Life of Pi: a tiger’s tale
Bringing to life digital oceans and characters for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. Includes several making of breakdown videos.
Twilight’s final battle
Tippet Studio discusses the visual effects behind the final wolf and vampire battle in Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
fxpodcast #236: Adam Howard VFX Supervisor
This week we speak to Adam Howard, vfx supervisor. We discuss his amazing career and touch on his latest film supervising on the last Twilight Film.
EA – Medal of Honor – DD’s virtual production pipeline
We talk to Digital Domain’s Gary Roberts and Richard Morton about their virtual production pipeline for an EA Medal of Honor cinematic spot.
The Man with the Iron Fists: Making Brass Body
We talk to Gradient Effects about the challenges of creating metal armour for a character in ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’. Includes vfx breakdown.
Bond’s boldest adventure yet: Skyfall
The practical and digital visual effects behind Skyfall, the latest Bond film from director Sam Mendes.
fxpodcast #235: Skyfall vfx supe Steve Begg
This week we talk to Steve Begg, the overall visual effects supervisor for the latest James Bond film, Skyfall. Begg discusses working with miniatures, practical effects and CG work.
Bryce Bayer RIP (Bayer Filter/sensor Kodak scientist)
Bryce Bayer, the Eastman Kodak scientist who invented a now pivotal color filter for digital photography that bears his name, has passed away. Bayer, 83, died on November 13th in Bath, Maine.
the rc #121: First world problems
This week in our digital cinematography podcast, Jason and Mike discuss some 4K projectors – Red pricing, getting involved and some ‘first world problems’ …
the vfx show #158: Skyfall
Mike Seymour, Matt D. Leonard and Ed Moore discuss the visual effects in the latest James Bond film, Skyfall.
Academy’s Tech Council Adds Eight New Members
Doug Cooper, Paul Debevec, Ray Feeney, Josh Pines, David Stump, Steve Sullivan, Bill Taylor and Beverly Wood have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
SIGGRAPH Asia in Singapore – just 2 weeks away
Now only two weeks away, we take a final look at what’s in store for SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore.
Less is more: The Bourne Legacy
Learn about the invisible fx in The Bourne Legacy – the wolf, drone shots, Manilla chase and that motorcycle crash. Bourne Legacy is out on Blu-ray and DVD soon.
fxpodcast #234: Andy Beach on digital video
This week Jeff Heusser talks to Andy Beach, a specialist in digital video, streaming media and video compression who has worked at companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Adobe.
VES “Understanding Unions…” panel announced
The Visual Effects Society is hosting a panel titled “Understanding Unions: The Good, The Bad & Unknown Of Forming A Visual Effects Collective Bargaining Organization” on Saturday, December 1, 2012 in Los Angeles…
Multiple bits: Wreck-It Ralph
We talk to Walt Disney Animation Studios VFX supe Scott Kersavage about Wreck-It Ralph.
20th Anniversary Edition: the rebirth of Flame
The new 20th Anniversary Edition of Flame is now available, with a dramatically re-designed workflow that shows a clear commitment to the flagship software. We look at the new edition, breaking down what is great as well as where this first release falls a bit short.
fxpodcast #233: Flame 20th Edition
We speak with Autodesk lead product designer Philippe Soeiro about the brand new 20th Anniversary Edition release of Flame.
