Smoke on Mac Part 1: Overview
Autodesk announced the release of Smoke on Mac 2010 today and it’s a big move for Autodesk, as traditionally their system products have been bundled software/hardware packages.
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Brisbane Colorist training
Warren Eagles, (one of our online fxphd Profs.) is heading up a “Colourist Strategies” live training course in January, 2010. The 3-day course will take place in Brisbane, Australia. “Colourist Strategies” will provide colourists with the toolset to maximise their abilities and gain an edge on their competition. It provides students with an opportunity to […]
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15 films selected for Visual Effects Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®. In early January the Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee will narrow this list to seven films, which will compete in the “Bake-Off”, after which three films will […]
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fxpodcast: Scott Ross
When we talk about the history of visual effects we tend to take digital for granted, yet this transition occurred in our lifetime. Scott Ross is an industry pioneer, from his time at ILM, to founding Digital Domain, he was at the center of the birth of the digital age of visual effects. In our […]
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Scott Ross
Industry pioneer Scott Ross is our guest as we talk about visual effects history and the future of the business.
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Framestore Joins the Nuke Crowd
The Foundry announced today that Framestore, the largest visual effects and computer animation studio in Europe, has invested in a Nuke site license. Adoption of Nuke at major facilities seems to have hit the tipping point, as Framestore joins Sony Pictures Imageworks, ILM and Weta Digital as Nuke site license holders. For the full press […]
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the vfx show #91: 2012
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_091_2012_64kbps.mp3 Play in new window Download Mike Seymour and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the feature film, “2012”. Download vfxs091 here Get the vfx show every week! Free iTunes Store subscription vfxs091 credits: Producer: Mike Seymour Review and Show Notes: Todd Scholton Show Notes: 2012 10,000 B.C. Independance Day The Curious Case of […]
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Nuke User Group at SIGGRAPH ASIA
The Foundry is holding a Nuke User Group at SIGGRAPH ASIA on Wednesday 16th December at The Pacifico, where Siggraph Asia is being held. The event starts at 5pm (registration from 4.30pm) with beer and nibbles afterwards. There will be presentations by JL Design, Beijing Wonderstar, OLM Digital and Animal Logic plus The Foundry team […]
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fxpodcast: Talking Color Management with Technicolor Creative Bridge
In February the Visual Effects Society (VES) and American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) held a joint meeting to discuss Image Quality. At the time we wrote that it was clear that “DI and the workflow from image capture to release is not one workflow”. At the VES Production Summit Fred Chandler (Senior Vice President Post […]
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Color Management with Technicolor
An in-depth discussion about color management workflow with Brian Gaffney and Dan Lion from Technicolor Creative Bridge
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The Spine: Style as a Storytelling Technique
Chris Landreth is a unique director with a unique style. His previous short films Ryan, Bingo and The End showcased complex characters using an almost surreal approach to computer animation. Landreth talks to fxguide about his latest animated short, The Spine, which focuses on the tumultuous lives of married couple Dan and Mary.
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red centre: Nov. 30th RED Announcements
The end of November brought another slate of announcements from the folks at RED, including details on Scarlet as well as a potentially cool new product called RedRay Pro. Instead of wasting your time surfing the web culling through post upon post of misinformation, take a moment and download the latest red centre and get […]
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red centre #051
We discuss the November 30th RED announcements and talk with Ted Schilowitz from RED
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Star Trek: Digital Domain and Svengali FX
In the second of our holiday weekend reading ‘DVD’ stories we share an extra double interview with Digital Domain and Svengali FX’s work on the JJ. Abrams directed Star Trek.
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Angels & Demons
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the U.S. is a great time to catch up with some great vfx movies. With iTunes now providing not only HD movies but DVD style entire films with extras, we figured it was time to highlight a few films that have recently been released with great visual effects. We start by talking to CIS Vancouver and Dneg discussing Angels and Demons.
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Amelia flying with Mr X
For Amelia, director Mira Nair called upon Mr. X to deliver photorealistic planes, clouds and crowds to help tell the story of the famous American aviator. Mr. X visual effects supervisor Wojciech Zielinski talks to fxguide about the production.
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Sapphire v5 for Autodesk Systems
We speak with GenArts’ CMO Steve Bannerman and VP of Engineering/Chief Scientist Gary Oberbrunner about the upcoming release of Sapphire version 5.
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Circus is Ringleader for Grenelle Spot
An environmentally friendly approach to urban development is the subject of this spot for Grenelle, a French neighbourhood near Paris. Circus, co-founded by Jérôme Bacquet and Julien Villanueva, worked with director NoBrain to transform industrial landscapes into greener areas for the spot. Bacquet tells fxguide about his studio’s work. Interview by Ian Failes View QuickTime […]
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