Three of the best: a TVC round-up
fxguide goes behind the scenes of some recent spots and idents for Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, Infiniti’s Q90 and the CCTV Documentary Channel.
Company profile: restoring some Spanish spirit into VFX
We talk to WEWORK in Madrid, & how they’re dealing with the tough times in VFX. Spain is suffering but at the same time it’s produced tools like Arnold, Maxwell, RealFlow & Mistika. WEWORK now also looks internationally.
Sci-Tech Oscars – 14 under consideration
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 14 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.
Elysium exo-suit – not so far away – science fact?
In this exclusive video for fxinsider members, we visit Weta Workshop to see how they made Matt Damon’s exo-suit for Elysium, and also report on how real-life exo-suits are already in the works by CEA Tech.
Eyeon seeks ex AVID DS users
AVID DS is end of life and eyeon Software courts the Avid users with special offers.
fxinsider bonus podcast: Pixar’s Loren Carpenter
In this special bonus audio podcast for fxinsider members, we talk to Pixar’s Loren Carpenter about his career, including his groundbreaking fractal animation + a very cool SIGGRAPH Audience Participation Pong video!
VFX in TVCs: how to make a crowd
We take a look at two spots with VFX by a52 and Framestore that caught our eye for their innovative crowd replication work.
Open Letter to the DGA
David Rand has written an Open Letter to the Directors Guild of America on behalf of visual effects and better filmmaking.
NVIDIA’s new Quadro K6000
A first look at NVIDIA’s new Quadro K6000 graphics card being announced at SIGGRAPH 2013, and why NVIDIA says it’s fully invested the media and entertainment market.
SIGGRAPH: Business Issues
We highlight two upcoming SIGGRAPH 2013 sessions (Tuesday & Thursday) that are focused on business issues facing Visual Effects.
SIGGRAPH 2013: Day 0 – DigiPro
A run down of the amazing research at Pixar and other studios at the DigiPro conference: SIGGRAPH 2013 at Disneyand.
Every back issue of Cinefex on your iPad. It’s now possible.
Find out about the Kickstarter campaign aimed at getting all back issues of Cinefex onto the iPad.
2013 Emmy Nominations
The 65th Primetime Emmy® Award nominations were announced this morning at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood. The nominees for visual effects related categories are…
Open source panel at SIGGRAPH: how free adds value
The Open Source panel session at SIGGRAPH 2013 on Sunday, July 21st at 2pm features Pixar, SPI, Blender, DreamWorks Animation and fxguide.
VES: The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has released a whitepaper titled “The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013”.
Nickelodeon CG artists ratify new IATSE contract
IATSE has won an election and contract to represent 70 CG artists working at Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Tippett Studio VFX – on your phone?
How Tippett Studio is branching out into movie-like visual effects on mobile devices with Efexio.
Use Houdini assets…outside of Houdini
Side Effects Software has announced the Houdini Engine, a new product using elements of the company’s popular effects tool to act as a procedural engine and allow Houdini assets to be used in other 3D apps.
In a flash: previewing the SIGGRAPH 2013 Dailies
With SIGGRAPH 2013 just around the corner, we preview the fast-paced Dailies program where presenters have one minute – just one – to break down a shot or their research.
Rendering on-demand: a ZYNC Update
On-demand render solution ZYNC has finally launched – here’s a look at how it’s being used by companies such as Atomic Fiction and Bad Robot.
24 VFX professionals invited into the Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to artists for Academy Membership each year. Here are the 2013 invitees for Visual Effects.
The making of Europa Report
How the spooky space and planet scenes in indie flick Europa Report were created by Phosphene VFX.
Emmys 2013: the VFX contenders
We take a look at some of the possible contenders for this year’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in the visual effects categories, with some exclusive VFX breakdown reels.
Cannes Lions scooped by Dumb Ways to Die
fxguide talks to the animator behind the Cannes Lions super-winner Dumb Ways to Die, and checks out the VFX winners from the awards.