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.

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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.

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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.

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SIGGRAPH: Business Issues

We highlight two upcoming SIGGRAPH 2013 sessions (Tuesday & Thursday) that are focused on business issues facing Visual Effects.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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”.

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Nickelodeon CG artists ratify new IATSE contract

IATSE has won an election and contract to represent 70 CG artists working at Nickelodeon Animation Studios

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Tippett Studio VFX – on your phone?

How Tippett Studio is branching out into movie-like visual effects on mobile devices with Efexio.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The making of Europa Report

How the spooky space and planet scenes in indie flick Europa Report were created by Phosphene VFX.

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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.

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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.

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DigiPro 2013 preview

A special preview of the DigiPro 2013 event taking place right before SIGGRAPH this year, featuring talks from Pixar, Weta Digital, Image Engine, Dneg and Dreamworks.

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Spots round-up

A look at some recent commercials that have caught our eye and the work behind them. Plus a special focus on The Mill LA.

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The new Mac Pro: the cube comes of age

We take a look at the new Mac Pro and uncover some details as to why we feel it shouldn’t be dismissed as a “pro” computer.

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VFX in Los Angeles – 100 hour weeks & homeless

A true story about a young man starting a career in visual effects in Los Angeles.

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The Foundry’s MARI coming to OS X

If you missed the Apple WWDC keynote, Phil Schiller mentioned that The Foundry and PIXAR would be showing off something at a sneak peek at the new Mac Pro. We know know what it is: MARI on OSX.

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Renderman, Happy Birthday!

Pixar Animation Studios today announced a celebration of 25 years of Pixar’s RenderMan

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