The magical world of Disneys Snow White (2025) with this behind-the-scenes look at the making of the highly anticipated live-action adaptation. From dance choreography rehearsals and singing training to motion capture and visual effects, witness the incredible artistry that brings this classic fairy tale to life.Join Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot as they share insights from the set, explore the stunning costume designs, and take a closer look at how the soundtrack and musical elements were crafted to honor the legacy of Walt Disneys original masterpiece.Experience the blend of practical sets, cutting-edge VFX, and traditional Disney magic in this exclusive making-of feature!The post The Making of Snow White (2025) Behind the Scenes of Disneys Live-Action Remake appeared first on Vfxexpress.

Things are tough right now, with complexity and uncertainty in the world driving stress and worry. Youre probably trying to stay positive and muscle through. But theres an important difference between keeping appropriately optimistic and acting with toxic positivity.If youre faced with toxic positivity in yourself or others, its probably based on good intentions that have run amok. But it can actually create a negative spiral that can make things worse.Staying positive during trying timesAccording to a survey from MyPerfectResume, people are reporting record levels of exhaustion, anxiety, and stress with 88% who said they were burned out. In addition, 32% of respondents reported they felt anxiety, including 30% who had headaches and 25% who had muscle pain related to their burnout, according to the data.Attempting to stay optimistic is a reasonable response, but toxic positivity is what happens when that goes too far. It involves ignoring reality, suppressing negative emotions, and trying to be overly positive in every situation, regardless of reality. Those with toxic positivity may also try to impose their attitudes on othersto the annoyance of those around them.Toxic positivity has multiple negative effects. First, when people demonstrate toxic positivity, it can result in denying reality, and undermining their ability to respond constructively to negative situations. Second, an unwillingness to express real emotions can result in feeling isolated from others and can cause mental health challenges for the person expressing toxic positivity.Third, when someone is acting with toxic positivity and denying others emotions, it creates barriers to forming a trusting relationship, because others may feel devalued. Fourth, when someone is perceived as inauthentic, others may question their honesty or integrityagain getting in the way of building relationships.So, how can you be positive without embracing toxic behavior? There are some strategies that work.Be aware and be realisticYou can avoid toxic positivity by staying aware of whats going onincluding the bad news or challenges that emerge. Repressing or avoiding difficulties or uncomfortable facts is a classic characteristic of toxic positivity. Avoid burying your head in the sand. Instead, seek information, stay in the know, and be aware. You dont have to overdo negative thinking or marinate in bad news, but you will want to keep your eyes open to real situations and circumstances.Its also important to be realistic. You dont need to overcorrect toxic positivity by catastrophizing or anticipating all the worst outcomes, but its constructive to be clear about whats going on and face up to the need for solutions. Put energy into responding to problems instead of investing energy in sealing them out.As youre working through disappointment or discouragement with yourself or others, also avoid using insincere positive statements or gimmicks. A study published in Psychological Science found that most people believe positive statements can help their mood and their self-esteem. But in the experiment, people who struggled with low self-esteem and who also repeated positive self-statements like, Im a loveable person, felt worse than they did before using the self-statement.The bottom line: Sometimes inauthentic or superficial solutions like hollow self-talk are worse than an honest assessment of whats difficult and an intention to deal with it. Encourage and empower yourself and others, but stop short of using superficial feel-good statements that get in the way of authenticity or action.Be empatheticAt the same time youre aware of situations and realities, youll also need to stay in tune with people and be empathic toward them. Consider what theyre going through, ask questions, and listen to their points of view.By validating what people are going through and by being present with them in tough times, you can both support them and empower them to work through difficulties. This is helpful to them and it also builds the relationship, which is good for both of you.Also avoid imposing your attitudes on others. If youre naturally an optimistic person, thats fine, but avoid attempting to change others. Youll want to support them, but if you try to convince someone that everything is okay despite all theyre going through, youll just irritate them and drive a wedge in the relationship.Its okay to be optimisticWhile youre avoiding a toxic approach to positivity, you can be optimistic. Look to the future and be hopeful about itand take action to find solutions for the issues that are important to you.Optimism can lead to positive outcomes. In a study of over 70,000 people researchers from Boston University surveyed respondents about their optimism and compared it to their health data, over a 10 to 30 year period. They found that those who were more optimistic boosted their longevity by 11% to 15% and increased their chances of living to age 85 by 50%.These effects on longevity were in spite of participants age, education, diseases, or depressionand regardless of habits related to alcohol use, exercise, or diet. Researchers believe that optimism is so powerful because it may help people bounce back from stress and regulate emotions.The difference between toxic positivity and healthy optimism is a matter of degree. If you deny reality, you may be tipping into toxic territory. But if you can be empathetic and avoid imposing your positivity on others, you reach a reasonable balance and connect more deeply with others.

