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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Inside The Knick: Phosphene’s facial feature fx
Behind Phosphene’s nasal cavity visual effects for an episode of Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick.
Going full vamp: Dracula Untold
Behind the scenes of Framestore’s bat transformation, crowd battles and vampire visual effects in Dracula Untold.
Maintaining the mystery: editor Kirk Baxter on Gone Girl
Oscar winning editor Kirk Baxter discusses his work on David Fincher’s Gone Girl.
Cinesite enters animated features arena
Cinesite has announced a new division and a new partnership to make and produce animated feature films.
How previs helped make The Maze Runner
Breaking down the previs and postvis work on The Maze Runner.
Putting the maze in Maze Runner: an fxguide/WIRED exclusive
See how Method Studios created the vast maze and relentless mechanical creatures called Grievers for the upcoming feature film Maze Runner.
Digital Domain’s live action date with Destiny
How Digital Domain helped realize a visually beautiful live action trailer for Activision and Bungie’s incredible new Destiny.
eyeon Software acquired by Blackmagic Design
In somewhat of a shake-up to the compositing world, Blackmagic Design has announced that it is acquiring eyeon Software.
RC IBC news: Sony new 4K FS7
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…
Luc Besson’s Lucy – exclusive ILM interviews
We talk to ILM about the breakout indie Luc Besson hit Lucy, in these special fxinsider interviews, exclusively for Insider members.
COLORWAY now available for C4D
The Foundry has launched a COLORWAY kit for MAXON Cinema 4D.
Journey to The Hundred-Foot Journey
How invisible effects were used in the making of The Hundred-Foot Journey. Includes before and after pics and clips that may surprise you.
OpenSubdiv 3.0 coming (Alpha update)
What’s new and all the news about the open source OpenSubdiv project.
NUKE 9, NUKEX and NUKE STUDIO Beta now available
The Foundry has made betas of NUKE 9 and NUKE STUDIO available to existing customers.
It’s not rocket science – oh wait …
Confessions of a self confessed ‘Neutron Fan Boy’ – or how nuclear research of the 1940s is finding its way into the rendering of today.
Style city: A Dame to Kill For
Behind the scenes of Prime Focus’ visual effects for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Into the Storm: a trio of tornadoes
How real reference served to inform the visual effects artists for three of the devastating tornado sequences in Into the Storm.
SIGGRAPH 2014 – wrap-up
A final look at SIGGRAPH 2014 from Vancouver and what to expect in fxguide SIGGRAPH coverage coming soon.
Congrats to the Creative Emmy winners
Congrats to all the winners at this Saturday’s Creative Emmy Awards!
Sci-Tech Oscar 2015 Consideration list
The areas of interest for the Sci-Tech 2015 Oscars has been published.
More from SIGGRAPH 2014
More from SIGGRAPH 2014 – Emerging Tech, the Pixar RenderMan User Group and parties with Image Engine and ILM.
The VFX of Guardians of the Galaxy
How the VFX teams behind Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy made Rocket, Groot, huge environments, spaceship chases and an incredible final battle.
News from SIGGRAPH: Shotgun & NVIDIA
Shotgun introduces an iPhone app and NVIDIA rounds out its Kepler product line at SIGGRAPH 2014.