Rain is something tribals living in the cold deserts of Spiti Himachal''s fascinating mountainous region have seldom experienced.

What makes Maharashtra click in horticulture.

Johnson, Dominic, 1980-

Author and advertising authority headed the Titanium Lions jury at 2014's Cannes International Advertising Festival.

Dewey Library - QH331.E85 2018

To create the world of Asgard in Thor: The Dark World, filmmaker Alan Taylor enlisted the help of digital effects company The Third Floor. Using a process called previsualization, The Third Floor created fully rendered low-res CG sets and characters, allowing the director to see, plan out, and experiment with scenes before shooting them.

In this World Economic Forum discussion, game designer and Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost explains why we should look to video games to help address complex social issues.

Mike Seymour goes behind the visual effects that earned “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” an Oscar nod. See how Industrial Light & Magic crafted complex action sequences, detailed environments, and realistic characters with the help of advanced motion-capture technology and performances from actors like Lupita Nyong’o.

Mike Seymour sits down with "Independence Day: Resurgence" director Roland Emmerich and discusses the astonishing visual effects used in his newest picture, as well as the revolutionary new N-Cam system.

Design FX dives into the incredible special effects of Star Trek Beyond. From the digital construction of the Starship Enterprise all the way down to the extraterrestrials themselves, Mike Seymour takes us into warp drive as he breaks this successful franchise down to its DNA.

Design FX dives into the incredible special effects of Pete's Dragon. How were the team at WETA able to make Elliot (the titular dragon) appear invisible? Mike Seymour breaks down the techniques used to accomplish this spectacular effect.

The Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finds Eddie Redmayne performing a mating ritual in front of a massive computer-generated beast. Using a combination of puppets and CGI, a slew of effects houses were able to craft convincing monsters to populate J.K. Rowling's imaginative world.

Visual Effects house Prologue has worked on some of the biggest movie franchises around. The different teams at Prologue deftly work together to bring some of their most familiar assets over to the virtual space.

Every time a new exoplanet is discovered, the announcement is accompanied by an artist’s rendering of that world. So when scientists recently discovered the seven exoplanets of Trappist-1, NASA's visual artists had their work cut out for them.

Daryl Sawchuk, Visual Effects Supervisor for Method Studios and Animation Supervisor for Black Panther, gives WIRED an exclusive look at breakdowns of the digital Black Panther and Kilmonger suits, and the final fight scene of Marvel's mega-blockbuster. Black Panther is available on Blu-Ray and DVD May 15, 2018.

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 animated features -- Renderman has changed the world of special effects.

Jen Underdahl, Visual Effects Producer for Marvel Entertainment, provides WIRED with an in-depth look at the most impressive visual effects featured in Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War. Jen explains how they crafted "Smart Hulk," made Chris Evans look considerably older, and how they were able to digitally create the entirety of the Avengers' time suits. Avengers: Endgame is available on Digital and Blu-ray now

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In Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures, Tama Leaver, Tim Highfield and Crystal Abidin elaborate on why Instagram is more than just a social media platform: instead, it has become an icon that has altered understandings of visual social media cultures. By doing so, they focus on different aspects of Instagram, such as its aesthetics, cultures, ecologies and economics, supported with real-life examples and cases.

Instagram has tried to keep itself distinct from Facebook and other social platforms.

Browsery QL85.B43 2018

The superstar uses his security personnel in place of weights!

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Rotch Library - GA105.3.K79 2016

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