Volume 36 Issue 2: (Jan/Feb 2013)

  • 22-Feb-2013
    Volume 36 Issue 2: (Jan/Feb 2013)
    ▪ A special visit to Middle-earth
    ▪ The Hobbit's unique CG characters
    ▪ Digital reality expands its universe
    ▪ An animated feature, South African style
    ▪ The Academy's Sci-Tech winners

Cover Story

  • Of Gollum and Wargs and Goblins, Oh My!
    Of Gollum and Wargs and Goblins, Oh My!

    Artist at Weta digital create hundreds of CG characters and creatures to populate Middle-earth for director Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.'

    February 21, 2013

  • Shaping Middle-earth
    Shaping Middle-earth

    Teams of artists at Weta Digital re-create Director Peter Jackson’s vision of Tolkien’s Middle-earth for the first film in a new trilogy.

    February 20, 2013

Features

  • Of Gollum and Wargs and Goblins, Oh My!
    Of Gollum and Wargs and Goblins, Oh My!

    Artist at Weta digital create hundreds of CG characters and creatures to populate Middle-earth for director Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.'

    February 21, 2013

Editor's Note

  • Personal Printing
    Personal Printing

    Once the domain of industrial designers at large shops, 3D printing is now making its mark in the mainstream market, thanks to the introduction of smaller, less expensive machines that use a wide rang ...

    February 21, 2013

Spotlight

  • Spotlight
    Spotlight

    Products The Foundry’s Nuke 7.0. Vicon’s Blade 2. HP’s Performance Advisor, ZR2330w Performance Display. Autodesk’s Smoke 2013. Eyeon’s Generation AM. News GPU market holding steady overall. Animation ...

    February 21, 2013

Products

  • Products
    Products

    Recent hardware and software releases.

    February 22, 2013

  • Spotlight
    Spotlight

    Products The Foundry’s Nuke 7.0. Vicon’s Blade 2. HP’s Performance Advisor, ZR2330w Performance Display. Autodesk’s Smoke 2013. Eyeon’s Generation AM. News GPU market holding steady overall. Animation ...

    February 21, 2013