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How computer animation was used 30 years ago to make a Roger Rabbit short

The Making of Rollercoaster Rabbit offers a rare look at animation production in the 1980s. The eight-minute short was one of Disney’s first projects at their short-lived Orlando studio, which...

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Sneak peek at Houdini 19.5

Get a preview of the upcoming new features in SideFX Houdini 19.5. This includes updates to the Houdini toolset, from 3D modeling to character effects, fluid simulation, Pyro smoke and...

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VFX Breakdown The Man Who Fell To Earth

Go behind the scenes of The Man Who Fell To Earth with Cinesite in this latest VFX breakdown which showcases some stunning desert storms and photorealistic CG insects like bees...

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Animation Tool for Onion Skinning in Maya – bhGhost Updates

On January 9, 2015 By SimplyMaya
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The animation tool bhGhost for Maya provides a different approach to ghosting in 3D, by letting you see key poses and breakdowns live on the screen. Ghosting, or onion skinning,Read More

Modeling for 3D Printing

On November 26, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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As a technology which is rapidly expanding at the moment 3D printing is creating new job opportunities for CG artists around the world. Many freelancers have picked up on thisRead More

Studying for Scientific Visualization – An Interview with Stuart Jantzen

On November 4, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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The Biomedical Communications program at University of Toronto in Canada is a two-year graduate program preparing students for a career in medical and scientific visualization. Combining animation and science asRead More

Where do voices for animated characters come from?

On October 31, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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Last week Marcia Wallace, the voice of Bart’s fourth-grade schoolteacher Edna Krabappel on “The Simpsons”, died which led to the retirement of her character. This follows a tradition on theRead More

The Lion King makes history – First Broadway musical to cross $1 billion mark

On October 26, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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On Sunday “The Lion King” became the first Broadway musical to pass the landmark $1 billion in ticket revenues, after surpassing “The Phantom of the Opera” as the highest grossingRead More

When Fine Art Goes Digital

On October 24, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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Transforming is a unique exhibition that’s on this month at the Fine Art Society in London, where MPC has worked together with the artists Rob and Nick Carter to makeRead More

The Uncanny Valley and CGI – The Challenge in Creating Realistic Humans

On September 26, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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The uncanny valley is a hypothesis that first appeared in psychiatry more than a century ago, which states that as a character gets close to looking truly human it beginsRead More

The Early Days of Science Fiction – Before World War II

On August 22, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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Some of the earliest works touching on the subject of space travel came during the scientific revolution with “The Dream”, written in the 1620’s by Johannes Kepler, that described theRead More

55 Years of Belgian Blues – A History of The Smurfs

On August 22, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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One of the most important contributions to popular culture from the tiny nation of Belgium is the Franco-Belgian comics, known under the name of bandes dessinees – which in EnglishRead More

The return of the Doozers

On April 24, 2014 By SimplyMaya
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Remember Fraggle Rock – the iconic 1980’s live action puppet show? If so, you might also recall the little green creatures known as Doozers who were constantly engaged in constuctionRead More

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