In the past week, I had conversations with two leaders who talked too much. They were good people with interesting stories to share. But they went on for far too long while I just sat and listened. Characteristically, they asked few questions and, when they did, didnt seem to be interested in my responses. These two leaders were engaged but seemingly not curious or fully present.These encounters crystallized something Ive observed repeatedly in my decades of executive coaching: A damaging leadership blind spot is the simple inability to stop talking.I call this a leadership trap because it ensnares otherwise effective executives in a paradox: The same verbal fluency that may have helped them rise through organizational ranks becomes a liability once they arrive in positions of authority. What got them noticed now gets in their way.The drivers of excessive talkingAs I reflected on these two leaders, I realized they reflected a pattern Ive seen many times. Contrary to what many might assume, their excessive talking wasnt rooted in narcissism or self-absorption. Instead, it flowed from more complex motivations they likely didnt even recognize.The first executive, a fast-moving consumer goods leader, seemed driven by an underlying insecurity. Despite his considerable achievements, his need to recount every detail of his companys growth story suggested he was still seeking validation. His monologues were attempts to prove his wortha verbal rsum delivered even when no one had questioned his credentials.The second leader, a newly promoted senior vice president in healthcare, displayed what Ive come to recognize as the silence phobia. Whenever our conversation reached a natural pause, she would quickly fill the gap with another anecdote. This discomfort with silence is not uncommon among leaders, who often experience momentary quiet as a vacuum that must be filled.Why leaders often talk too muchIn my coaching practice, Ive identified several other drivers that cause well-intentioned leaders to monopolize conversations:Some leaders talk excessively due to underdeveloped self-awareness. They genuinely dont realize theyre dominating discussions. Without deliberate attention to their communication patterns, these leaders never notice the subtle signs of disengagement around themthe avoided eye contact, the phones checked under the table, the contributions that gradually diminish.Others feel intense pressure to appear intelligent and in control, especially those promoted based on technical prowess rather than leadership ability. They may dive into excessive detail, not realizing that their desire to impress often achieves the opposite effect, frustrating employees who prefer clear, concise direction.The organizational costWhen leaders dont create space for others voices, organizations pay a steep priceoften without realizing the source of their struggles.Both leaders I met last week lead sizable teams. I couldnt help wondering how their communication styles were affecting their organizations. Were team members experiencing the same one-sided conversations? Were valuable insights going unshared because there was simply no space to offer them?This pattern creates what I think of as conversational quicksand. The more leaders talk, the less others contribute. The less others contribute, the more leaders feel compelled to fill the silence. Each interaction reinforces the dynamic, gradually pulling teams deeper into passivity.The business consequences extend beyond frustrating meetings. When employee engagement diminishes, team members feel their input is neither valued nor necessary. Innovation suffers as people become less inclined to voice their opinions, knowing theyll struggle to find space in the conversation.Perhaps most damaging, leaders who talk too much paradoxically undermine their own influence. When someone speaks at length, their key messages get lost in the verbal deluge important signals drowning in noise. Team members start tuning out, missing crucial information as they struggle to maintain focus through lengthy monologues.In exit interviews, feeling not listened to consistently ranks among the top reasons talented people leave organizations. The efficiency of team operations also suffers, with long-winded explanations making meetings feel like endurance exercises rather than productive gatherings.Breaking the patternOne of the most difficult challenges in helping verbose leaders change their approach is that many dont recognize the problem. The first step toward change is typically a wake-up callobjective feedback that makes the pattern impossible to ignore.A structured 360-degree feedback process often provides this necessary reality check. One leader I worked with was genuinely shocked when his feedback revealed that team members felt steamrolled in meetings.For leaders ready to address this challenge, I recommend a simple but powerful practice: the talk time journal. After each