Bringing The Battle of the Five Armies to the screen
New rendering software, an army tool and incredible sims – find out Weta Digital’s newest techniques that made The Battle of the Five Armies possible.
Read the Article87th Oscars – nominations
And then there were five… Oscar nominations have been announced.
Read the ArticleLatest Sci-Tech Oscar Winners Announced!
Find out the latest recipients winners of the Sci-tech awards, to be presented in February 2015.
Read the Article13th Annual VES Award Nominees
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards…
Read the ArticleInside Erik Wernquist’s Wanderers
Behind the scenes of the beautiful short film Wanderers – with original inspirational imagery and behind the scenes pics.
Read the ArticleVFX on TV: Rock monsters, pirate ships and a cyclops
Showcasing VFX from the TV shows Constantine, Atlantis and Crossbones.
Read the ArticleBAFTA Nominations
Nominations have been announced for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015.
Read the ArticleInto the Woods: full of effects surprises
Visual effects supervisor Matt Johnson discusses Into the Woods’ effects from beanstalks, to miniature forests, giants, transforming dresses and drone shoots.
Read the ArticleAlive again: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Behind the scenes with vfx breakdowns from the latest Night at the Museum film.
Read the ArticleFive big scenes from Exodus
Breakdowns from five shots and sequences in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Read the ArticleExploring Black Sea
Breaking down the effects in the Kevin Macdonald submarine film Black Sea.
Read the ArticleCommercial break(down)
With special making of breakdown videos, we take a look at visual effects work in TVCs with alt.vfx, Method Studios and Mirada.
Read the ArticlePaddington: an animation Q&A
Framestore animation supervisor Pablo Grillo delves into the art of animation behind Paddington.
Read the ArticleMARI and MODO for everyone
The Foundry is releasing ‘indie’ versions of MARI and MODO today on Steam.
Read the ArticleZooming in on Assassin’s Creed: Unity
How Blur Studio’s hordes of assassins took over Paris in this incredible TV spot, and what extra scripting work was required for an online interactive version.
Read the ArticleShotgun at Autodesk: the state of play
It’s been almost six months since Autodesk acquired Shotgun – so how have things gone so far?
Read the Article87th Oscars – the ten VFX contenders
Find out which 10 films are in contention for the visual effects Oscar.
Read the ArticleReal and raw: the miniature fx behind Interstellar
Salt, pelican cases and single-pass motion control – how New Deal Studios crafted the spacecraft miniature shots in Interstellar.
Read the ArticleDigital Vision purchased by management team
Color grading, restoration and film scanning product provider Digital Vision has been bought out by its management team.
Read the ArticleA way forward for the VFX industry
The problems facing the vfx industry are serious and complex, we present a new model for discussion based on the work of some very serious players.
Read the ArticleBlur’s Halo 2 make-over
Behind the scenes of Blur’s Halo 2: Anniversary cinematics, which re-imagine and enhance the existing content with the studio’s distinctive style.
Read the ArticleThe tech behind Once Upon a Time’s Frozen adventures
Virtual sets, iPad apps and water sims – behind the scenes of Zoic’s Once Upon a Time vfx pipeline.
Read the ArticleThe top 10 effects of 2014
Our latest Design FX video with our media partners WIRED – breaking down the top 10 vfx moments for 2014.
Read the ArticleSIGGRAPH Asia 2014: what to see in Shenzhen
SIGGRAPH Asia in Shenzhen starts next week and fxguide will be there – here’s a look at some of the key sessions.
Read the ArticleInterstellar: inside the black art
How Double Negative used cutting edge science for the VFX & visualizations in Interstellar.
Read the ArticleWhat’s The Foundry buying? The Tech of ADF
You may not know Adaptively Distance Fields (ADF) by name, but you almost certainly use them. Mitsubishi’s (MERL) closely held tech – from fonts to games to drawing, we explain why The Foundry really wants it.
Read the ArticleBlackmagic ‘relaunches’ Fusion
It wasn’t a question of “if?”, but “when?” In move reminicent of Resolve, Blackmagic has released a free Windows version of Fusion and dropped the price of a more feature-rich version to $995.
Read the ArticleFabricating The Flash
Find out how Encore Hollywood is using feature film techniques to bring The Flash to the small screen.
Read the ArticleApes, Game of Thrones take major HPA vfx awards
The 9th annual HPA Awards have been announced – see the full list of winners here.
Read the ArticleThe making of that live action Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare spot
Go behind the scenes of the launch trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
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