The making of Halo 4: Spartan Ops
In light of the recent XBOX HALO series announcements, fxguide explores the making of the recent Halo 4: Spartan Ops with Axis, BlackGinger and Realise Studio.
Read the Article
Preview the SIGGRAPH 2013 technical papers
Watch the Technical Papers preview video for SIGGRAPH 2013.
Read the Article
Doctor Who: Stargate’s adventures in time
We go behind the scenes of Stargate Studio’s visual effects for the series 7 finale of Doctor Who.
Read the Article
Xbox One: developers ready
Microsoft’s Xbox One announcements sees new Kinect features, and lets developers continue advancements in lighting and texturing.
Read the Article
Star Trek: Into Darkness: VFX makes it so
Behind the visual effects of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness with ILM, Pixomondo and Atomic Fiction.
Read the Article
More than 5m views, with no spaceships in sight
The buzz surrounding Star Trek: Into Darkness is clearly apparent with the huge response to this Audi Spock vs Spock viral.
Read the Article
fxinsider special – color for CG artists
In this special video for fxguide fxinsider members, we talk to senior lighting artist Tarek Elaydi, who discusses issues of color science, management and use in CG lighting and visual effects.
Read the Article
The tech behind the AdobeMAX sneak peeks
AdobeMAX is wrapped, but one of the killer sessions was Sneak Peeks where users get a glimpse of the future. We recap the presentations and speculate as to some image processing tech behind them.
Read the Article
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen R.I.P 1920-2013
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen Born: Los Angeles 29th June 1920 Died: London 7th May 2013. From the Harryhausen Family posted via Facebook: The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator. He was a multi-award winner which includes a special Oscar and BAFTA. Ray’s influence on today’s […]
Read the Article
Iron Man 3: more suits to play with
More suits, more extreme effects. How the VFX studios behind Iron Man 3 made the film possible.
Read the Article
Notes from AdobeMAX: It’s in the Cloud
I’m attending AdobeMAX for the first time this year and we share some thoughts from the conference with or fxphd and fxinsider members. New apps, new features, and new pricing model for Adobe’s software.
Read the Article
Stop frame animation made with atoms. Yes, at the atomic level!
Atomic short film – literally a film made at atomic – per atom level by IBM – truly remarkable and a key to future atomic memory devices.
Read the Article
LED light quality: a free fxphd Background lecture
LED lighting is rising in popularity but this free fxphd lecture explains and compares LED lights in this free in depth BKD class from fxphd.com. The results are surprising.
Read the Article
Canon 5D Mk III firmware update released
Now out of Beta the 5D Mk III update is ready to be downloaded…
Read the Article
Aaton out of the Game? updated
Reports that Aaton has shut down subject to finding additional funding. Updated 4/291600GMT with statement from Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Founder and CEO of Aaton
Read the Article
FMX 2013 – final wrap-up
Some final thoughts on FMX 2013 and a look at the Iron Man 3 presentations by Trixter and Weta Digital, and on virtual production.
Read the Article
The science of spherical harmonics at Weta Digital
Just what are Spherical Harmonics? And how are the visual effects artists at Weta Digital using SH to handle vast renders?
Read the Article
Day 2 at FMX 2013 – Lara Croft’s hair, Arnold, MPC’s FX tools, OpenSubdiv
Day 2 at the FMX 2013 conference in Stuttgart, Germany had more great VFX and gaming talks, plus a look at digital camera work and Pixar’s OpenSubdiv.
Read the Article
Day 1 at FMX 2013 – Pixar, Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, Katana, V-Ray
We wrap-up day one at FMX 2013 in Stuttgart, which saw panels on the state of VFX, behind the scenes of Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, The Blue Umbrella and Epic and ILM’s use of V-Ray.
Read the Article
How Digic made the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag trailer
Pirates, sailors and Assassin’s Creed – behind the scenes of Digic Pictures’ Black Flag trailer with CG turntables and making ofs.
Read the Article
Inside Oblivion
We talk to DOP Claudio Miranda, ASC and the visual effects supes from Digital Domain and Pixomondo about Oblivion.
Read the Article
RC special – what’s in Jason Wingrove’s Epic kit?
After several emails and comments in fxphd’s forums, we offer this update of the typical state of the art gear in an independent Epic film package. We asked the RC’s Jason’s Wingrove to open his camera bags and show us his typical kit.
Read the Article
World-building: making the TV series Defiance
Behind the scenes of the VFX in Syfy’s new TV series Defiance, with befores and afters imagery and a bonus gallery.
Read the Article
OpenEXR 2.0 goes deep
Now out of public beta, an update of the open source high dynamic range file format OpenEXR to include several new features, including deep data support, has been released with version 2.0.
Read the Article
NAB 2013: Blackmagic and Moore’s Law
The buzz especially in the South Hall and Central Halls of the NAB 2013 which cater to production and post-production was the power of Moore’s Law as represented by a tiny ‘point and film’ camera that perhaps was the biggest news.
Read the Article
HDRs for an animated film? Behind the scenes of The Croods
How DreamWorks Animation employed Point-Based Global-Illumination on The Croods, relied on HDRs to inform lighting and developed a new cross-over between effects and animation.
Read the Article
Broadcast and ident design highlights
Here’s a couple of broadcast design and idents projects that have caught our eye recently – from NASCAR to MTV and the BBC – featuring work by The Mill, Polynoid and Engine Room.
Read the Article
Welcome (back) to Jurassic Park
How ILM’s VFX art director literally put his body on the line to help make Jurassic Park, and what the hardest thing in the film was to convert for its 3D release – you’ll be surprised.
Read the Article
Adobe’s new pro video tools: NAB sneak peek
Adobe has revealed its next versions of Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade, Audition, Prelude, Media Encoder and Story.
Read the Article
The Iron Man science project
Behind the scenes of an Iron Man-themed Verizon TV spot, with visual effects by The Embassy.
Read the Article