VFX Oscar nominations are out
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the five VFX Oscar nominees.
Read the ArticleVES Announces Nominees for 12th Annual VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the nominees for the 12th Annual VES Awards.
Read the ArticleDragons, beasts and bamfing: 47 Ronin
See what’s behind the visual effects in four of the biggest sequences from Carl Rinsch’s 47 Ronin.
Read the ArticleHeads above: the VFX of Sleepy Hollow
See VFX breakdown clips from a recent episode of the Fox TV series Sleepy Hollow in this behind the scenes look with visual effects supe Jason Zimmerman.
Read the ArticleBreaking down the bake-off films
Our special bonus fxinsider look at the 10 films still in the VFX Oscar race, with breakdowns and clips.
Read the ArticleFrom effects sims to car flipping – Academy unveils Sci-Tech achievements
Sci-Tech awards include recognition of effects simulation software, VFX toolkits, color workflows, practical fx systems and more.
Read the ArticleBAFTA Award Nominations
The EE British Academy Film Awards nominations were announced today with five films in competition for Special Visual Effects.
Read the ArticleDino-bytes: the tech of Walking With Dinosaurs
For fxinsider members, take a look at the new Walking With Dinosaurs movie and the muscle and skin tech with Animal Logic.
Read the ArticleBeautified reality: making Walter Mitty’s world
Behind the scenes of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with visual effects supervisor Guillaume Rocheron.
Read the ArticleWhat’s the dish on Cinesite’s Beans?
The director and producer of Cinesite’s short ‘Beans’ talk to fxguide about making the surprise-ending film.
Read the ArticleMeet Smaug
How Weta Digital created the titular dragon in ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.’
Read the ArticleIn the cutting room with Catching Fire editor Alan Bell
For fxguide insider members – a special christmas gift. A detailed technical look at editing two scenes of the Hunger Games: Catching Fire with Editor Alan Bell. We look in depth at the speech scene in District 11 vs an effects heavy scene such as the hologram training center scene.
Read the ArticleBoom times: The Wolf of Wall Street
Visual effects supervisor Rob Legato breaks down his work for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street.
Read the ArticleThe Book Thief: crafting the visual effects
Behind the scenes of RISE FX’s invisible visual effects for The Book Thief – a great loved novel – now a new feature film. Includes before and after images from the film.
Read the ArticleVES camera reports – one set of notes to rule them all
In a move to help actually see camera data make it to post, the VES Technology Committee has launched a new initiative and standard that is free and open to all.
Read the ArticleWhat’s new in Maxwell?
Next Limit has released Maxwell Render V3 – check out the new features of this great renderer here.
Read the ArticleNUKE 8 – the artists have spoken
A run-down of the newest features in The Foundry’s NUKE 8 release.
Read the ArticleVFX Oscar shortlist!
The list of 10 films that will go into the VFX Oscar bake-off has been announced.
Read the ArticleClarisse iFX: new pricing and products
Isotropix targets Clarisse iFX to freelancers and to small studios with new low pricing options. We speak one on one with company CEO Sam Assadian.
Read the ArticleVFX on TV: how to build planets, androids and Dalek saucers
fxguide goes behind the scenes of the VFX in three recent television shows – The Day of the Doctor, Almost Human and Richard Hammond Builds A Planet.
Read the ArticleThe tech of Disney’s Frozen and Get a Horse!
The research and technology behind snow simulation in Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Frozen and the making of its accompanying short Get a Horse!.
Read the ArticleBehind the scenes of JCVD’s epic Volvo split
How they pulled off the epic Jean-Claude Van Damme splits stunt in that Volvo Trucks commercial.
Read the ArticleLiquifying a landscape
We go behind the scenes of the music video for Atoms for Peace’s song Before Your Very Eyes made with live action and augmented CG elements.
Read the ArticleThe art of digital faces at ICT – digital Emily to digital Ira
As part of fxguide’s famous ‘Art of’ series – we turn our focus to realistic digital faces and especially the work of USC’s ICT – in this exclusive in-depth article.
Read the ArticleVFX artists dust off the green for Presidential visit
A announced visit by President Obama to DreamWorks Glendale animation studio has visual effects artists in Los Angeles donning green and taking to the streets.
Read the ArticleCatching Fire: meet the real Gamemaker
Catching Fire’s visual effect supervisor Janek Sirrs – perhaps the true Gamemaker of the film – breaks down all the key scenes from this second instalment of the Hunger Games.
Read the ArticleThe dark side: behind the VFX of Thor: The Dark World
Inside the visual effects of Thor: The Dark World – the latest film in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.
Read the ArticleSeamless shots: invisible effects in film, TV and music vids
Breaking down the seamless visual effects work in Captain Phillips, Kick-Ass 2, Katy Perry’s Roar music video and the TV show Orphan Black.
Read the ArticleWhat to see at SIGGRAPH Asia
Your preview guide to the key courses, tech papers, exhibits and speakers coming up at SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 in Hong Kong.
Read the ArticleWhat 10 things can we do for you?
We wanted to highlight all the things we have built for you guys here at fxguide and fxphd – here is 10 things, including a chat with the Concept Art Department at ILM !
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