Katana in production: changing the structure of the workflow
The Foundry’s look-dev and lighting tool Katana is being adopted by more and more VFX houses. We take a look at the current state of play with the software. Includes exclusive Katana screenshots from Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH 2012 – Animation Physics
This week we speak to Alejandro Garcia, a professor at San Jose State University, about how an understanding of physics can help achieve believable animation.
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Going bananas: Madagascar 3
DreamWorks Animation’s Scott Peterson tells us all about banana guns and other absurd effects in Madagascar 3.
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the rc #115: Redrock, Spider-Man, Rode audio & more
This week the guys discuss the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, the Canon Cinema EOS C500, the RED EPIC firmware update, Ikonoskop’s A-Cam dII Panchromatic and RØDE Microphones’ Rockumentary comp. Guests in the RED room are Brain Valente of Redrock Micro and Imageworks 3D VFX supe Rob Engle about The Amazing Spider-Man.
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the vfx show #151: The Amazing Spider-Man
Mike Seymour, Matt Leonard and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in The Amazing Spider-Man.
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Greenscreen to small screen: three great ads
Behind the scenes of 3 VFX-filled ads with making of breakdowns from Method Studios, Alt.vfx and Rhythm & Hues.
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It’s Art. It’s Science. SIGGRAPH 2012 preview
We preview the key technical papers, visual effects production sessions, talks, courses and more in the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2012 conference being held from 5-9th August in LA. fxguide is a major media partner of Siggraph and will bring you heaps from the show…
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Space Nazis: the making of Iron Sky
Iron Sky vfx supe Samuli Torssonen discusses the realities of making a moon Nazi film and how he created many ambitious visual effects with a small team of artists.
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Alvy Ray Smith: RGBA, the birth of compositing & the founding of Pixar
Dr Alvy Ray Smith from Xerox to Lucasfilm, PIXAR to Microsoft – he is truly one of the founders of our industry.
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fxpodcast: Alvy Ray Smith
It is a real pleasure & honor to offer you this in-depth interview with Dr Alvy Ray Smith, the man who jointly or personally: Invented Paint, Alpha, Dir. the Genesis seq., worked at XEROX PARC, NYIT, Lucasfilm, PIXAR, Microsoft and a multiple tech Ocsar winner.
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Shooting diary of Spider-Man: bringing it to the screen
A Special RC Written Report: Light Iron’s Michael Cioni shares the early days of testing the brand new RED EPIC for shooting The Amazing Spider-Man in stereo, and how the filmmakers pulled it off.
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Clarisse iFX: a new approach to 3D
Rarely do companies attempt to change the way we work, but Isotropix and its Clarisse iFX product is attempting just that. Clarisse iFX aims to change the way CGI pipelines work, via one central mantra: reduce to a minimum time to first pixel output in any situation. And that’s just the start. Exclusive high-res output samples and much more.
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Spider-Man: the detailed vfx of spiders and lizards
We speak to SPI about lizard skins, spiders and vast city blocks.
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Ted: the bear facts
Behind the scenes of Seth MacFarlane’s Ted, the very naughty bear brought to life by Tippett Studio, Iloura and The Creative-Cartel. Updated with several making of videos.
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Vampire Hunter: two killer sequences
How Weta Digital and Method Studios used novel approaches for two sequences in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Features breakdown images and videos.
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Academy Visual Effects Invites
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the names of those invited to become voting members. The 2012 invitees for Visual Effects are…
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the vfx show #150: Snow White and the Huntsman
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond talk about the visual effects in the film Snow White and the Huntsman.
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Effects you never knew were there
The invisible VFX of Hemingway & Gellhorn, Rock of Ages, Rust & Bone, Moonrise Kingdom, The Dictator and Safe.
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