Trainspotting 2: zeitgeist of 2017 despair

March 24, 2017

Choose Post, choose effects, choose Union VFX. The effects of T2 Trainspotting.

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Lighting VFX master trick, from Chris Godfrey

March 23, 2017

Visual effects supervisor Chris Godfrey shares a technique on to gain the same effect as an additional four stops of depth of field without blowing the lighting budget.

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Logan: I will make you hurt

March 9, 2017

We talk to VFX Supervisor Chas Jarrett and Image Engine about Logan and the complexity of digital-double techniques for stunts.

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QLBEANS tracking in Belgrade.

March 8, 2017

QLBeans are a specialist tracking company in Serbia.

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The Batman Movie: Keeping it real

March 2, 2017

The Batman Movie with exclusive looks at the AL workflow.

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Gene Splicer From 3lateral & ILM Rogue One on UE4

March 2, 2017

A deep dive into an amazing technology demo at GDC – Gene Splicer, from Vladimir Mastilovic from 3Lateral.

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The Mill’s incredible Blackbird at GDC : The future of virtual production

March 1, 2017

Epic games and The Mill redefine Virtual Production at GDC 2017

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The Jungle Book wins VFX Oscar

February 26, 2017

The Jungle Book wins VFX Oscar

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Freakonomics podcast looks at the VFX industry

February 23, 2017

The latest Freakonomics Radio episode is “No Hollywood Ending for the Visual-Effects Industry” Our Mike Seymour is a part of the episode.

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New business of VFX documentary: Hollywood’s Greatest Trick

February 22, 2017

A new documentary aims to raise awareness of the VFX industry’s artist turmoils with the mass market.

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The Jungle Book : MPC ‘Naturalistic Effects’ VFX breakdown

February 17, 2017

MPC ‘Naturalistic Effects’ VFX breakdown and VFX Sup. and Oscar Winner Rob Legato.

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Doctor Strange: ILM making of clip

February 17, 2017

Watch ILM’s behind the scenes making of Doctor Strange.

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Deepwater Horizon: ILM making of clip

February 15, 2017

Watch ILM’s behind the scenes making of Deepwater Horizon.

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Weta Digital’s FACETS honoured at the Sci-tech Awards

February 14, 2017

The Weta Digital Sci-tech award winning FACETS facial performance capture system.

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BAFTA winners

February 13, 2017

Jungle Book wins the EE British Academy Film Awards for Special Visual Effects, Kubo wins for Animated Film.

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a52 and director Angus Wall go back to high school at the Super Bowl

February 10, 2017

The curious case of yearbooks for a52 and Honda, as well as some of our Super Bowl favorites.

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15th annual VES Award winners

February 8, 2017

Winners of the 15th Annual VES Awards

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Avatars and Agents: BabyX

February 6, 2017

We explore a detailed technical look at “Creating Connection with Autonomous Facial Animation” and BabyX

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Part 3: Rogue One, ILM’s Digital Humans Sci-Tech Award winning pipeline

February 2, 2017

We cover the digital human pipeline, including the Sci-Tech winning tools that ILM needed to develop.

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V-Ray past and future with Vlado Koylazov

February 1, 2017

We explore noise, samples, render times past and future in V-Ray with Vlado Koylazov (plus bonus EGSR preview)

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A Monster Calls : MPC’s Character work

January 31, 2017

A look at MPC developed complex facial and character tools to bring a monster to life for ‘A Monster Calls’

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The changing face of Cubic Motion

January 30, 2017

fxguide visits Cubic Motion In Manchester

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Face me part 3: high end faces R&D from Disney Research

January 27, 2017

We look at some of the exceptional industry focused research being published by Disney Research Zurich.

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Oscars® Nominees announced

January 24, 2017

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the films nominated for an Oscar® for the 89th Academy Awards®.

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BAFTA Nominated Under the Shadow – OutpostVFX

January 19, 2017

We look at the vfx in the UK submission for the Best Foreign Language Film, with effects by Outpost VFX. We also examine the film from an Iranian perspective.

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The tech of PIXAR part 2: Finding Dory – making waves

January 18, 2017

In the run up to the Oscar Animated Feature Film nominations, we invited guest writer Leif Pedersen to deep dive into the tech of Pixar’s Finding Dory.

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The tech of PIXAR part 1: Piper – daring to be different

January 16, 2017

In the run up to the Oscar Short film nominations, we invited guest writer Leif Pedersen to deep dive into the tech of Pixar’s Piper.

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One of Us takes The Crown

January 12, 2017

The VFX behind the Golden Globe Winning The Crown.

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15th Annual VES Award Nominees

January 10, 2017

Here are the nominees for the 15th Annual VES Awards.

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Adobe’s Project Felix ships, complete with V-Ray

January 10, 2017

The simple new Adobe 3D Project Felix with V-Ray

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