Tag: CGI

Don't flinch, world. George Lucas is producing a CGI musical, which is currently in pre-production at his Skywalker Ranch workspace in Northern California. According to the Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, the movie is being helmed by Kevin Munroe, director of 2007's CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, 'TMNT', and penned by David Berenbaum, writer of 'Elf' and 'The Spiderwick ...

Ask any animation modeler about the "uncanny valley," and you're sure to get at least a grimace, if not a groan. Said term describes the long-standing barrier which refers to the perception that "animation looks less realistic as it approaches human likeness." Image Metrics is hoping that a newfangled approach used to create Emily (pictured there on the right) will finally allow animations to look ...