Wētā’s having a great year with the 95th Oscar Nominations
Wētā’s having a great year with 6 of the 20 nominees over 3 films. We speak to Wētā Visual Effects Supervisors from all 3 films.
ReadCongrats to the Nominees for 21st Annual VES Awards
Nominees in 25 categories for this year’s VES awards were selected by VES members at 27 in-person and virtual nomination events conducted worldwide last weekend (the event unfortunately overlapped with the Oscar Bake-off).
Read95th Oscar VFX Bake-off from LA
We report from LA on the 95th Academy Awards VIsual Effects Bake-off.
Readfxpodcast #347 Emancipation, in depth with Rob Legato.
Three-time Oscar Winner Rob Legato joins us to do a deep dive into Emancipation, a true story of slavery and survival.
ReadAll Quiet on the Western Front VFX
All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the shortlisted films in this year’s VFX bakeoff.
Readfxpodcast #346 Smile
We talk to SMILE Director Parker Finn, and VFX supervisors Vico Sharabani and Yuval Levy of The Artery in NYC.
ReadExclusive: Joe Letteri Discusses Wētā FX’s new Facial Pipeline on Avatar 2
Senior VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri discusses in depth, Wētā FX’s new APFS pipeline – the new face system in Avatar: The Way of Water, along with Prof. Karan Singh.
ReadVFXShow 265: Andor
In this episode we explore the newest show in Star Wars’ galaxy, focusing on Cassian’s journey in Andor.
Readfxpodcast #345 ILM makes Wakanda Forever
ILM discusses their extensive VFX work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
ReadInvisible Effects of living in the WestWorld
WestWorld aimed to do as much work as they could in camera, but they still relied on a host of invisible effects work by FutureWorks.
Readfxpodcast #344 Black Adam with Digital Domain
We speak Black Adam, with Digital Domain’s VFX supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidis
ReadVolumetric team Arcturus expands with help from Epic and Autodeck
Volumetric startup Arcturus received $11M Series A funding, including investments from Epic Games and Autodesk.
ReadUE5.1 adds M&E tools to an impressive UE5 release
A look at the Virtual Production improvements in UE5.1
ReadTwenty Years of Spider-Man at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Congrats to all the Artists at SPI on 20 years of Spider-Man
Readfxpodcast #343 Real-time Vantage Ray Tracing with Chris Nichols
A preview of Real-time Ray Tracing that Chris Nichols will present at RTC 2022
Readfxpodcast #342 Otoy and Treking towards a real Holodeck
OTOY is pushing the boundaries of Light Field display and asset generation in cooperation with The Roddenberry Estate; Yes, they’re making a Holodeck!
ReadShe-Hulk: Wētā’s Shade of Green
We sit down with Wētā FX to discuss the character animation of She-Hulk with VFX Supervisor Guy Williams and Animation Director Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
ReadWhy the Campanile Movie, 25 years on, is still so important
Following his Lifetime Achievement Emmy, Paul Debevec looks back 25 years to his original Campanile Movie.
ReadNever Mind the Chaos, Here’s Danny Boyle’s Pistol
Union discuss the VFX for the Sex Pistol’s bio-pic series Pistol.
ReadNVIDIA ACE Enables Easier Interactive Avatars
NVIDIA unveiled a no-code digital human chatbot link to Epic’s Metahumans at GTC.
ReadThe Virtual Production behind the Soccer TVC for Caledon Football Club
We explore the technical issues in this advanced Virtual Production with film makers and VP experts.
Readfxpodcast #341 Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry
We talk to the great Dan Curry about the VFX of Trek and his new book.
ReadVFXShow 262: The Grey Man
The guys breakdown the issues and VFX in the $200M Grey Man action spy film
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