Archive for June, 2008

Making of Kung Fu Panda

I leave in four parts the making of Kung Fu Panda.
We see the characterizations of Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoftman, Angelina Jolie, among other figures and the great animation and post work done in the film.

Physical animation

A very good proposal is this blog where they teach the foundations of physical phenomena applied to the animation.
Regardless of today have tools that can solve some of these points automatically know the basics behind things like the pendulum, free fall, collisions and other will always be a [...]

Good spot for the All-Star Game

Fox Sport commissioned BUF, excellent French brand of visual effects, the performance of this spectacular spot to promote the final All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

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Interview with Marc Gruber-Laux Pure

Interesting interview by Chaos Group to Marc Gruber-Laux of Pure, Germany's top architectural visualization on methods and tools used in their projects.

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Interview with Liam Kemp

CGSociety has a very good interview with Liam Kemp, recognize patterns noted for the realism of their creations.
The following video shows the test character animation done on a personal project of his future "The Normals", works with 3ds Max, Brazil and Hair FX.

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