Feb "The FLAWLESS FACE" Rigging Contest Guidelines

There is nothing in the world that is flawless. So is the case with Character Setups in Digital Animation. But the task here is to derive a Facial solution that stays flawless in most of the instances of Character Animation. Read More

Tasi Presents FUR in the JUNGLE!

An Interview with Ernest Adams - Game Designer, Writer & Educator

Q:A lot of students want to know whether it is important for a game designer to be a programmer too? Can a pure artist/story teller become a good game designer?
A: It is not necessary for a game designer to be a programmer -- after all, the most successful game designer in the world, Shigeru Miyamoto, began as an artist and is still an artist. However, a game designer must understand what computers do, and what their limitations are. Otherwise he will design games that cannot be built. Read Article

"Zokkomon" Walt Disney India's First Hindi Film

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, India, has unveiled the poster and trailer of its first live action Hindi feature film – “Zokkomon”.

Darsheel Safary, Zokkomon's lead actor, and Satyajit Bhatkal, director of “Zokkomon” and the National Bravery Award winners, unveiled the first poster and trailer of the movie at a press event in New Delhi. Read More

Adobe Photoshop, the software product that redefined creativity in the digital age, turns 20 on Feb. 19, 2010. Around the world, Photoshop fans are celebrating the impact their favorite software has had across photography, art, design, publishing and commerce. Read More

PrimeFocus Ltd Chennai, delivered about 1800 VFX Shots for AAYIRATHIL ORUVAN

For the recently released block buster Ayirathil Oruvan, we at PrimeFocus Ltd Chennai, delivered about 1800 VFX Shots. Which are all Creative & challenging in nature. SelvaRaghavan the Director of the Movie was very particular about the outcome of CG & realism. As his story featuring 80% of VFX in the movie depends on it. Read Article

ARTTWar 3 Nominations announced. Vote Now -

 

Top 5 Entries from ARTT War 3 :: Final winners will be announced by adding the points given by the Judges and these votes. Voting is open till 20th Feb 2010. Final winners will be announced on 25th Feb Online. VOTE NOW

Making of Zubaan Pe Lagaam & Jingle Bells by Nupur Bhargava

 Case study of Zubaan pe Lagaam & Jingle Bell by Nupur Bhargava.
Nupur Bhargava has been working with MTV, India as a supervising producer and director.She did her graduation from the National Institute of Design, India in Animation film design. She has a string of popular and award winning animated works to her credit. For her, each idea and story is treated as a new opportunity to experiment with new styles and media. READ THE ARTICLE

Detailed & Exclusive VFX Case Study of 3 Idiots by Fablefarm

Here is an VFX Case study of the movie which is all over the news and every one seems to be talking about it. Check what all went behind its making and discover the unknown. CGTantra got fortunate enough to have a candid conversation with Mitul Patel - Vice President, Fable Farm to tell the audience about the VFX work that went into the making of 3 Idiots. READ THE ARTICLE

CGTantra Artworks Calendar 2010

We are proud to present you the best of the artworks of the year 2009 in form of a monthly Calendar of 2010 for your desktops. We are thankful to the artists who contributed their artworks to CGTantra this year. Hope to see many more in the coming year. DOWNLOAD LINK

Video interview with Shrek The Third Co Director - Raman Hui

Raman Hui started his career in Hong Kong as a Cell Animator and thereafter moved to Canada to study at Sheridan College. In the year 1989, Raman started working at Pacific Data Images which was later acquired by DreamWorks Animation. Ever since then, he has worked on blockbuster movies like Antz, the Shrek movies, Madagascar. Raman co-directed 'Shrek The Third' and Directed Kung Fu Panda 'Secrets of the Furious Five' and wears various other hats that of being Animation Director, Supervising Animator, Storyboard Artist.

Recently, Forum Leaders Anand Baid (andy_maxman) and Amrit Derhgawen (Mr.keyframe) along with Forum member Prashant Cavale caught up with Raman Hui for a video interview.

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Nasscom Animation and Gaming Summit 2009 was held on the 6th and the 7th of November 2009 at HICC, Hotel Novitel, Hyderabad. The event this year had a different feel to it. Fruitful sessions that cater to the gaming and the animation industry also had an artist's perspective to it.
Shelly Page, Head, International Outreach, Dreamworks and Nitin Chawla, Executive Producer, Walt Disney Interactive Media Group started with the key notes before we moved on to the sessions.

