The top 10 effects of 2014

November 25, 2014

Our latest Design FX video with our media partners WIRED – breaking down the top 10 vfx moments for 2014.

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2014: what to see in Shenzhen

November 24, 2014

SIGGRAPH Asia in Shenzhen starts next week and fxguide will be there – here’s a look at some of the key sessions.

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Interstellar: inside the black art

November 18, 2014

How Double Negative used cutting edge science for the VFX & visualizations in Interstellar.

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What’s The Foundry buying? The Tech of ADF

November 13, 2014

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.

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Blackmagic ‘relaunches’ Fusion

November 10, 2014

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.

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Fabricating The Flash

November 10, 2014

Find out how Encore Hollywood is using feature film techniques to bring The Flash to the small screen.

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Apes, Game of Thrones take major HPA vfx awards

November 9, 2014

The 9th annual HPA Awards have been announced – see the full list of winners here.

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The making of that live action Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare spot

November 6, 2014

Go behind the scenes of the launch trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

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Xsens’ new clothes

November 4, 2014

The story behind Xsens new MVN suits and software/hardware upgrades.

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Rodeo helps Birdman soar with invisible fx

October 28, 2014

How Rodeo FX helped the Birdman filmmakers construct seamless shots and get inside the mind of Michael Keaton.

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It is your Destiny

October 26, 2014

Prologue details how they made the opening cinematic for Destiny.

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Techno Image’s Trojan trip

October 23, 2014

Find out how Techo Image made the Trojan Horse was a Unicorn ident.

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How 3D printing glitches inspired these Doctor Who effects

October 22, 2014

How 3D printing gone wrong and sea slugs inspired the visual effects in the latest Doctor Who episode.

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A look at new tracking features in Flame 2015 Ext 2

October 21, 2014

Lead product designer Philippe Soeiro walks us through tew tracking capabilities coming in the new Flame Premium 2015 Extension 2.

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NUKE 9: fxguide asks the experts

October 21, 2014

Three NUKE experts weigh in on the new release of NUKE 9, which will feature NUKE Studio and upgrades to NUKE and NUKE X.

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God Only Knows how they did it

October 20, 2014

Go behind the scenes of the BBC’s ‘God Only Knows’ promo with befores and afters and on-set photos showcasing The Mill’s incredible and invisible visual effects.

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fxinsider: full audio interview with Richard Edlund

October 14, 2014

For our valued fxinsider members we have a special full-length interview with Richard Edlund, who discusses Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Multiplicity and his current role at The Academy.

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thinkingParticles v6 is released with new pricing

October 14, 2014

We talk to cebas CEO Edwin Braun about the release of thinkingParticles 6 and the new tech inside it.

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Disney’s new production renderer ‘Hyperion’ – yes, Disney!

October 13, 2014

With Disney as the owner of Pixar & thus RenderMan, it may surprise some to know that Disney Animation has developed a completely new production renderer: Hyperion – with some very cool tech & clocking a million render hours a day on Big Hero 6.

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Inside The Knick: Phosphene’s facial feature fx

October 13, 2014

Behind Phosphene’s nasal cavity visual effects for an episode of Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick.

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Going full vamp: Dracula Untold

October 13, 2014

Behind the scenes of Framestore’s bat transformation, crowd battles and vampire visual effects in Dracula Untold.

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Maintaining the mystery: editor Kirk Baxter on Gone Girl

October 2, 2014

Oscar winning editor Kirk Baxter discusses his work on David Fincher’s Gone Girl.

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Cinesite enters animated features arena

September 23, 2014

Cinesite has announced a new division and a new partnership to make and produce animated feature films.

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How previs helped make The Maze Runner

September 23, 2014

Breaking down the previs and postvis work on The Maze Runner.

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Putting the maze in Maze Runner: an fxguide/WIRED exclusive

September 19, 2014

See how Method Studios created the vast maze and relentless mechanical creatures called Grievers for the upcoming feature film Maze Runner.

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Digital Domain’s live action date with Destiny

September 14, 2014

How Digital Domain helped realize a visually beautiful live action trailer for Activision and Bungie’s incredible new Destiny.

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eyeon Software acquired by Blackmagic Design

September 12, 2014

In somewhat of a shake-up to the compositing world, Blackmagic Design has announced that it is acquiring eyeon Software.

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RC IBC news: Sony new 4K FS7

September 12, 2014

As rumoured on the last RC podcast, here is the new Sony FS7 camera just announced at IBC, more than just an XDCAM this camera here is a first look…

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Luc Besson’s Lucy – exclusive ILM interviews

September 9, 2014

We talk to ILM about the breakout indie Luc Besson hit Lucy, in these special fxinsider interviews, exclusively for Insider members.

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COLORWAY now available for C4D

September 8, 2014

The Foundry has launched a COLORWAY kit for MAXON Cinema 4D.

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