Friday, August 3, 2012

Ice Age 4: riding the new wave

It’s been ten years since Blue Sky Studios produced the first Ice Age. Now, with Continental Drift, the fourth film in the animated series, the studio has again upped the ante on its CG and rendering tools, particularly for more than 500 ocean and storm shots. We go behind the scenes with Blue Sky on water, voxels, efficient sky creation and character sims.

Sinbad: The Mill’s effects voyage

VFX supe David Houghton from The Mill tells fxguide about the elemental visual effects in the new TV series Sinbad.