The "Lord of the Rings" franchise uses a lot of CGI trickery to bring Middle-earth to life. Here's what it looks like without all the special effects.

No doubt that many casual audiences will consider Sauron's appearance to only be that which we see in the prologue of The ...

Lord of the Rings' Sauron, the Dark Lord, has a frightening shape under his armor that many fans have yet to see.

Though they were created as lesser than the Valar, they were still influential in their own right, and the most powerful of the Maiar was Sauron (Charlie Vickers), the Second Dark Lord and Lord of ...

Jeff Desom, currently doing jury duty at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, calls for a thought-through approach to AI: "At ...

One could suggest that VFX practitioners view the challenges and achievements in their field with a different eye, particularly as work has reached a point increasingly difficult to identify.

Generative AI film and animation studio Asteria, founded last fall by filmmaker and entrepreneur Bryn Mooser, is growing its team with the addition of VFX pro Benjamin Lock, who has been hired to ...

When you're adding visual effects to your footage, the best VFX software is essential. Whether you're a professional filmmaker or just making social media posts pop, these are my top picks for VFX ...

Continuous Glucose Monitor Data Predicts Type 1 Diabetes Complications Jan. 15, 2025 — Data from continuous glucose monitors can predict nerve, eye and kidney damage caused by type 1 diabetes ...

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