Shotgun at Autodesk: the state of play
It’s been almost six months since Autodesk acquired Shotgun – so how have things gone so far?
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87th Oscars – the ten VFX contenders
Find out which 10 films are in contention for the visual effects Oscar.
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Real 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.
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Digital Vision purchased by management team
Color grading, restoration and film scanning product provider Digital Vision has been bought out by its management team.
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A 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.
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Blur’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.
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The 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.
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The top 10 effects of 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Go behind the scenes of the launch trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
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Xsens’ new clothes
The story behind Xsens new MVN suits and software/hardware upgrades.
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Rodeo helps Birdman soar with invisible fx
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
Prologue details how they made the opening cinematic for Destiny.
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Techno Image’s Trojan trip
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
Oscar winning editor Kirk Baxter discusses his work on David Fincher’s Gone Girl.
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Cinesite enters animated features arena
Cinesite has announced a new division and a new partnership to make and produce animated feature films.
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