The art of NeRFs, part one
NeRFs were one of THE hot topics at SIGGRAPH 2023 – and we deep dive into why… and exactly what a NeRF is.
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How they did that brilliant women’s football commercial
Nicolas Vogel, Flame artist & VFX Supervisor at Prodigious in France headed the Orange – la Compil des Bleues TV commercial which has gone viral the world over.
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Congratulations to the VFX Emmy nominees
Congrats to all the Emmy Nominations for 2023.
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Union power (the VFX behind The Power)
We speak to Union VFX in the UK about The Power
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AI aided facial animation for Call of Duty Modern Warfare II
DI4D + Infinity Ward delivered the facial animation for Call of Duty Modern Warfare II. They processed over 4 hours of facial performance data with a new AI pipeline.
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Guardians Vol3: How they delivered those brilliant CG character performances
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be remembered for having some of the finest character animation work yet seen in the Marvel Universe.
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Apple M2 Studio learns Nuke machine learning
The new Nuke with Apple Silicon native CopyCat shows why the new Apple M2 Ultra is a great machine learning VFX tool.
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Guardians Vol 3: how they did that incredible hallway shot
We talk to Wētā FX’s Guy Williams and deep dive into that Hallyway one-shot in Guardians Vol3.
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A Possible Future of Wide Scale Volumetric: NeRFs, AI and Experiencials
We answer a much asked question: What is the next big thing with AI in media and entertainment?
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Picard : Star Trek at its VFX finest
Picard’s VFX honors both the tradition and inspiration of decades of Trek VFX.
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What a week in 3D: RenderMan, Lightwave, and Clarisse
RenderMan turns 25, Lightwave Moves, and Clarisse Dies
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Virtual influences and digital humans at scale: Isaac Bratzel
We talk to Isaac Bratzel about his new Digital Human company: Avataros
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Generative AI fashion videos
London College of Fashion and Framestore’s Johannes Saam discuss how to make generative fashion AI videos
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Flying Top Gun: Maverick with Ryan Tudhope
A Deep Dive with Oscar Nominated Ryan Tudhope, the Visual Effects Supervisor on Top Gun: Maverick.
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Exclusive: Joe Letteri discusses Wētā FX’s new facial pipeline on Avatar 2
Senior VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri discusses in depth, Wētā FX’s new APFS pipeline – the new face system in Avatar: The Way of Water, along with Prof. Karan Singh.
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She-Hulk: Wētā’s Shade of Green
We sit down with Wētā FX to discuss the character animation of She-Hulk with VFX Supervisor Guy Williams and Animation Director Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
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Why the Campanile movie, 25 years on, is still so important
Following his Lifetime Achievement Emmy, Paul Debevec looks back 25 years to his original Campanile Movie.
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The virtual production behind the soccer TVC for Caledon Football Club
We explore the technical issues in this advanced Virtual Production with film makers and VP experts.
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Huge update for MetaHuman : import your own head!
The new mesh importer for MetaHuman Creator is a game-changer for Digital Humans in UE5
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Majestically Morphing Morbius
We talk to Joel Behrens, VFX Supervisor at Digital Domain about Morbius’ digital transformation.
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Deep Dive on Wētā FX Face Fabrication System
A deep dive into the Machine Learning of WĒTĀ FX’s Wētā FX Face Fabrication System
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Making of (all the) Spider-Man: No Way Home
Video breakdowns of SPI’s great Comp, Environment, suit, and FX work for Spider-Man
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The neural rendering of The Champion
The world’s first full neural rendered dialogue replacement full feature film.
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Do I want an Apple Studio?
We look at M1 Max Studio vs M1 MacBook Pro – for professional effects editing.
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The integrated role of hi-tech props in The Adam Project
Property Master, Dean Eilertson talks about The Adam Project
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Ultra fast NeRF at GTC (3D from 2D REALLY quickly)
NVIDIA demos a 1000X speed up in using NeRFs to make 3D scenes from 2D.
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Nivellen may be cursed but he’s a winner
We talk to the extended ILM team about the VES award-winning Nivellen in The Witcher
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Spinning Reacher
SpinVFX helped Jack Reacher, visit the Margrave, Georgia and get in classic Reacher trouble.
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Dune: the answer is in the plate photography
What should the Oscars reward? What can we learn from Dune? Paul Lambert’s answers are in the plate.
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