significant meeting, they estimate the percentage of time they spent talking. One executive I coached was stunned to discover he was talking 7080% of the time in meetings explicitly called to get input from his team.The WAIT principleasking oneself Why Am I Talking? before continuing to speakoffers another practical checkpoint. This simple internal question helps leaders assess whether their contribution adds value or merely takes up space.Todays technology offers additional support. AI-driven meeting analytics tools can monitor speaking patterns, providing objective data on who speaks and for how longa communication fitness tracker where numbers tell the truth when perception might not.Many leaders benefit from enlisting a communication buddysomeone they trust to provide honest feedback with subtle real-time cues during meetings when the leader begins to dominate.Perhaps the most powerful technique is practicing strategic silence. By consciously pausing after asking questions and resisting the urge to fill quiet moments, leaders create space for reflection and encourage more thoughtful contributions from others.An increase in influenceAfter my encounters last week, I reflected on a leader Id coached several years ago. He had initially displayed the same pattern of dominating conversations but had committed to changing his approach. After six months of deliberate practice, he had reduced his talking time from approximately 60% to 30% of team meetings.The results were transformativenot just more engaged employees but also better decisions, faster execution, and ultimately stronger business results. I used to think leadership was about having all the answers, he told me. Now I understand its about asking the right questions.This paradoxical resultincreased influence through decreased talkingemerges consistently in my work with leaders. When they create space for others voices, they not only access more diverse thinking but also elevate the significance of their own contributions.The goal isnt to make leaders talk less just for the sake of it. Instead, its about helping them become more effective communicators who create environments where every voice contributes to success. When leaders master this balance, their influence increases even as their word count decreases.As I left my meetings with those two leaders last week, I wished I could offer them this insight: Your greatest impact as a leader often comes not from what you say, but from what you enable others to say. Leadership communication isnt about holding the floorits about creating the conditions for collective intelligence to flourish.The next time you find yourself dominating a discussion, ask yourself: Am I talking because its necessary, or simply because I can? Your leadership effectiveness may depend on your answer.

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Apple can continue to use its iOS App Tracking Transparency privacy tool in France, but must still pay a fine for having used it before.An example of an App Tracking Transparency promptFrance's Authorite de la Concurrence, its competition authority, first announced an antitrust investigation into Apple and its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) in July 2023.Now according to Reuters, it has released its conclusion and also fined Apple but for less than it had previously been expected to. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

The new concert hall tucks into a courtyard framed by Tach Hall, home to the universitys Faculty of Music.PROJECT University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall, Winnipeg, ManitobaARCHITECTS Teeple Architects in association with Cibinel ArchitectureTEXT Lawrence BirdPHOTOS Lindsay ReidWhen the University of Manitoba set out to realize benefactor Marcel Desautels dream of a world-class concert hall, Dean Edward Jurkowski knew he was creating a tough design brief for Teeple Architects and Cibinel Architecture. The site allocated to the concert hall was an almost land-locked parcel, walled in to the north and west by the perpendicular wings of Tach Hall, home to the universitys Faculty of Music, and to the east by Tachs Center Block building.Adding to this tight urban condition was a set of extreme constraints below ground. Lead architect Tomer Diamant of Teeple Architects quickly determined that the halls orchestra pit needed to slip down into a knot of existing tunnels, while the auditorium expanded overtop of thema very tricky condition.Moreover, the space needed to deliver perfect acoustics. Diamant and his team modelled and fine-tuned the hall in close collaboration with acousticians SLR Consulting. The white oak millwork flowing along walls and ceiling has acoustic properties, and its curves lend the space a quality that Diamant identifies as both generous and intimate. The billows of white oak contrast with the much darker tone of the halls upper level. Walls surrounding the loges, for