ Raised the VFX Bar

28 January 2020 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Film, Production, Visual Effects

Two LAIKA department heads share stories from the production of the studio’s Golden Globe-winning stop-motion animated film “Missing Link.”

Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Animated Film, Animation, Eric Wachtman, Golden Globes, Laika, Missing Link, Oscar Nominee, Oscars, Production Sessions, SIGGRAPH 2018, Steve Emerson, stop motion, VFX

Guide to Submitting a Short to SIGGRAPH 2020

17 January 2020 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Gaming, Visual Effects

Get the inside scoop on what it takes to submit a short film to the VR Theater and Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater at SIGGRAPH 2020.

Computer Animation Festival, Electronic Theater, Guide, SIGGRAPH 2020, Submissions, VR Theater

Skip the Show — Watch the Titles

7 January 2020 • by Jon PeddieConferences, Graphics, Visual Effects

Jon Peddie takes a look at motion graphics in title sequences over the years, in everything from games to televsion to movies.

Computer Graphics, FMX, Jon Peddie Research, MoGraph, Motion Graphics, Title Sequence, Titles, VFX, Visual Effects

Data Science and Visual Computing

26 December 2019 • by Jon PeddieAnimation, Simulation, Visual Effects

A look at a new book on big data and visualization.

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, books, Data, data science, Internet of Things, Jon Peddie Research, visual computing, Visualization

VFXRio 2019 Brings SIGGRAPH’s Electronic Theater to Brazil, Again

19 December 2019 • by Matteo MoriconiACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Visual Effects

President of the Brazilian Visual Technology Association and one of VFXRio’s founders, Matteo Moriconi, recaps the 2019 event, which included a screening of the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater Traveling Show.

Computer Animation Festival, Computer Animation Festival Traveling Show, Traveling Show, VFX Rio

Behind the Magic of Netflix’s ‘Klaus’

12 December 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Film, Production, Visual Effects

Production Designers Szymon Biernacki and Marcin Jakubowski, of Netflix’s first original animated feature “Klaus,” discuss bringing the 2D-animated film to life.

2D and 3D artworks, 2D Art, 3D art, Animated Film, Animation, Digital Production, Feature Films, Film, Holiday, Klaus, Lightwork Design, Marcin Jakubowski, Netflix, Sergio Pablos, Streaming, Szymon Biernacki, The SPA Studios

A Look at the Emmy-nominated VFX of Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’

4 October 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Production, Visual Effects

“The Umbrella Academy” VFX supervisors discuss the Emmys, highlights from the show’s first season, and what fans can expect from season two.

Chris White, Emmy Awards, Emmys, Everett Burrell, Netflix, Production Sessions, SIGGRAPH 2019, The Umbrella Academy, VFX, Visual Effects, Weta Digital

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 29 – International Collaboration With Blur Studio’s Chris Bedrosian

27 September 2019 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Graphics, Production, Visual Effects

Chris Bedrosian, senior CG supervisor at Blur Studio, joins us on the podcast to talk VFX and his team’s work on Netflix’s “Love, Death & Robots.”

Blur Studio, Chris Bedrosian, Computer Graphics, Netflix, podcast, podcasts, SIGGRAPH Spotlight, VFX, Visual Effects

Emmys Are Coming: Sending Off ‘Game of Thrones’ With Honors

20 September 2019 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Production, Visual Effects

Ahead of the 2019 Emmy Awards, catch our exclusive interview with panelists from the SIGGRAPH 2019 Production Session “For the Throne – The Making of ‘Game of Thrones’: Season 8.”