Post starts again in lower Manhattan
How one SoHo post company has managed to soldier on without power after the devastating storm in New York.
Readfxpodcast #232: Cloud Atlas and Rise FX
This week we talk to Rise FX visual effects supervisor Florian Gellinger about his studio’s work for Cloud Atlas, including the Lidar scanning services provided by sister company pointcloud9
ReadCloud Atlas: choose your own adventure
We explore the VFX in the epic film Cloud Atlas from Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer.
ReadDisney buys Lucasfilm and thus ILM
A look at the news behind Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm which includes ILM, LucasArts and Skywalker Sound.
ReadAutodesk releases 20th Anniversary Edition of Flame
Autodesk released Extension 1 of Flame 2013 to subscription customers today, bringing a dramatic change of workflow to the product. This week, fxguide has full coverage of the new release including free online training, an in-depth article, and an fxpodcast with Philippe Soeiro.
Readthe rc #120: Sony Week
This week, Jason and Mike discuss some new Sony cameras – the A99, the F5 and F55 – plus Sony monitors. In the Red Room, we talk to Jerome Thelia and David Mclain about their short ‘The Calling’ shot with the A99.
ReadCasinos, crowds & cut-off fingers: Argo to Vegas
The invisible crowd, city and casino vfx in Here Comes the Boom, Argo, Alex Cross and Vegas. Updated with new before and after images.
ReadFaux Images: Michael Auerswald reports from Germany
“Faux Images” is a quarterly meeting in Berlin, where the animation, design and vfx scene meets to share ideas, present their latest work, network or just have a beer, Michael Auerswald (fxphd member) reports for fxguide.
ReadSharks might fly
In 2001, Jeremy Hunt ushered in an era of internet viral videos after creating ‘405’ with Bruce Branit, in which a passenger jet had a freeway close encounter. Read how Hunt has returned to that indie ‘get the job done’ approach for his latest project – a music promo for Billy Talent’s ‘Surprise, Surprise’. Includes a befores and afters clip.
ReadEmmy Eng. Awards for ACES, Kodak, Colorfront, Filmlight
The 64th Primetime Emmy Engineering Award honorees include ACES, two Filmlight products, Colorfront On-Set Dailies, Eastman Kodak, the ASC Color Decision List and Toon Boom Animation for Storyboard Pro.
ReadCVMP early bird registration now open
fxguide is excited to be a partner for the 9th annual Conference on Visual Media Production, to be held in London on December 5th and 6th. For a limited time, early bird tickets are available for £250 — that’s £100 off the full price.
ReadSIGGRAPH Asia 2012 – sneak peek
fxguide is once again the official podcast of SIGGRAPH Asia, this year taking place at the Singapore EXPO from November 28th to December 1st. Here’s our preview of the courses, tech papers, speakers and other events at the conference.
Readthe vfx show #157: Looper
Mike Seymour, Matt Leonard and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the feature film Looper.
ReadFounders Series: Richard Chuang PDI to Cloudpic
We talk to PDI co-founder Richard Chuang, a pioneer in the computer graphics, visual effects and animation industry.
Readthe rc #119: New GoPros, shooting on film, light meters & more
This week, Jason and Mike discuss the new GoPro announcements – the Hero3, CineForm, Protune, WiFi – shooting on film, light meters, Duclos lenses, the Leica M, Canon EOS 6D, and more.
Readfxpodcast #231: PDI co-founder Richard Chuang
This week we talk to Richard Chuang, one of the co-founders of pioneering graphics, VFX and animation studio PDI. Chuang is now a founder of media collaboration company Cloudpic Global. He’ll also presenting on the rise of computer graphics in Asia at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore.
ReadAMPAS reaches initial funding goal for new museum
This Academy Museum, to be located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), will be the first major U.S. museum dedicated exclusively to the history and ongoing development of motion pictures. This museum could showcase Visual Effects work in new ways.
ReadRob Powers, the guy at the wheel of the new NewTek LightWave
We speak to Rob Powers, the new President of the restructured LightWave 3D Group.
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