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.
For Example: The Mill LA’s Tim Davies and Flame
In the first of our new ‘For Example’ series, lead 2D artist Tim Davies from The Mill LA talks about how he uses Autodesk’s Flame and what tools he uses, for example, in his daily work.
How to crash a train: Super 8
In this video from our media partners at The Daily, ILM VFX supe Dennis Muren and animation supe Paul Kavanagh break down Super 8’s amazing train crash.
Killer visuals: Tippett’s God speed fx for Immortals
We go in-depth with Tippett Studio on their Gods vs Titans vfx for Immortals.
Immortals: Q&A with VFX sup. Raymond Gieringer
Immortals VFX supervisor Raymond Gieringer discusses the planning, on-set InterSense and live-viz systems for the visual effects in Tarsem Singh’s film.
View from the penthouse: Tower Heist
Effects supes from Method, Phosphene and Gravity discuss their visual effects work on ‘Tower Heist’.
IATSE… One Year Later
One year ago the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees announced their intention to organize visual effects artists. What is the status of this effort, what has happened in the past year?
SIGGRAPH Asia speaker preview: Bill Buxton
We chat to SIGGRAPH Asia featured speaker Bill Buxton, one of the key people behind Maya and Sketchbook Pro, about human-computer interaction and computer graphics.
Breaking down MOTOR’s Rockland spots
We look at MOTOR VFX’s breakdowns for its Rockland TVCs.
Breaking Bad: the end of Gus
Visual effects supervisor William Powloski breaks down the face off shot in the final season four episode of ‘Breaking Bad’.
Minute by minute: the vfx of In Time
The effects supes from soho VFX and Luma Pictures discuss their work on Andrew Niccol’s ‘In Time’.
The Foundry releases OCULA 3.0
The Foundry has released OCULA 3.0 featuring new tools to help fix mis‐focused camera pairs and retime in stereo as well as a range of workflow tweaks and improvements. Included in this article are some video demos showcasing new features.
Canon & RED Event Live Coverage
We had an amazing response to our coverage of the Canon and RED announcements, so many people tried to access the server that we could not handle the traffic (in spite of doubling capacity). This graph illustrates the spike in traffic we saw that forced us to use a twitter account to get the word […]
Puss in Boots: head in the clouds
We chat to the VFX supe and effects lead on Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Puss in Boots’, and go in-depth on their lighting and rendering approach for a major clouds sequence.
The ghosts of Twixt
SPY Post executive producer Amy Wixson discusses the VFX and color grading work on Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt’.
The Thing: a matter of life and breath
With A Twist Studio breaks down its breath shots for ‘The Thing’. Includes a behind the scenes making of reel.
The Foundry ships first version of KATANA. ILM buys in.
The Foundry released KATANA 1.0 today, their look development tool. They also announced that ILM has purchased a site license, and KATANA will be used in their San Francisco and Singapore studios. Click through for some more details about the software as well as links to articles we’ve done here at fxguide about the product.
Mikros image: the making of the Canal+ bear
Mikros image breaks down the visual effects in the Canal+ ‘Bear Rug’ spot.
Psyop keeps us happy
Psyop gives us the details on ‘The Great Happyfication’, its latest short for the Coca-Cola Happiness Factory series. Includes a specially made Psyop breakdown.
Behind the scenes of Attack the Block
Joe Cornish’s suburban alien invasion flick, Attack the Block, is now available on DVD. Here’s a video we produced with our media partners at The Daily about Fido’s visual effects for the film.
PromaxBDA creativity and that Canal+ bear
Olivier Schaack, Creative Services Director of Canal+ was one of the key speakers at the PromaxBDA conference in Sydney, the second largest Promax held outside the USA. Schaack, wearing a French rugby jersey after losing a bet on the World Cup, compared his work to that of a vampire feeding off the creative energy of his […]
The Three Musketeers: ships will soar
‘The Three Musketeers’ visual effects supervisor Dennis Berardi tells us about Mr. X’s work on the film. Includes behind the scenes making ofs.