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36 posts filed under Visual Effects (VFX).
Aug 17, 2026 New Technology
4D Gaussian Splatting Is Arriving on Set. Genlock Still Matters.
4DGS rigs are showing up at NAB and SIGGRAPH with real production quality. Here's what the new systems actually solve, what they quietly don't, and why we still sync every camera on our arrays.
Jun 23, 2025 3D Laser Scanning
A $1.5B Investment in Texas’ Film is Now Law
Texas signs a $1.5B, ten-year investment in film incentives into law.
May 3, 2025 3D Laser Scanning
Daredevil: Born Again: the art and craft of critical VFX collaboration
The art and craft of critical VFX collaboration on Daredevil: Born Again.
Jan 29, 2025 Blog
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Revive ‘True Detective’ Roles to Call for Filming in Texas: ‘Hollywood Is a Flat Circle’
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson revive their True Detective roles in a campaign calling for more filming in Texas.
Jan 15, 2025 Blog
Here are all the nominees for the 23rd Annual VES Awards
The full list of nominees for the 23rd Annual VES Awards, honoring the year's best visual effects work.
Dec 21, 2024 Blog
SCANable Strengthens Existing West Coast Presence
SCANable strengthens its existing West Coast presence.
Nov 7, 2022 Blog
MoPho Studios announced by the leading VFX 3D Scanning Studio – SCANable
SCANable announces MoPho Studios - mobile photogrammetry studios that bring a full 3D capture stage to productions anywhere.
Oct 7, 2020 Blog
Pinewood Atlanta Studios, Home to ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ Rebrands as Trilith Studios
Pinewood Atlanta Studios, home to Avengers: Endgame, rebrands as Trilith Studios.
Aug 15, 2020 Blog
Fire, Prosthetics, LED’s and VFX: ‘Project Power’
Fire, prosthetics, LED lighting and VFX on Netflix's Project Power - behind the scenes of the film's practical and digital effects.
Jul 14, 2020 Blog
Packed stadiums, crowds, intimacy: Will VFX solve shooting dilemmas?
Can VFX fill packed stadiums and crowd scenes while productions shoot under restrictions? Industry supervisors weigh in.
Jul 2, 2020 Blog
How Georgia Hopes to Lead Hollywood’s Return to Production
How Georgia positioned itself to lead Hollywood's return to production, from stage space to safety protocols.
Jun 17, 2020 Blog
A Visual Breakdown of Pixomondo’s ‘WATCHMEN’ VFX
Pixomondo breaks down its Watchmen VFX - the carbonizing effect that turns Jeremy Irons' Ozymandias to gold, and the fun-house mirror shots.
Jan 31, 2020 3D Laser Scanning
VES Awards: ‘The Lion King’ & ‘The Irishman’ Take Top Film Honors
VES Awards: ‘The Lion King’ & ‘The Irishman’ Take Top Film Honors By Erik Pedersen, Antonia Blyth January 29, 2020 Summary VES Awards: ‘The Lion King’ &…
Jan 21, 2020 3D Laser Scanning
Into the Looking Glass Mask with Marz
VES Awards: ‘The Lion King’ & ‘The Irishman’ Take Top Film Honors By Erik Pedersen, Antonia Blyth January 29, 2020 Summary THE 360 CAMERA RIG AND CG/COMP…
Jul 28, 2017 3D Laser Scanning
PIXAR Deep Dive on SSS: SIGGRAPH Preview
A SIGGRAPH preview deep dive into Pixar subsurface-scattering research.
