Inside Erik Wernquist’s Wanderers

January 11, 2015

Behind the scenes of the beautiful short film Wanderers – with original inspirational imagery and behind the scenes pics.

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VFX on TV: Rock monsters, pirate ships and a cyclops

January 9, 2015

Showcasing VFX from the TV shows Constantine, Atlantis and Crossbones.

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BAFTA Nominations

January 9, 2015

Nominations have been announced for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015.

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Into the Woods: full of effects surprises

December 26, 2014

Visual effects supervisor Matt Johnson discusses Into the Woods’ effects from beanstalks, to miniature forests, giants, transforming dresses and drone shoots.

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Alive again: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

December 22, 2014

Behind the scenes with vfx breakdowns from the latest Night at the Museum film.

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Five big scenes from Exodus

December 19, 2014

Breakdowns from five shots and sequences in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings.

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Exploring Black Sea

December 18, 2014

Breaking down the effects in the Kevin Macdonald submarine film Black Sea.

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Commercial break(down)

December 17, 2014

With special making of breakdown videos, we take a look at visual effects work in TVCs with alt.vfx, Method Studios and Mirada.

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Paddington: an animation Q&A

December 17, 2014

Framestore animation supervisor Pablo Grillo delves into the art of animation behind Paddington.

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MARI and MODO for everyone

December 11, 2014

The Foundry is releasing ‘indie’ versions of MARI and MODO today on Steam.

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Zooming in on Assassin’s Creed: Unity

December 8, 2014

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.

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Shotgun at Autodesk: the state of play

December 8, 2014

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

December 5, 2014

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

December 5, 2014

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

December 4, 2014

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

December 1, 2014

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

December 1, 2014

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

November 28, 2014

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

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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