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Prime Focus recreates 26/7 Mumbai floods in Tum Mile with over 300 VFX shots and DI

Prime focus, a global visual entertainment services group delivers yet another visual treat for Mukesh Bhatt's upcoming movie titled 'Tum Mile' with the VFX team led under the creative guidance of Merzin Tavaria, Chief Creative Director and the Digital Intermediate team led by Rohan Desai, DI head and Chief Colorist , Prime Focus.

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Future Works Delivered challenging VFX Shots for Tum Mile - an unusual love story Directed by Kunal Deshmukh set in backdrops of Mumbai's rampageous 26thJuly'05.

Tum mile takes a calamity that hit Mumbai in 2005 monsoons and tries to recreate the horror that the deluge brought with it. The protagonists of the film, played by Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan, are stuck in the deluge, as has the whole of the city.

Through their eyes the film tries to convey what people might have gone through in those dark damp days when time ceased to move. It takes a satirical view on the administration and its preparation before monsoon.
Future Works took the opportunity to take the directors vision to another level and make each shot believable and visually appealing so that the audience indulge in the story. We caught up with the Future Works team, which talks about their challenges and experiences on working for the Tum Mile.

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Interview with Charles Darby – Sr. VFX Supervisor, Aladin.

Eyecube Creative Director Charles Darby gives us an insight of the most awaited and one of the biggest VFX Bollywood film - Aladin. CGTantra speaks to Charles about his experiences about pulling off a mammoth amount of 1600 VFX shots, the Characters and VFX Industry. We are thankful to Charles for taking time out for this interview and to Vamsi M. Ayyagari, Sr. Executive Producer for providing all the artworks for this article.

Charles Darby is one of the International visual effects wiz and has been associated with more than 45 films in the last 14 years. Darby’s work includes Academy and BAFTA award-winning work on films such as 'Titanic,' 'The Matrix', 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon', 'The Fifth Element' and 'Minority Report'.

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Chitrakatha 09 @ NID, Ahmedabad - CGTantra Editor Rishabh reports....

Chitrakatha 09 starts tomorrow in NID, Ahmedabad.. Rishabh Shrivastav, Editor, CGTANTRA will be giving you a daily dose of the activities around there on CGTantra Blogs, so stay connected ,

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Cheers Chitrakatha 09!

n a fancy Parisian Cafe, an uptight businessman is about to pay the cheque when he finds out that he has lost his wallet. To save time he decides to order more coffee.
French Roast is a character driven short film about appearances. Without any dialouge, the story is told through character animation, music and sound.

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Blue is a fast paced action film, which has over 1200 shots that have passed through the vfx pipeline.
Commenting on the project, Merzin Tavaria, Chief Creative Director, Prime Focus and VFX Supervisor on Blue, mentioned, "The visual splendour of the sea has never been captured before in any Indian film like it is in Blue. This is underpinned by a huge pipeline of VFX shots which were delivered by our team here at Prime Focus. We are proud to be associated with such an ambitious project and hope that the movie turns out to be a visual effects treat for the viewers."
Reupal Rawal, VFX supervisor on the project added, "It is a pleasure to have worked on a big budget visual effects wonder called Blue. Considering that the theme necessitated plenty of visual effects work, the director allowed us a great deal of latitude to showcase our creativity and skills to create some fabulous VFX shots. We are proud to be associated with projects such as Blue which we believe will raise the bar of visual effects in Bollywood."

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Moritz Mayerhofer talks about 'Urs'

Many years Urs looked after his aging mother. But now he sets out for a dangerous journey: He carries her up a mountain to find a better place for both of them. But his mother doesn't want to leave her home. . With appealing layouts, symbolic cinematic approach and beautiful matte paintings the film takes you with it. Let's go behind the scenes of the film.

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TASI Views Choice Awards 2009 (TVCA)

Yet another and a much awaited Anifest visits us. 3 days of jam packed sessions from speakers from all across India. With it also comes something that gives us the previlige to be a jury and select our favourate films, the TASI Viewer’s Choice Awards.

With each year the excitement and the reach of TVCA keeps growing. This year the response overwhelmed every one with more than 370 entries this year the pre selection jury had a hard time selecting the films for screening and the voting at Anifest India 2009. We are all excited to watch quality films from all across the globe and be the judge of the best, I cant wait.

We wanted to know more so we spoke to Vaibhav Kumaresh and Ranjit Singh who surprisingly could spare some time days before the fest and gives us thier comments.

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