Before digital special effects in video and film were done with pots, there was analog computer animation.
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Hut, Hut, Hike: Real-time, Machine-learning Cloth Simulation in ‘Madden NFL 21’
A team of Electronic Arts engineers walk through how they developed Swish, a first-of-its-kind cloth simulation tool used to create “Madden NFL 21”.
VFX Supervisor Kyle Odermatt Talks the Making of ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
SIGGRAPH caught up with VFX Supervisor Kyle Odermatt to capture answers to community-submitted questions from a Production Session on “Raya and the Last Dragon.”
The Life and Career of Ere Santos (So Far)
Sony Pictures Imageworks Senior Animator Ere Santos (“Spider-Verse”) shares his career journey to date and the passion that fuels his approach.
Augmenting Books With Tangible Animation
SIGGRAPH talks with Purnendu about his team’s SIGGRAPH 2021 Labs project, “Electriflow: Augmenting Books With Tangible Animation Using Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators.”
The Handmade Look of ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’
One of SIGGRAPH 2021’s most popular Production Sessions, we caught up with VFX Supervisor Mike Lasker of Netflix and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Computer Animation Festival Honors the Best in Graphics
“Twenty Something”, “Le Retour des Vagues”, “Les larmes de la Seine”, and “Only a Child” emerge as winners of the highly anticipated SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Computer Animation Festival. Don’t miss the screenings live or online 14–17 December.
Teaching Artists to Code
Santiago Echeverry shares an approach to teaching code to artists. Learn how his methods are inspiring students to be passionate about coding.
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 49 – Sergio Pablos on Building an Animation Studio
SIGGRAPH Spotlight breaks format this month to re-air a conversation between SIGGRAPH 2021 Special Projects Chair and VFX/Animation Journalist Ian Failes (befores & afters) and Sergio Pablos (founder, The SPA Studios). The session “How to Build an Animation...
The Terror in the Transformation: The VFX of Pennywise
Animation Supervisor of the of the box-office film “It”, Yvon Jardel took us through the process of developing Pennywise and how he found the terror in the transformation.
The Inspiring Journey of Student Short Film ‘Migrants’
Director Hugo Caby shares insight on the filmmaking process and the inspiration for the SIGGRAPH 2021 award-winning short film “Migrants”.
Real-time Shines on a Global Scale at SIGGRAPH 2021
Can’t get enough of real-time tech? Check out this recap of the SIGGRAPH 2021 Real-Time Live! event, a fan-favorite among conference participants.