Green Lantern: Sony suits up
We talk to several members of the Sony Pictures Imageworks team responsible for bringing many of Green Lantern’s visual effects to the screen.
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The Foundry releases NUKE/MARI workflow
The Foundry have announced a new set of tools which makes getting data back and forth between MARI and NUKE much simpler. It’s exactly the type of workflow that compositors using camera projections to do set extensions and fixes will surely find incredibly useful as the lines further blur between comp and CG. Click through for the full press release from The Foundry.
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the rc#92: Funeral for a Friend
The usual news, gear & ratholes, FCP’s obituary plus Jason Diamond talks Epic.
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Fringe takes an animated trip
VFX supe Jay Worth and Zoic Studios creative director Andrew Orloff explain the mind-bending animation techniques required for a recent episode of Fringe.
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the vfx show #125: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Jason Diamond dive into the visual effects of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film.
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Populating Mr. Popper’s Penguins
We talk to visual effects supervisor Richard Hollander about Rhythm & Hues’ CG creations for Mr Popper’s Penguins.
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How previs shaped X-Men: First Class
We recently partnered with The Daily to produce a story on The Third Floor’s previs work for X-Men: First Class.
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Cannes Film Craft Lions
The shortlist for the 2011 Film Craft Cannes Lions has been released, with the winners to be announced on 25 June. We’ve covered a number of these projects at fxguide. UPDATED to include the winners.
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Super 8: ILM’s production value on screen
We talk to senior ILM visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren and animation supervisor Paul Kavanagh about realizing the visual effects in J.J. Abrams’ Super 8.
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VES Career Fair & Workshops
On June 25th, the Visual Effects Society is holding a Career Fair with representatives from many visual effects companies who are looking to meet new talent. Companies hosting booths include Walt Disney Animation Studios, MPC, Sony Imageworks, Digital Domain, Deluxe, Technicolor and many more.
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the vfx show #124: X-Men First Class
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Mat Graham take an in-depth look at the visual effects of the new X-Men film, X-Men First Class.
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Academy invites 178 to Membership
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the list of people invited to join as Academy Members for 2011. The list includes thirteen animators, two art directors, nine cinematographers, nine editors and twelve people in the visual effects category.
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the rc #91: Cinegear 2011
The focus is on the recent Cinegear event in LA which Mike attended. Jason is back from stage 3 of his global mega shoot and we talk about our approaches to PL mount lenses.
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Retro spotlight: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Tony Hudson, who worked at ILM as the CG Model and Creature Supervisor on A.I. Artificial Intelligence, outlines some of his favorite memories from the experience.
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X-Men: First Class – Q&A with John Dykstra
Visual effects designer John Dysktra oversaw 1100 shots for X-Men: First Class. We ask his thoughts on designing effects for the film and how he approached grounding those in a mutant reality.
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Making mutants for X-Men: First Class
In this in-depth article, we take a look at effects for the major characters in X-Men: First Class and the film’s final showdown.
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MPC’s pirates & their ships sail on Stranger Tides
We talk to MPC’s visual effects supervisor Gary Brozenich about some of his studio’s shots for On Stranger Tides, and working for the first time in native stereo.
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fxpodcast: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
We go in depth on the mermaid sequence in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Ben Snow from ILM.
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