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Autodesk: The Secret Star Behind Oscar-Winning Visual Effects

Autodesk is known for its CAD software. Less well known are its Media & Entertainment tools, which have been used in every Visual Effects Oscar-winning movie for the last 15 years.READ»

Inside James Cameron's Head: Avatar, F-Bombs, and Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron, a biography of the director by former Time magazine Hollywood correspondent Rebecca Keegan, starts with the director's ancestors in Scotland and takes readers through ...READ»

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Close-Up on Hollywood's Creature Teacher

Visual-effects guru Alex Alvarez builds the film industry's hottest new talents, one geek at a time.READ»

Inside Weta Digital's Spaceship

For this winter's blockbuster The Day the Earth Stood Still, two dozen Weta Digital designers spent six months sculpting the film's real star (sorry, Keanu): the spaceship. Joe Letteri, senior visual effects supervisor for the four-time Academy Award-winning digital shop, walked us through the process.READ»