Weta Digital Purchases Site License Of Nuke
London, July 6th, 2009 – Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), today announced that Weta Digital, New Zealand’s premier multi-award winning VFX studio, has purchased a site licence of Nuke to enhance its in-house pipeline. Weta Digital was formed in 1993 by a group of young New Zealand filmmakers including Peter Jackson to […]
Feng Zhu + Iron Man with Dav Rauch: fxguidetv
In this week’s fxguidetv we have a designer focused special episode. We lead with world renowned Concept Designer Feng Zhu from his new Studio in Singapore and then look at the HUD (Heads Up Display) design of the Iron Man with Dav Rauch. Both men are exceptional designers. Angie and the team get in depth […]
Digital Domain loses termination suit
David S. Cohen in Variety is reporting that the jury was unanimous on most findings and awarded Brad Call approximately $2 million in damages in his wrongful termination suit against Digital Domain. From the article: The size of the award raises questions about whether Digital Domain can survive, though in a statement, DD’s VP and […]
Academy Invites 134 to Membership
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it will invite 134 people to join as members. Included in the Visual Effects category are: Christopher Bond, Matthew Butler, Chris Corbould, Rob Engle, Scott Gordon, Hal Hickel, Van Ling, Shane Mahan, Steve Preeg, Tim Webber, Edson Williams Full press release after the read more
Fusion 6 Now Shipping…
…in release candidate form. The just issued eyeon newsletter serves up the fact that the long awaited Fusion 6 is now available for download to “all artists and studios with a current subscription license.” The idea behind the RC release is to get the software in the hands of artists to do final bug and […]
Mike Lecturing This Week in Singapore
fxguide is in Singapore this week for CG Overdrive and Broadcast Asia. Mike Seymour is giving two workshops (each running over 2 days) on the Benefits and Challenges of Digital Acquisition. These are being held on the 16th/17th and then repeated on the 18th/19th at Broadcast Asia – held at the Expo centre as part […]
iPhone Color Correction App from The Mill
Yes, you read that correctly, The Mill has released a free iPhone application that allows the user to apply looks or emulate primary color grading tools found in a grading suite. The app has preset looks like “golden” and “bleached” as well as controls for lift, gain, gamma and saturation that can be applied across […]
VES Announces Health Care for Members
When we interviewed Jeffrey Okun from the Visual Effects Society at the end of May for a podcast he broke the news that the VES was working on getting health care options for VES members. He mentioned that this has been a top request from members. Today members were emailed with information about that plan […]
Siggraph 2009 Technical Papers Preview Video
This August the fxguide crew will be in full force to cover Siggraph 2009 in New Orleans. Siggraph is always a great place to network, see what is coming in future technology or update your skills. The last time the show was in New Orleans it was an amazing combination of work and play. If […]
ILM Purchases Nuke Site Licence
Hot on the heels of its management buyout, The Foundry has completed a major deal with Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm Ltd’s multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects studio. ILM has purchased a site licence for Nuke. ILM’s visionary work has earned thirty-seven Academy Award® nominations for Best Visual Effects. Lucasfilm’s chief technical officer, Richard Kerris, […]
fxpodcast: Terminator Salvation -ILM & Kerner Optical
In this week’s fxpodcast we have an amazing show – we speak in depth to both Ben Snow of ILM and Brain Gernand of Kerner Optical about Terminator Salvation. Ben discusses things such as a whole new lighting “energy conserving” renderman system at ILM and Brian discusses both miniatures and pryo – and the complex […]
New red centre Podcast
Our Digital cinematography & production podcast red centre episode #41 is live and ready for download. This week’s podcast we talk his week, the guys talk about RED Rocket, films on RED, Scarlet, and more as Mike prepares for a SMPTE panel by interviewing Jason about his opinions on Scarlet, 5D Mk II and full […]
Illusion Arts Sadly Closes
After 26 years Illusion Arts is closing, another victim of the global financial crisis and the severe pressure on effects houses. The loss of Illusion Arts is particularly upsetting given the history of the company; it is one of the oldest and most respected specialist facilities in the industry. Variety is reporting that co-founder Syd […]
Friday Fun: Viral Industry Funnies
Two online videos with appeal to our industry made waves in the social networking worlds like Twitter and Facebook this week. The first one, by editor Joy Moeller, is a list of 21 things that a client should and shouldn’t do in an edit session to keep peace with your editor. The second one places […]
Philips 21:9 fxguidetv is Back up Again
We were required to remove the now infamous episode #57 of fxguidetv, – for reasons nothing to do with fxguide. Well we are happy to report it is back. Last month the buzz on visual effects forums, Facebook and Twitter has been “have you seen that Philips frozen moment?”. This web promo for a wider […]
Unpaid Artists update
We did a podcast in July of 2008 with Dave Rand about a group of artists that were left unpaid for work they did for the film Journey to the Center of the Earth. Dave posted an update today over on CGTalk that the Discovery Channel has offered them back wages of 45% without overtime […]
fxpodcast: Visual Effects Society Update
Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society joins us to discuss the mission of the VES, the difference between unions and societies, health care for members, how to become a member and much more. Visit the fxpodcast page for direct downloads and RSS feed links. To be notified automatically and have the episodes […]
fxguidetv #59: Breaking down Rorschach’s Mask
It’s a new week and with it comes a new fxguidetv episode. This week, we focus on the movie ‘Watchmen’ via an interview with Intelligent Creatures 2D Supervisor Greg Astles. Recorded at NAB, he breaks down the process of creating Rorschach’s mask from the start of the concept to putting on the the finishing touches […]
red centre #34 is On the Air
red centre episode #34 is live and ready for download. This week’s podcast includes a look at the Phantom HD high speed camera, an attempt to review the V3 Depth Enhancer, and a conversation with Axel Baumann. Visit the red centre page for direct downloads and RSS feed links. To be notified automatically and have […]
fxguidetv #58: Star Trek Plus Now ILM !
Episode 58 of fxguidetv is live for your viewing pleasure, covering this weekend’s release of Star Trek. The show features interviews with director director J.J. Abrams and actor Karl Urban (Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy), including a discussion about how they created the abundant anamorphic lens flares and some cool old school techniques. Visit the fxguidetv […]
Pixar to Expand to New Studio
Pixar plans to open a 20,000-square-foot satellite studio at the end of the year in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The studio is currently scouting locations in the city for the new facility. The Vancouver studio will focus only on the production of Pixar’s short films and other non-feature projects based for the most part on […]
VES Awards to be Broadcast in US this weekend
This Saturday night, May 9th, the Starz Edge Network (channel 522 on DirecTv) will air the premiere of the “7th Annual Visual effects Awards” that were held February 21st. The email from VES says 8:00PM but it does not specify timezone (we assume West Coast, we tried to track down but it does not show […]
London Sings Along with Michael Gracey and T-mobile
In this week’s fxpodcast we talk to director Michael Gracey about his two amazing spots for T-mobile. These two spots will restore your faith in advertising as a positive force. It is almost impossible to see these spots and not smile. Filmed without tricks and without digital manipulation they show Londoners showing Life is for […]
red centre: Anthony Dod Mantle
In this week’s red centre podcast we cover Part 3 of our 4 part series on RED post production (Avid and FCP offline), and interview Oscar winner Anthony Dod Mantle. Anthony is giving a series of talks in Australia and talks very openly and technically about shooting on the RED and on the SI-2K, a […]