the rc #104: The year in review
Our final podcast for 2011: The year in review (plus anti-aliasing reviews, gear and scandals).
fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH Asia rendering and rigging
This week we are at SIGGRAPH Asia. In part one, we examine renderers and renderfarm management including V-Ray 2.0, MI, RenderMan, Maxwell and 3delight in Nuke. In the second half of the show we focus on rigging with Seema Gopalakrishnan who was the rigging & pipeline lead on Clone Wars at Lucasfilm Animation Singapore.
Tintin: Weta goes animated
Weta Digital vfx supe Wayne Stables tells us about the challenges of creating Steven Spielberg’s ‘Tintin’.
the vfx show #139: Tree of Life/Melancholia
Mike Seymour, TyRuben Ellingson and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in two films this week, Tree of Life and Melancholia.
Melancholia: when worlds collide, beautifully
We talk to ‘Melancholia’ VFX sup. Peter Hjorth, plus Platige Image and Pixomondo, about the visual effects for Lars von Trier’s film. Includes a video breakdown of the effects work with commentary by Hjorth.
More incredible, invisible effects
We look at more seamless VFX work in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Breaking Dawn, Machine Gun Preacher, Jack and Jill, Young Adult and Dolphin Tale.
Happy Feet Two: extended interviews
fxinsider members can watch extended interviews with the VFX and mocap supes behind Happy Feet Two.
The Art of Destruction (or Art of Blowing Crap Up)
As part of our ongoing in-depth ‘Art Of’ series, we present the Art of Blowing Crap Up: destruction pipelines.
the rc #103: Ultimate Arm and The Muppets
It’s the Muppets in 4K with our very special guest stars Light Iron’s Michael Ciono plus The Ultimate Arm and the usual inspirational celebrational rat holes.
fxpodcast: Another chat with Tom Walsh
https://media.fxguide.com/fxpodcast/fxg-1112011-TomWalsh2.mp3 Play in new window DownloadIn this week’s fxpodcast we talk with the President of the Art Directors Guild, Tom Walsh. The Art Directors Guild recently announced a stepped up effort to represent previs artists and that they are now seeking to represent artists doing matte paintings. This announcement raised some eyebrows among visual effects […]
Breaking Dawn: Tippett crafts a scene
In this video from our media partners at The Daily, Tippett Studio talks about its digital wolves for the lumberyard sequence in Breaking Dawn – Part 1.
15 Features in Line for VFX Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected for consideration for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 84th Academy Awards®.
SIGGRAPH Asia: the CAF, courses, ETech and art gallery
Before SIGGRAPH Asia begins next week in Hong Kong, we take a final look at some conference highlights.
An ad for beer, with deer
Alt.vfx supervisor Colin Renshaw tells us about the Tooheys Extra Dry ‘Nocturnal Migration’ spot, featuring both real and mocap’d digital deer. Includes a behind the scenes making of vid.
the vfx show #138: Hugo
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Jeff Heusser discuss the visual effects of Martin Scorsese’s film, Hugo.
Puss in Boots: color grading in stereo
Puss in Boots colorist Jeff Olm discusses working on the animated film for Dreamworks Animation, in this fxinsider podcast.
SIGGRAPH Asia preview: extinction transmittance maps
In this audio podcast, we talk to Pascal Gautron from Technicolor Research & Innovation about a SIGGRAPH Asia technical sketch on Extinction Transmittance Maps.
Mo-capping penguins, and krill, for Happy Feet Two
In this video from our media partners at The Daily, the motion capture supervisors discuss their work on Happy Feet Two.