example, are clad in dark, convex vertical pine profiles. Their scalloped surface scatters sound, and is also likened by the designer to log-cabin sidingperhaps a wry regional detail.The wood-lined concert hall can be configured to accommodate a full orchestra, and up to 475 spectators.For this audience member, the sensuality of the hall evoked the impression of being within a musical instrumentand recalled those early exercises in architectural drawing when one is asked to cut a section through a violin. A section through this hall would reveal a large plenum beneath the rear seats, and a largely passive ventilation system that satisfies both acoustical and sustainability objectives. (The hall targets LEED Silver.)The same section would also unveil an intricate dance of interior and exterior spaces, setting the stage not just for musical performances, but also for social performance. The angular lobby invites concert-goers to strut against the backdrop of a Sol LeWitt drawing, which was removed from another location and meticulously reproduced according to LeWitts original directions. (LeWitts work can be seen as an early instance of media artbuyers of his wall drawings receive instructions for constructing the piece, not anything physical.) This lobby interlocks with an armature of exterior spaces slipping obliquely alongside the existing buildings. Letting in the sun, while politely declining to loom over the landscape, the halls roof dips downa modest but extremely effective gesture that serves well to draw in visitors.A Sol LeWitt drawing is prominent in the L-shaped lobby, which spans between the main entrance to the west and a landscaped court to the north.Liz Wreford and Taylor Laroque of Public City Architecture stickhandled the landscape, which deftly creates approaches to not just the concert hall, but to nearby student residences and classrooms as well. The landscape accommodates a number of pieces of public art, including an Ai Weiwei bicycle sculpture. Like the LeWitt, this is on loan from Michael Nesbittwho, like Marcel Desautels, is a great patron of the arts in Winnipeg, and a significant donor to this building. While these outdoor spaces are slim, they recall the richness of far denser urban environments. Visitors might be reminded of the winding European passageways documented by Camillo Sitte, opening up to create space for architectural gems.The concert hall connects to the Tach Center Block building, making use of an existing lobby, visible at rear, along with existing mechanical spaces.The hall accommodates three distinct performance conditions, holding up to an 85-person orchestra and offering as many as 475 spectator seats. Recently, I attended a performance in which the stage held just the four performers of the Attacca String Quartet, who presented a program of short experimental pieces during the 2025 Winnipeg New Music Festival. Dynamic, with rapidly changing tonality, these pieces demanded that the hall produce an extremely precise, robust and responsive sound. To my ear, it met the test from every corner of the space. After the performance, I spoke to Julliard-trained Amy Schroedera founding member of the quartetwho praised the hall for its clarity of sound. It was a really great place to play, she noted, not too reverberant, but also not too dry. Tomer Diamant, comparing the theatre to a Swiss watch, explains how many intricate parts must come together seamlessly for the hall to work. While the design is driven heavily by physics, you never truly know if it will succeed until opening night.Succeed it did. Indeed, Desautels Concert Hall can be seen as an artefact whose many components slip cleverly into each other: interiors, architecture, mechanical and acoustical systems, landscape and urbanism. The ensemble is tightly wound, but feels absolutely relaxed. It is no wonder that its balance of poise and flow satisfies musicians and concert goers alike.Lawrence Bird, MRAIC, is an architect, city planner and visual artist based in Winnipeg.CLIENT University of Manitoba | ARCHITECT TEAM Teeple Architects: Stephen Teeple (FRAIC), Tomer Diamant (MRAIC), Jason Nelson, Helena Dini, Amanda Kemeny. Cibinel Architecture: Michael Robertson (MRAIC), Trevor Thimm, Desmond Burke, Lauren Hauser (MRAIC), Mallory Briggs, Kyle Janzen | STRUCTURAL/MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL KGS Group | LANDSCAPE Public City Architecture | CONTRACTOR Parkwest Projects | ACOUSTICS SLR Consulting | THEATRE Theatre Consulting Group | A/V Patcon PA Technology Consultants | SUSTAINABILITY Integreated Designs Inc. | CIVIL KGS Group | AREA 2,440 m2 | BUDGET $20.2 M | COMPLETION August 2023ENERGY USE INTENSITY (PROJECTED) 245 kWh/m2/year | WATER USE INTENSITY (PROJECTED) 0.14 m3/m2/yearAs appeared in theApril 2025issue of Canadian Architect magazineThe post Poise and Flow: University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba appeared first on Canadian Architect.

