Driving the projection mapping revolution
We talk to Drive Productions CEO Ben Fender about their London Millbank Tower building projections for Nokia Lumia.
For Example: Vue and Whiskytree
Whiskytree discuss how they use Vue in their pipeline for digital environments, as part of our ‘For Example’ series.
Kodak: innovative restructuring
We take a quick look at Kodak’s restructuring in light of rumors of a possible Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. UPDATED: Kodak has now filed for bankruptcy protection.
Lightroom 4 reads and (sort of) grades EPIC r3d clips
Adobe today released Lightroom 4 as a public beta, and we stumbled upon it opening (and sort of grading) EPIC r3d files.
BAFTA longlist – VFX and animated films
Here’s the longlist of BAFTA nominations for the visual effects and animated film categories.
Nikon D4 : Nikon welcome (back) to the game
Nikon comes back to the DSLR Video race. Is the D4 the 5DMK III Canon has yet to release? Or is it too little too late to catch up to the much larger and now film-maker committed Canon? The D4 scheduled for next month (Feb Shipping) offers a lot of features that you might hope […]
The Mill makes Audi hum
We talk to The Mill’s visual effects team about their VES-nominated Audi A6 Avant ‘Hummingbird’ spot.
10 in running for VFX Oscar
Check out the list of ten films in contention for this year’s visual effects Oscar, and how fxguide has covered them.
2011’s Best VFX TV Spots
We take a look at the top visual effects work as seen in TVCs from 2011. (Especially as we hope be looking at more in 2012 😉
Skywalker Sound and ‘War Horse’
Skywalker Sound’s Gary Rydstrom discusses the sound design for Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’.
VFX in 2011
Take a look back at some of the big visual effects films of 2011, courtesy of our media partners at The Daily.
Assimilate webinar : Jan 10th
Mike Seymour will be doing another Assimilate Webinar on Scratch. Working With Scratch in a Pipeline. Webinar is 10th of January at 10:00 am PST To register for this event, please visit this link We will look at the challenges of working in a multi-suite, modern day workflow. Rather than just using Scratch to complete […]
Tintin: Weta goes animated
Weta Digital vfx supe Wayne Stables tells us about the challenges of creating Steven Spielberg’s ‘Tintin’.
Melancholia: when worlds collide, beautifully
We talk to ‘Melancholia’ VFX sup. Peter Hjorth, plus Platige Image and Pixomondo, about the visual effects for Lars von Trier’s film. Includes a video breakdown of the effects work with commentary by Hjorth.
More incredible, invisible effects
We look at more seamless VFX work in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Breaking Dawn, Machine Gun Preacher, Jack and Jill, Young Adult and Dolphin Tale.
Happy Feet Two: extended interviews
fxinsider members can watch extended interviews with the VFX and mocap supes behind Happy Feet Two.
The Art of Destruction (or Art of Blowing Crap Up)
As part of our ongoing in-depth ‘Art Of’ series, we present the Art of Blowing Crap Up: destruction pipelines.
Breaking Dawn: Tippett crafts a scene
In this video from our media partners at The Daily, Tippett Studio talks about its digital wolves for the lumberyard sequence in Breaking Dawn – Part 1.
15 Features in Line for VFX Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected for consideration for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 84th Academy Awards®.
SIGGRAPH Asia: the CAF, courses, ETech and art gallery
Before SIGGRAPH Asia begins next week in Hong Kong, we take a final look at some conference highlights.
An ad for beer, with deer
Alt.vfx supervisor Colin Renshaw tells us about the Tooheys Extra Dry ‘Nocturnal Migration’ spot, featuring both real and mocap’d digital deer. Includes a behind the scenes making of vid.
Puss in Boots: color grading in stereo
Puss in Boots colorist Jeff Olm discusses working on the animated film for Dreamworks Animation, in this fxinsider podcast.
SIGGRAPH Asia preview: extinction transmittance maps
In this audio podcast, we talk to Pascal Gautron from Technicolor Research & Innovation about a SIGGRAPH Asia technical sketch on Extinction Transmittance Maps.
Mo-capping penguins, and krill, for Happy Feet Two
In this video from our media partners at The Daily, the motion capture supervisors discuss their work on Happy Feet Two.
Hugo: a study of modern inventive visual effects
We delve into the extraordinary stereoscopic visual effects work in Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Hugo.
Breaking Dawn: making wolves
In this special fxinsider only podcast, we visit Tippett Studio to discuss their digital wolves for Breaking Dawn – Pt 1.
Digital District’s UK MVA noms
We talk to French vfx studio Digital District about two music vids they worked on that were finalists at the UK music video awards.
J. Edgar’s motorcades and marching bands
Method Studios discuss their invisible virtual environment and crowd effects for Clint Eastwood’s biopic ‘J. Edgar’. Updated with before and after pics.
The Muppets: It’s time to raise the curtain
We go behind the scenes with Look Effects VFX supe. Max Ivins on The Muppets.