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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The ghosts of Twixt
SPY Post executive producer Amy Wixson discusses the VFX and color grading work on Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt’.
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.
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.
You saw the unblur clip with the audience gasping…here is the source
You saw the video of the audience gasping as Dr. Jue Wang presented the deblurring tech demo at Adobe MAX 2011. Here is the full video, samples and the original research paper.
CVMP: November 16/17th in London
fxguide is excited to be a partner for the 8th annual Conference on Visual Media Production, which brings together post production pros with imaging and graphics researchers. The conference has grown since its inception and again this year there are some outstanding presentations.
HPA: The Present & Future of Reference Monitors
On Saturday October 1st the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) will present a full day session on reference monitors. Registration in advance is required.
VES Production Summit 2011
On October 1, 2011 the Visual Effects Society will present their third Production Summit in Beverly Hills with the theme “Trending the Global Marketplace: You Are Here”.
Breaking news: Hacking, camera industry VP pleads guilty
In a development that echoes the UK phone hacking scandal, film and camera tech industry veteran Michael Bravin has pleaded guilty to hacking into the computers of Band Pro Film and Digital while he was working for ARRI.