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e d i t i o n 1 , 2 0 1 8 | c g w 1 departments on the cover Editor's Note Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) held the first annual SCAD GamingFest late last year at its Atlanta campus, to help students, and professionals, stay on the forefront of the latest techniques and technologies. Spotlight Products: NewTek's LightWave 2018, Jaunt's XR Platform, Nvidia's Titan V GPU, Foundry's Mari 4.0 NEWS VFX achievements are recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Power Shift Multiple studios drive the diverse visual effects in Marvel's latest superhero film, Black Panther, some of which include a CG version of the main character. 2 4 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S W O R L D CGW features 3 Visit CGW.com for Web-only features and news 44 POSTMAGAZINE.COM See it in Post | Posting Reality TV | Audio for Indie Films | Luca Guadagnino on Call Me By Your Name | Animating Van Gogh's Art | Dell's Digital Canvas Review CREATURE FEATURE Visual effects artists help create the aquatic character in Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water. 40 Replay The forces of Jumanji resurface once again with CG animals and augmented environments and action in the movie sequel. Gentle Giant Blue Sky steps into the ring with its latest film, Ferdinand, which required the crew to raise the bar in terms of character development, lighting and rendering, and construction of the environments. Commercial Space Studios integrate cinematic- level visual effects in television spots. What 's BolD IS NEW AGAIN Artists at ILM create visual effects for the eighth film in the Star Wars saga. Workstations Unplugged New insights on what end users think about, and how they use, workstations. 42 28 20 12 34 www.postmagazine.com POST FEBRUARY 2018 W H E R E T E C H N O L O G Y A N D TA L E N T M E E T S M VFX FOR SPOTS MPC BUILDS ITS OWN 'TOWER OF SUCCESS' WITH AD WORK FOR HONDA & MORE PLUS: OSCAR PREDICTIONS GRETA GERWIG ON LADY BIRD MORE OUTLOOK 2018 THREE BILLBOARDS, JUMANJI & DOWNSIZING