Apr 23, 2017 In the News
Shot on Lytro’s Light-field Camera, ‘Hallelujah’ Is a Stunning Mix of Volumetric Film and Audio
Scroll to next section Scroll to next section Previous Previous Previous Next Next Next 1 2 3 Shot on Lytro’s Light-field Camera, ‘Hallelujah’ Is a…
Oct 25, 2016 3D Laser Scanning
Zoic Amps Up Neighborly Antics for ‘Keeping Up with The Joneses’
Led by VFX supervisor Everett Burrell, Zoic Studios delivers big Hollywood explosions and high impact antics to amplify the humor of the film’s chance…
Jul 2, 2016 3D Laser Scanning
Hennessy Launches “Harmony. Mastered from Chaos.” Interactive Campaign using LiDAR Scans
NEW YORK, June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Hennessy, the world’s #1 Cognac, today announced “Harmony. Mastered from Chaos.” –a dynamic new campaign that…
Sep 3, 2015 3D Laser Scanning
Shade VFX Nominated for an Emmy Award for Daredevil
Daredevil, The Netflix Original Series, has been nominated for three Emmy awards in 2015, including one for Shade VFX in the category of Best Supporting…
May 22, 2015 3D Laser Scanning
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1502 3D Tracking Software
Andersson Technologies has released SynthEyes 1502, the latest version of its 3D tracking software, improving compatibility with Blackmagic Design’s…
[TC]2 Announces Availability of Its Most Advanced 3D/4D Body Scanner
New TC2-19 Offers Fastest and Most Accurate Measurements on the Market [source] Cary, NC – April 30, 2015 – [TC]², the innovation leader for the fashion…
Mar 10, 2015 Featured
Behind the Work: Garage Magazine Augmented Reality App
With New York Fashion Week FW15 in high gear, SCANable got in on the action with a dream assignment collaborating with The Mill, Garage Magazine, renowned…
Jan 20, 2015 3D Laser Scanning
Photogrammetry and camera projection mapping in Maya made easy
The Mattepainting Toolkit Photogrammetry and camera projection mapping in Maya made easy. What’s included? The Mattepainting Toolkit (gs_mptk) is a plugin…
Dec 1, 2014 LiDAR
Endeavour: The Last Space Shuttle as she’s never been seen before.
[source by Mark Gibbs] Endeavour, NASA’s fifth and final space shuttle, is now on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles and, if you’re…
Dec 1, 2014 In the News
zLense Announces World’s First Real-Time 3D Depth Mapping Technology for Broadcast Cameras
New virtual production platform dramatically lowers the cost of visual effects (VFX) for live and recorded TV, enabling visual environments previously…
Nov 9, 2014 LiDAR
Leica Geosystems HDS Introduces Patent-Pending Innovations for Laser Scanning Project Efficiency
With Leica Cyclone 9.0, the industry leading point cloud solution for processing laser scan data, Leica Geosystems HDS introduces major, patent-pending…
Aug 28, 2014 3D Laser Scanning
Capturing Real-World Environments for Virtual Cinematography
[source] written by Matt Workman Virtual Reality Cinematography As Virtual Reality HMDs (Oculus) come speeding towards consumers, there is an emerging…
Aug 18, 2014 Animation
OMOTE Real-time Face Tracking 3D Projection Mapping
Forget the faces of historic monuments, the new frontier of 3D projection mapping is the faces of humans. Created by Nobumichi Asai and friends, technical…
Jun 6, 2014 3D Laser Scanning
Mantis Vision’s MV4D Tapped As Core 3D Capture Tech Behind Google’s Project Tango Tablets
Mantis Vision, a developer of some of the world’s most advanced 3D enabling technologies, today confirmed that its MV4D technology platform will serve as…
Jun 5, 2014 3D Laser Scanning
Microsoft Kinect for Windows v2: Affordable MoCap and 3D Scanning Solution
Amid the volley of announcements from Microsoft’s Build conference, is word that the new Kinect for Windows has a near-future release timeframe for both…
Jun 5, 2014 Animation
Leap Motion Controller Update to Offer Affordable Individual Joint MoCap
Leap Motion has announced that the software for its self-titled PC gesture-control device will soon track the movement of individual finger joints, as…
Apr 7, 2014 Animation
Massive Software announces Massive 6.0 crowd simulation software
Massive 6.0 New look, new GUI Massive has a completely new graphic user interface. With graphic design by Lost in Space the new interface not only looks…
Mar 30, 2014 Modeling
Introducing R3DS Wrap – Topology Transfer Tool
Wrap is a topology transfer tool. It allows to utilize the topology you already have and transfer your new 3D-scanned data onto it. The resulting models…
Jan 24, 2014 3D Laser Scanning
Krakatoa Creates CG Visual Effects from LIDAR Scans for Short Film “Rebirth”
Film director and cinematographer Patryk Kizny – along with his talented team at LookyCreative – put together the 2010 short film “The Chapel” using…
Jan 5, 2014 In the News
3D Systems buys company behind Star Wars, Hobbit and Harry Potter models
3D Systems Acquires Gentle Giant Studios Accesses decades of licensed content from industry’s greatest brands Expands leadership capabilities and know-how…
Jan 14, 2013 Blog
How ILM Used Laser Scanning to Give Life to the Hulk in Marvel’s The Avengers
Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd. and now owned by The Walt Disney Company, forever changed the way movies are made and how we as the…