A spring panel hosted by the Toronto Society of Architects and DesignTO focused on progressive approaches to labour in architecture.How can architects actively design their own practicesand why should they do so? An article by Rick Linley in this issue (see page 46) tackles the nuts-and-bolts of this question, and two recent sessions in Toronto addressed the topic head-on.At the Interior Design Show, a panel entitled Designing the Plane while Flying It: Leading in Turbulent Times included KPMBs Phyllis Crawford, Nina Boccia, and Rachel Cyr, along with consultants Rob Luke and Elaine Pantel. The presentation traced KPMBs strategic planning over the past several years, sharing how the firm sought to sharpen its value proposition in relation to changing markets. With the help of trusted advisors, KPMB identified the specific skill sets and character strengths that would be needed to help the firm continue to grow and thrive, and systematically assessed their staffs abilities against this framework.As the process unfolded, the firm began to identify where they needed to invest in targeted growth, both for individuals and teams. For instance, they saw good overall performance in core technical and design skills, but more work needed to develop partnership qualities. Theyve since embarked on a process of systematically training up future firm leaders, including building business acumen and financial literacy, to fill in the gaps for the firms future success.A separate event, co-curated by the Toronto Society of Architects and DesignTO, looked more broadly at the question of labour in architecture. How teams work together, and under what conditions work is getting done, has been an area of increased focus over the past years, writes the TSA. Particularly in the field of architecturewhere many of the common pitfalls of creative disciplines also intersect with regulatory requirements and exceptions to Ontarios Employment Standards Actthere is an understanding that we must do better.Reza Nik, founding director of Toronto-based SHEEEP, spoke about how he is using his studio as a platform for building community and sharing best practices. Through initiatives such as SHEEEP.radio and SHEEEP.school, he is aiming to exchange knowledge and empower architects to carve their own paths.Architect Je Siqueira, from Bernheimer Architecture in New York City, detailed the process and advantages of becoming a unionized workforce, highlighting the leverage it affords in negotiating for contracts with fairer terms for employees. Yvonne Ip, a founding member of Guelph, Ontarios Arise Architects Co-Operative, gave an overview of the collective decision-making involved in a co-op business structure.Hazel York, a managing partner at UK firm Hawkins/Brown, was instrumental in shaping the firms recent transition to employee ownershipa model echoed by succession strategies in Canada, in which company shares are distributed from one generation to the next. Here in Canada, 5468796 Architecture co-founder Johanna Hurme detailed her firms progressive approaches to profit-sharing, financial transparency, and formal and informal benefits for staff.Regardless of a firms business structure, common themes reverberated throughout these presentations. As firm owners age, planning for succession is criticalbut this process requires strategic thinking and a long runway. Such a process is often best rooted in transparency: staff are motivated by understanding where they fit into the continuum of a firm, and what they need to accomplish to move up the ladder. People are also more productive when they share in the benefits from that productivity. Arise Architects Yvonne Ip suggests that all firms could benefit from considering the philosophy of cooperatives. Cooperatives ultimately dismantle this idea of employee versus employer, [instead] you are one and the same, says Ip. Ultimately, its really about the workwhether the work is the project or the business.As appeared in theApril 2025issue of Canadian Architect magazineThe post Editorial: Designing Practice appeared first on Canadian Architect.

