The three films nominated for the Visual Effects category for the 2008 Academy Awards are: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron The Dark Knight Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin Iron Man John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan The Academy […]

The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for the 7th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games.  Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 17, 2009, by numerous panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in […]

The new year brings a new episode of fxguidetv and it’s a milestone for us: our 50th episode. We decided to have some fun at take a look back at some of our favorite moments from the past year and a half. What an 18 months it was! We also take a look ahead at […]

As foreshadowed in the rumor mill yesterday, Autodesk today announced 3 new OS X versions of their products: Toxik, Mudbox, and ImageModeler. The most interesting development is probably the release of Toxik, which brings a new high end compositing package to the Apple platform. The rumor of on OS X Toxik version has existed for […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 81st Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Australia” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” “The Dark Knight” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” “Iron Man” “Journey to the […]

This week we start by interviewing Industry legend Harrison Ellenshaw. Harrision is a Oscar Nominated matte painter who went on to run Buena Vista Visual Effects (BVVE). He has worked on films from Star Wars to Tron. BBVE credits include Dave, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, The Santa Clause, James and the Giant Peach, The Phantom,  Escape […]

This week’s fxpodcast we speak to Stu Maschwitz, director, author, accidental technologist and vfx supervisor of the Spirit. Stu supervised over 1900 shots, many done at the Orphanage in San Fran. The film follows in a similar, but not identical vein to the blockbusters 300 and Sin City. It is first feature directed solo by Frank Miller. We speak […]

This week in Red Centre we discuss the Adobe implementation of .r3d support in both AE and Premier with our own John Montgomery. We also look at the work of Artbeats who have been shooting now with the RED and offer not only clips but the source .r3d files for stock use purchase. Happy Holidays […]

Ascent Media announced that Santa Monica based Riot and Method are officially combining operations beginning January 1st. Method will be moving its operations into the current Riot location — and the facility will do business under the Method name. A trip by the facility this week shows that the Riot sign has already been removed […]

Mike is currently having a blast in Singapore at the inaugural SIGGRAPH Asia 2008, which started today. The original SIGGRAPH show has got to be our favorite of the year, with its mix of creative and intellectual stimulation. But one thing that was missing in action this past year was the Electronic Theater — always […]

This week in Red Centre we discusses the Dec 3rd news from RED for Scarlet and Epic. We break down the deal for current RED ONE owners and also discuss our final section on Tripods in the RED ROOM. Visit our red centre page to listen or subscribe via RSS or iTunes. This week’s Episode […]

We hope you’ve been enjoying the Masters of the Craft series as much as we had doing it. Getting to sit down and talk visual effects with people at this level has been a treat and this week was a true pleasure as we got to talk with Pablo Helman from ILM. The fxphd.com tip […]

This week in we have a special Red Centre episode that discusses the plans for Scarlet and Epic – but from the point of view of DSLR, mounts and just what is likely to be possible. Joining Jason and Mike is special guest Stu Maschwitz of the Orphanage and the blog site ProLost.com. Listen before RED […]

On November 26th, there will be an fxphd live master class in Seoul covering Flame and Smoke. fxphd co-founder John Montgomery and flame/smoke artist CE Raum have joined up to teach these classes. Two years ago, they did a multi-city tour in Asia which was incredibly well received by the artists taking the classes. For […]

With the new EPIC and Scarlet camera launched, we have a special new Red Centre episode that takes you behind the scenes of the launch as we interview Ted Schilowitz to explore some of the detail of the plans. He explains both more about the intended market, the new REDCODE, audio and the concept of what […]

Red announced today their new approach to both stills and moving digital capture. The new Red system will is based on a massively configurable system of modules, extending from a 2/3″ sensor to a newly announced 28K (yes 28K) 617.  Earliest new cameras are scheduled to be the 5K Scarlet S35 in Spring/Summer 09. Then the […]