F65: Road test

April 9, 2012

With the help of Tony Gardiner, co-founder of 3rd Gear, we have one of the first serious test drives of the Sony F65 camera.

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Titanic stories

April 4, 2012

Revisit the visual effects of James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ with personal stories from several members of the VFX crew.

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The making of L’Odyssée de Cartier

April 2, 2012

We go behind the scenes of L’Odyssée de Cartier with Digital District.

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For Example: Scott Metzger and Mari v1.4

April 2, 2012

In our continuing For Example series, we talk to lead texture artist and vfx supervisor Scott Metzger about The Foundry’s Mari. Scott will also be joining fxguide live from the Foundry booth at NAB.

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Comic effects: 21 Jump Street

April 2, 2012

Effects veterans Richard Edlund, ASC and Helena Packer break down duMonde’s VFX for ’21 Jump Street’.

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FMX 2012 program announced

March 28, 2012

Find out more about the exciting FMX 2012 program with presentations from all the major VFX and animation houses, and how you can support fxguide as the official FMX podcast.

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Support fxguide: live event coverage, iPad app and more!

March 26, 2012

Learn how you can support fxguide to provide more live coverage, an iPad app and more.

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Color correction on the iPad

March 25, 2012

We take a test drive of Gamma & Density’s 3cP / Image Control Pro app for the iPad and iPhone.

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Pointcloud9 – a LIDAR case study

March 22, 2012

We look at the LIDAR tech currently being used by Pointcloud9, part of risefx in Germany.

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The Walking Dead: Season 2 – walk harder

March 21, 2012

Behind the scenes with Stargate Studios’ VFX for the second season of AMC’s zombie hit ‘The Walking Dead’.

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Speaking for the trees: The Lorax

March 20, 2012

Animation director Lionel Gallat discusses his work on Mac Guff’s latest animated adventure: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

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Around the world in six ads

March 16, 2012

We break down six recent TVCs with VFX from Mikros, Fuel, Zoic, Glassworks, Mothership/Digital Domain and MPC.

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A world away: John Carter

March 12, 2012

Tharks, Thoates, Woola and white apes – how Double Negative brought the creatures of John Carter to life.

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Infrared tracking: ingenious innovation for WWF

March 9, 2012

How The Ambassadors used Phantom cameras and infrared tracking to complete a WWF spot.

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CVMP: Additional Sessions

March 9, 2012

As a bonus for fxinsider members, we have two full presentations from the CVMP conference. First, research by Paul Debevec’s ICT team into simplifying image-based lighting. The other is The Mill’s Jordi Bares covering new lighting techniques and pipelines.

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HIERO Ships

March 8, 2012

The Foundry announced that they have begun shipping HIERO, their shot management, conform and review tool for VFX. Click through for the press release and links to other coverage here at fxguide.

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5D | FLUX discussion series in LA

March 8, 2012

Immersive design consortium 5D | Institute is holding series of integrated workshop discussions and panel presentations, spanning three evenings in Los Angeles starting March 13, 2012. “5D | FLUX’ will consist of 120-minute interactive sessions aimed at encouraging in-depth conversations about world-building across disciplines.

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Spirit of Vengeance: a grittier Ghost Rider

March 8, 2012

We talk to the visual effects team behind Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

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Jean-Luc Bouchard R.I.P.

March 6, 2012

We remember Jean-Luc Bouchard who sadly passed away recently after a long battle with cancer. Jean-Luc worked at Discreet Logic, Nothing Real and Apple.

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Electric aliens: Buf’s VFX for The Darkest Hour

March 6, 2012

Buf breaks down its visual effects for The Darkest Hour. Includes a behind the scenes making of video.

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Effect-ing the story

March 5, 2012

How VFX helped to enhance the director’s vision in War Horse, Safe House, Big Miracle and Underworld: Awakening.

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A look at Blur’s game cinematics

March 4, 2012

fxguide’s Mike Seymour recently got the chance to sit down with Blur Studio creative director and co-founder Tim Miller to discuss game cinematics, in cooperation with our media partners at The Daily.

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B&H start your cash registers…5D Mark III

March 2, 2012

The 5D Mark III is launched – here’s what we know.

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Out of the box: Houdini 12 released

March 1, 2012

New release of Houdini from Side Effects includes enhanced Pyro FX and FLIP fluids, Bullet integration, production-ready Cloth, and Alembic export.

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Challenges continue for VFX industry

February 29, 2012

Imageworks says it is leaving Albuquerque, Blizzard to lay off 600 workers, while Pixomondo will open new facility in Baton Rouge.

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Luxology releases new modo 601

February 29, 2012

We take a quick look at Luxology’s latest release of its modo software for modeling, sculpting, 3D painting, animation and rendering.

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Side Effects Software – 25 years on

February 27, 2012

To mark the 25th year of Side Effects Software we talk to co-founder Kim Davidson and to SideFX’s Sci-Tech Oscar winners about their work on micro-voxels.

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Kim Masters on The Business

February 27, 2012

Kim Masters writes for industry standard The Hollywood Reporter and is also host of the highly respected podcast and radio show The Business on KCRW. We explore big budget effects films, trends at the Studios and what it takes to produce a top rated radio show on Business in Hollywood.

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Congratulations to Hugo, Rango & Morris Lessmore

February 26, 2012

In this special video we highlight the VFX and animation winners at the 84th Academy Awards.

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RSP’s trees, bees and birds in Mysterious Island

February 21, 2012

In this fxinsider interview, we chat to Rising Sun dfx supe Mark Wendell about the bird and bee chase in ‘Journey 2’.

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