The technology of Michael Jackson reborn
We look at the new face of Michael Jackson with exclusive high res images from the Billboard Awards Hologram and interview with VFX Sup Stephen Rosenbaum.
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Take a trip: the VFX of 22 Jump Street
Behind the scenes of 22 Jump Street’s 600+ visual effects, from truck chases to helicopter crashes, drug trips to crowd shots.
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How The Mill made its marionettes
Real marionettes, actor stand-ins and CG models helped make up DirecTV’s new ‘marionette’ TVCs, with vfx from The Mill.
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MPC: Behind the Scenes – Design FX
See how MPC made the Sentinels in this exclusive look from our WIRED series
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Live. Die. Repeat the effects
How new tools made for tentacled mimics, exploding drop ships and an intense beach war…over and over again: the VFX of ‘Edge of Tomorrow’.
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Ocula 4: Exclusive info about the new release
The Foundry announced today the launch of OCULA 4, the latest version of its software plug-in toolset for NUKE, designed to address the problems with stereoscopic imagery. Get the details about what is new in this exclusive.
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The many faces of Maleficent
We explore digital faces, characters and environments in the new Angelina Jolie film, Maleficent.
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Early Weta Workshop designs for Godzilla
Weta Workshop and the early character design work they did on the iconic Godzilla.
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Meet Zebedee: handheld LIDAR scanning
We explore the Zebedee 3D mapping system which uses a handheld LIDAR scanner to map indoor and outdoor areas.
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RenderMan/RIS and the start of next 25 years
Pixar restructures R&D, launches a new RenderMan & dramatically drops the price. We speak 1 on 1 with Pixar’s top management about the changes + what they mean for you (Exclusive coverage)
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From the set of I, Frankenstein
A look inside the filming behind ‘I, Frankenstein’, from the set to the final visual effects shots.
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Future threat – X-Men: Days of Future Past
Quicksilver, Sentinels, Beast, Mystique and more – past and present vfx in Days of Future Past.
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A twist to the Willis O’Brien tale
Cinefex has uncovered a new side to the revered stop motion and effects ‘pioneer’ Willis O’Brien.
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Learning from Godzilla
What director Gareth Edwards learned while making the newest re-imagining of Godzilla.
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Titanfall: making the opening movie
How the visual effects supervisor on ‘Moon’ helped craft a gritty opening cinematic for Respawn’s Titanfall.
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In-house production: making a TVC
We talk to Dutch studio The Ambassadors about their work from start to finish on a fully CG ‘claymation’ animated television commercial.
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The Art of the Ride Film (we visit 6 killer rides)
Immerse yourself in ride films – from Star Tours to Transformers, Harry Potter to King Kong.
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UDIM UV mapping
UDIM UV mapping has enormous popularity for texturing in the face of much newer systems such as Ptex (which works very well in its own right). We investigate why & talk to the original author, Richard Addison-Wood at Weta Digital.
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Storyboarding the Star Wars universe
A new book presents storyboards and concept art discovered in the Lucasfilm archives from the original Star Wars trilogy.
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Super-charged VFX: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The making of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – we explore the VFX for Electro, Spider-Man’s suit and the Times Square clash.
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The making of Electro
Watch how Sony Pictures Imageworks turned Jamie Foxx into Electro for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier – reaching new heights
fxguide’s comprehensive run-down on the visual effects in The Winter Soldier.
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FMX 2014: Houdini Engine for Cinema 4D & RealFlow 2014
In our final report from FMX2014, we cover the announcement that Cinema 4D will be supporting the Houdini Engine as well as have a sneak peek at the upcoming RealFlow 2014.
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Arnold: used to help in the fight against child exploitation
In a real world operation, ‘Sweetie” was a completely virtual girl rendered in Arnold and driven in realtime by an operator, then used in chat rooms to interact with internet predators.
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FMX 2014: day three/four report
We have a variety of sessions in our third recap from FMX. This includes a panel discussion on applying animation pipelines to vfx, the Arnold Renderer workshop, Shotgun, Rush, and Paul Debevec.
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FMX 2014: day two report
FMX day two, with a variety of presentations on films, commercials, animation, and more. With some help from Matt Leonard, we recap a few of the day’s offerings including the sneak peek at Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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MODO 801 – just released
Find out what’s new in The Foundry’s latest release of MODO.
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FMX 2014: day one report
FMX 2014 got underway in Stuttgart, Germany on Tuesday. Over the years, this has become Europe’s premiere VFX related conference and this year is no exception. We recap some of the highlights from the first day, with help from fxphd prof Matt Leonard.
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VFX in TVCs: amazing baby and amazing SUV
Behind the scenes of two recent TVCs for Evian and Nissan with VFX by Mikros Image and Digital Domain.
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Divergent’s digi-environments and creatures
In this bonus article for fxinsiders, find out more about the digital environments and CG work in Divergent.
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