Taylor Stein shares how to perform a Sweep within the Sculpt environment to achieve some very powerful and time-saving results:

Check out Hercules VFX Breakdown video to see how the visual effects experts at Double Negative created the mythical creatures, including a three-headed dog, giant boars and lions, and multi-headed serpents for the film

Chaos Group has shared its V-Ray Film and VFX Showreel 2014 which will be shown during the SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver. The Reel features the Best Visual Effects work using V-Ray render engine from studios like: Blur, Method Studios, Digital Domain, Mirada, Platige, MPC ... Check it out!

ILM’s visual effects team discusses Making of Jaegers the design, effects and animation of these incredible machines in this video.
The story of “Pacific Rim” is told on an epic scale, where 250-foot tall combat mechs battle similarly sized giant alien monsters in the ocean off of the coast of major cities, and when that fails, in the cities themselves. Scale is a recurring theme throughout the film, where a large threat is countered with a large response, making humans tiny in this new out scale world.

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