An in-depth look at the art of stereo conversion, including The Avengers, John Carter, Titanic and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
We talk to Double Negative about helping Aardman complete the stop motion animated Pirates! Band of Misfits.
We like to think we work fairly hard at fxguide, certainly at NAB we were surviving on not much sleep – but we also really enjoy each other’s company, and the company of the great people we get to work with. Here is our unofficial goof reel video from NAB 2012.
Behind the scenes with Framestore on their Labyrinth VFX and Nvizible on the armillary sphere for Wrath of the Titans.
We delve into the VFX behind the creatures of Wrath of the Titans with MPC, Method, Framestore and Nvizage.
Here is a chat between Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion at RED Digital Cinema (and employee number 1) and our own Mike Seymour. Note this was recorded by RED on EPICs at RED’s own NAB booth.
Surely one of two or three films that will define the term ‘summer blockbuster’. The Avengers brought together not only some great Marvel characters but also an impressive roll call of visual effects houses: ILM, Weta and several others.
An in-depth look at the art of stereo conversion, including The Avengers, John Carter, Titanic and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
John Montgomery heads to Adobe HQ, where fxguide was given exclusive access to the After Effects development team in Seattle for the CS6 release. read more...
We talk with Jeff White from ILM about Hulk, digital New York and more in the mega blockbuster hit The Avengers.
In the lead up to the new Ridley Scott Prometheus ... Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and TyRuben Ellingson review the vfx in film Alien (and Aliens), in this another of our retro shows. read more...
This week we have a stereo shot correction tutorial on NUKE and OCULA from Mr. X visual effects supervisor Aaron Weintraub based on his studio's work for TRON: Legacy. read more...
As a thanks to our readers who supported our fx2012 drive, we have the promised behind-the-scenes (BTS) video. Geek out a bit with the tech behind our fxguidtv live netcast from Las Vegas. read more...
A new models and miniature doco, Sense of Scale, is screening this weekend in London. We have a deleted scene about the models for the never-made 1987 version of Total Recall. read more...
A conversation with Marc Petit, Senior Vice President of Autodesk. We talk about NAB 2012 announcements and the wide range of Autodesk products.
Live from nowhere - this special Q&A RC was recorded during a 9 hour delay coming from Vegas. The final trip took 41 hours door to door, but this podcast is the best hour of that journey. read more...
The fxguide crew - Mike, John, Jeff and Jason - discuss the events, announcements and happenings from NAB 2012 on the drive home from Las Vegas. read more...
fxguide will be LIVE all day April 17th from The Foundry booth (#SL9724), streaming from 1700GMT - 2300GMT. Here are some of the announcements that have been made already, embargoed until this morning, or cool stuff we expect to be talking about tomorrow. read more...