Side Effects Software – 25 years on
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.
Kim Masters on The Business
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.
Congratulations to Hugo, Rango & Morris Lessmore
In this special video we highlight the VFX and animation winners at the 84th Academy Awards.
RSP’s trees, bees and birds in Mysterious Island
In this fxinsider interview, we chat to Rising Sun dfx supe Mark Wendell about the bird and bee chase in ‘Journey 2’.
Journey 2: small is large & large is small
‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ VFX supe Boyd Shermis and the major visual effects vendors discuss the film.
Rhythm & Hues takes flight for Chronicle
We recently visited Rhythm & Hues in LA to talk to visual effects supervisor Raymond Chen about the flying scenes in Chronicle.
HIERO launch events in LA, Toronto & NYC
The Foundry is holding launch events for HIERO, their vfx shot management and conform tool, in LA (Feb 23rd), Toronto (Feb 28th), and NYC (Mar 1st). Click through for signup info and a link to our fxguidetv ep covering the software.
Phantom camera, Sci-Tech winner
We talk to Vision Research’s Radu Corlan and Andy Jantzen about their Sci-Tech award for the Phantom camera.
BAFTA Film Awards winners
The BAFTA Film Awards winners have been announced, with Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 winning Best Special Visual Effects.
Stan Lee vs. fxguide
fxguide’s own Mike Seymour recently sat down at the VES Awards with Stan Lee of Marvel.
Breaking down the Super Bowl spots – Part 2
Our Super Bowl XLVI coverage continues with a look at several more of the major VFX spots airing during the game.
Visual Effects Society Winners of 10th Annual VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the winners of its 10th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Complete list and photos follow.
Red Tails: Pixomondo wrecks planes and trains
Pixomondo VFX supe Bjørn Mayer breaks down his studio’s key shots for Red Tails.
Breaking down the Super Bowl spots – Part 1
Our Super Bowl XLVI coverage starts with a post-apocalyptic Chevy spot and CG cheetah work for Hyundai.
Luma transforms Underworld: Awakening
How Luma Pictures used mo-cap, Light Stage and Arnold to bring the Underworld: Awakening Lycans to life.
New source for 3D displacement textures
Surface Mimic makes 3D scanned depth maps for digital sculpting, allowing artists to brush high-res details onto models with industry software such as ZBrush, Mudbox, Mari and 3D-Coat. We speak to founder Paul Callender.
Behind the scenes with the animated Oscar noms
fxguide takes a look at the animated features and animated shorts nominated for the 84th Academy Awards.
Award submissions made easy
With only one day to go until on-line voting closes for the 10th Annual VES Awards, we thought we’d take a look at one of the companies who helped make the awards possible on a global scale – Sohonet.
Alive and animated: how DD created ‘Robotarm’
We talk to DD VFX sup. Aladino Debert about the challenges of completing a Cisco spot in a tight four week schedule.
A Game of Shadows: more to the mystery
We explore the key visual effects shots from Framestore and MPC in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Hugo garners 11 Oscar noms – here’s why
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo received the lion’s share of Oscar nominations this year – we check out Pixomondo’s breakdowns of their VFX work.
Oscar Nominations Announced
This morning The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards®. In the category Achievement in Visual Effects, the nominees are…
Now you can RenderMan on Demand
Pixar has now formally announced RenderMan on Demand, a new cloud based rendering service that was developed in collaboration with GreenButton.
Brainstorming more VFX on Boardwalk Empire
Brainstorm Digital tells us about their VES Awards-nominated work for the second series of Boardwalk Empire.
32Ten Studios – mixing it up
We talk to Scott Smith about the advent of the new practical and digital FX studio 32Ten created by former ILM and Kerner Optical employees.
Open Beta for HIERO begins
The Foundry has moved it’s new workflow/conform tool HIERO to it’s next phase, announcing an open beta. Release date and pricing was also announced.
BAFTA Film Awards Nominations
Nominees have been announced for the Orange British Academy Film Awards. We have the list for Special Visual Effects and Cinematography.
Digital storytelling: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Blur, Method and Digital Domain explain their titles and VFX work on David Fincher’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’.
Godfrey Pye R.I.P.
Godfrey Pye passsed away in LA at 68. He was a giant in our industry. Speaking for myself, even in Australia, as I worked hard in TVC post and VFX in the 80s and 90s, Godfrey was a legend in the industry worldwide, – but for my business partner Jeff Heusser – he was a […]
MutantLand: from the mind of Phil Tippett
Visual effects supervisor and director Phil Tippett, and his team, talk to fxguide about their short film ‘MutantLand’.