Pixar is getting even more experimental with something entirely different. Automaton is a 4-minute short film from the Pixar Effects team, using some of their own tools and Houdini 3D to make this ...

Pam Hogarth will accept the Founders Award and she and four others will be granted lifetime membership at a VES fall event. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor The Visual Effects Society has announced its ...

You may not have heard of Renderman, but you've definitely seen the incredible effects it has made possible. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from the Abyss to Terminator 2, and across all of Pixar's ...

Effects supervisor Bill Watral enthuses about his team’s groundbreaking work on Disney/Pixar’s Oscar-nominated “Soul,” but is quick to clarify, “Every single department here had challenges of taking ...

Have you ever dreamed of working at Pixar? If you have ever wondered what it takes to bring a movie like "Coco," "Toy Story" or "Monsters, Inc." to life, here's your chance to learn from the best.

While 2001 proved a landmark year for computer-animated features--dominated, of course, by the blockbuster success of DreamWorks’ “Shrek” and Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.”--it also marked the 15th ...

Of all the places that Pixar’s computer-animated features have taken audiences, few can rival the dazzling Land of the Dead in “Coco.” It’s a huge place, crammed with buildings that reach the sky, and ...