html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Originally posted on 3 December 2024 for the beta, and updated for the stable release.Otoy has released OctaneRender 2025.1, the next major version of the GPU production renderer.Key features in the release include a new decal system, support for rest attributes for better texture projection onto animated meshes, and a new camera node mimicking real-world lenses.The update also introduces a new Octane Server node for rendering elements of a scene on remote instances, and integration of Otoys Render Network inside the software.Many of the new features were previously scheduled for OctaneRender 2024.2, while other features previously announced have now been moved to OctaneRender 2026.1.https://www.cgchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/241203_OctaneRender20251_RestAttributes.mp4New decal system and support for rest attributes for texture projectionKey changes in OctaneRender 2025.1 include support for rest attributes to reduce distortion when projecting textures onto animated meshes that do not have existing UVs.When rest attributes are enabled, OctaneRender uses rest vertex positions and normals to calculate UV co-ordinates.The update also introduces a native decal system, for projecting textures onto mesh geometries within a scene, particularly to add surface patterns, or to add dirt and damage effects.Use texture-based displacement on Vectron primitives and volumesOther new features in OctaneRender 2025.1 include the Vectron displacement node.It makes it possible to use texture maps to displace Vectron primitives and volumes created using the Volume SDF node.It works in real time, at any scale, and is compatible with complex SDF trees or the Mesh Volume node.New realistic lens camera node recreates real-world lens effectsThe update also introduces a realistic lens camera node, which mimics the optical properties of real-world camera lenses, including Bokeh, optical vignetting and barrel distortion.The original beta release notes listed 16 real-world lenses that it can reproduce, although they arent namechecked in the final announcement.New Octane Server node and access to the Render Network from within OctaneRenderFor rendering, a new Octane Server node makes it possible to render another scene on a remote instance and use the result as an AOV or texture in your current scene.It is still an experimental feature, and currently works in the Standalone edition of the software, and only on Windows.The remote instance can be another instance of the Standalone edition of OctaneRender, or a separate Octane Server app.In addition, the release makes the Render Network, Otoys distributed online GPU rendering service, available directly within OctaneRender.Users can upload scenes and check the progress of render jobs from inside the software.Updates to existing featuresThe release also includes updates to existing features, including the Chaos Texture node, which scatters a texture randomly across a surface.It is now possible to use a texture map or procedural noise to distort the scattering pattern, and to use texture projection types other than the mesh UVs.There are also 11 new blend modes for output AOV layers, including Hue, Saturation, Color, Luminosity, Hard Mix, Linear Light, Vivid Light and Pin Light.Better performance on M3 and M4 chips in Octane XMac users also get improved performance in Octane X, the Metal-native edition of the software.The update improves hardware acceleration on current Apple M3 and M4 chips, adding support for non-triangle primitives, including hair, particles and analytic lights.The test scene shown in the release thread on the Otoy forum shows a 1.5x increase in render speed over OctaneRender 2024.1 on a top-of-the-range M4 Pro chip, although Otoy says that the speed boost is smaller on less complex scenes.Features that havent made it into OctaneRender 2025.1Most of the key features in OctaneRender 2025.1 were previously scheduled for OctaneRender 2024.2, which has now morphed into the 2025.1 release.The only feature announced for 2024.2 not to be included is the Neural Filters system, intended to make it possible to use neural filters from Stability AI and other providers directly in [a] scene.It has now been moved to a separate experimental build of the software, OctaneRender 2026.1, along with other previously announced and, in some cases, much-delayed features including meshlet streaming, native support for MaterialX, and rendering of 3D Gaussian Splats.Price and system requirementsOctaneRender is compatible with Windows 10+ and Linux, and requires a CUDA 10-capable NVIDIA GPU.Octane X is compatible with macOS 14.5+ on Macs with Apple M1 and later processors, and with iPadOS 17.0+ on devices with A12 Bionic and later chips.The software is rental-only, via Otoys Studio+ subscriptions, which cost 23.95/month or 239.88/year, and which include integration plugins for 21 DCC applications, plus a range of third-party software.Otoy also provides free Prime editions of both OctaneRender and Octane X, which are limited to rendering on a single GPU, and which come with a smaller set of DCC integration plugins.Read a full list of new features in OctaneRender 2025.1 on Otoys forumHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). 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