VFX in TVCs: Just horsing around

March 15, 2015

We take a look at three fun commercials with VFX breakdowns from Time Based Arts, Gramercy Park Studios and MPC.

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The practical and digital tech behind Chappie

March 8, 2015

Our detailed coverage of on-set, concept art, final shots and breakdowns from Chappie.

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State of VR

March 4, 2015

An overview of VR announcements at GDC, including Weta Digital and EPIC Games’ Hobbit experience with Smaug.

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Shotgun – now with RV – becomes way more affordable

March 2, 2015

Shotgun has announced a huge price reduction as well as revealed that they will be bundling RV with no additional charge for all customers starting in April.

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Faceware: taking a test drive

February 27, 2015

Faceware is a streamlined effective face pipeline solution used from serious games such as “Call of Duty” to previs. In the lead up to GDC we donned the helmet to test the system.

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Go go Power/Rangers: VFX breakdown

February 27, 2015

An EXCLUSIVE look behind the visual effects of Joseph Kahn’s powerhouse short film ‘Power/Rangers’, including a VFX breakdown video.

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The secrets behind SpongeBob’s live action scenes

February 26, 2015

How Iloura crafted 3D characters to match the 2D world of SpongeBob SquarePants. Plus EXCLUSIVE breakdown images.

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V-Ray: Vladimir Koylazov reflects

February 23, 2015

Chaos Group founder Vladimir ‘Vlado’ Koylazov discusses V-Ray in terms of unbias approaches, hair, skin, sampling and future directions.

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So what was Ian Hunter doing behind Paul Franklin at the Oscars?

February 23, 2015

When Paul started to speak at the Oscars…we could not help but notice Ian doing something behind him…but what was so important??

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ARRI goes compact: the ALEXA Mini

February 23, 2015

Is this a RED-killer? The new ARRI ALEXA Mini, a camera our Jason Wingrove called “the most important camera for Arri since the original Alexa”.

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Predictinator wrong (!!!): Interstellar wins – Congrats!

February 22, 2015

Interstellar has won the visual effects Oscar.

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Strange worlds: Method’s Jupiter Ascending effects

February 19, 2015

Behind Method Studio’s worlds and characters for Jupiter Ascending, including a VFX breakdown video of their work.

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ILM at the Oscars

February 19, 2015

Rounding out our series we look at the two Sci-Tech Oscars awarded to ILM and their technical partners, and go backstage at the Sci-Tech Awards in LA.

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Lucas Martell’s The Taking Tree

February 18, 2015

Watch the final version of director, Lucas Martell’s (Pigeon Impossible) new short film – from his fxphd courses.

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Breaking down Agent Carter’s VFX

February 17, 2015

Watch VFX breakdowns from Marvel’s Agent Carter in this WIRED making-of video.

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Kingsman: not so secret effects

February 16, 2015

Exploding heads, prosthetic legs, a lengthy brawl & skydiving – four VFX scenes from Matthew Vaughn’s rather smart Kingsman.

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Weather wild things

February 16, 2015

See how MPC crafted a host of wondrous weird & wicked weather creatures in a spot for Nissan CUV.

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Science! Interstellar filmmakers publish paper on black holes

February 13, 2015

A new paper from the VFX team behind Interstellar sheds light on gravitational lensing and rendering of the film’s black hole.

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VFX in TVCs: Jaw-dropping (and truck-dropping) effects

February 12, 2015

See VFX breakdowns from Framestore, Method Studios, MPC and Alt.vfx in recent TVCs.

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Mikros and Matthijs are back…with unicorns

February 10, 2015

The team behind Canal+ spots The Bear and The Closet are back with a tale about the sad fate of the unicorn.

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Shoot and stitch: making Jupiter Ascending’s Chicago chase

February 9, 2015

How the Wachowskis employed a helicopter-mounted six RED EPIC camera array to shoot Jupiter Ascending’s dramatic Chicago chase scene.

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Sci-Tech winners: UCAP & MOVA

February 7, 2015

Continuing our series we look at Universal Capture and MOVA face capture which both been award prestigious Sci-Tech awards at this years Oscars. (We also comment on the latest controversy).

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Autodesk going subscription-only. Here’s how they can help the industry

February 5, 2015

We delve into Autodesk’s recent licensing announcement.

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All the VES Award winners – right here

February 5, 2015

The full list of winners from the 13th annual VES Awards.

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Facing Second Son

February 2, 2015

Nominated for a VES award mainly for its amazing particle animations, we look at the brilliant face work and animation in the blockbuster PS4 gaming hit: inFAMOUS: Second Son

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How they did it: behind two of the biggest Super Bowl spots

February 1, 2015

Catch the Snickers Brady Bunch spot in the Super Bowl? Or the tortoise and hare race for Mercedes? Here’s how they were made.

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Barbershop at Weta: Sci-tech winner explained

January 29, 2015

Creating a desired hairstyle can often be a long, tedious, and non-intuitive process – not with Weta’s Barbershop (Sci-Tech Award winner). We explain just how clever and yet simple Barbershop is.

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Altering time with Project Almanac

January 28, 2015

Method Studios breaks down its time altering visual effects for the found-footage film, Project Almanac.

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Crafting the story: the vfx of Unbroken

January 27, 2015

Behind the story-driven visual effects of Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken with vfx sup. Bill George from ILM.

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Houdini 14 gives you more crowds, and sand

January 15, 2015

New sand and crowd tools inside Side Effects Software’s Houdini 14.

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