District 9
For District 9, writer/director Neill Blomkamp turned to a host of Vancouver-based studios, along with Weta Workshop and Weta Digital in New Zealand, to provide alien creatures and other effects for the film. fxguide profiles the work of Image Engine, The Embassy Visual Effects, Zoic Studios and Goldtooth Creative in bringing Blomkamp’s vision to life.
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the vfx show #87: Jurassic Park
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_087_jurassic_park_64kbps.m4a Play in new window DownloadMike Seymour, David Stripinis and Jason Wingrove discuss visual effects in the feature film, “Jurassic Park” Download vfxs087 here Get the vfx show every week! Free iTunes Store subscription vfxs087 credits: Producer/Audio Postproduction: Mike Seymour Show notes: Todd Scholton Show Notes: Jurassic Park Kristin Martin Thinkings Machines Indigo Computers When […]
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More transitions – Avid acquired Max-T
Maximum Throughput was founded in 1998 and is probably best known in visual effects for their Sledgehammer line which provides storage and IO solutions to complement workstations and provide conform capability. A little over a year ago they introduced MAXedit™ which offers a scalable, multi-seat HD/SD editing solution and also has a web component that […]
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Tech & Sci Oscar short list
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 11 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.
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BlackMagic Design Buys daVinci – Confirmed
Black Magic Design (BMD) has bought daVinci color grading systems. Black Magic known for it world class signal convertors and hardware boxes. daVinci, makes of Resolve and Revival, has been based out of Florida, but interestingly, software R&D for some time has been based in Singapore – also home to Black Magic’s head office.With this […]
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red centre #044
We discuss the Canon 7D, RedCode 42, a handheld rig with a difference and chat with RED DIT Brook Willard
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Pixar on Stereo Production: fxguidetv
In this week’s Episode #65 of fxguidetv we speak to the team at Pixar about their latest blockbuster and stereoscopic production in general. We speak to Pete Sohn about directing his short film “Partly Cloudy” and Bob Whitehill talks about creating the Stereoscopic version of “Up” and the upcoming Stereo versions of “Toy Story 1, […]
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Peter Doyle on Complex Feature Film Grading
In this week’s fxpodcast we have an amazing show – we speak in depth to Peter Doyle about his role as supervising digital colourist on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This continues our trend with the fxpodcast of digging beneath the hype and really exploring serious film making in conversations with some of the […]
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Color in Harry Potter
An in-depth discussion of color science with Chief Colorist Peter Doyle
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Smoke and Mirrors for a Denver museum
Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) moved into the animation realm with ‘Dinosaur’, a Denver Museum of Nature & Science spot featuring a playful brontosaurus skating around a frozen pond. fxguide talked to key SMNY artists Sean Broughton (Director/CD/Editor), Mike Donovan (Lead Sr. CG Artist), Steve Parish (Lead Sr. CG Artist/Lighting/Live Action Director) and Nic Seresin (Sr. Flame Artist) about the work.
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MAXON Releases New Versions of Cinema4D
Maxon announced today that they are shipping a new release of their 3D software, along with a new Broadcast Edition. The software fully supports the recently released Snow Leopard, including access of up to 64GB of virtual memory. Cinema4D has become the most popular 3D package that After Effects artists are using for motion graphics […]
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the vfx show #86: District 9
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_086_district9_64kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, David Stripinis and Jason Wingrove discuss visual effects in the feature film, “District 9” Download vfxs086 here Get the vfx show every week! Free iTunes Store subscription vfxs086 credits: Producer/Audio Postproduction: Kristin Martin Show notes: Lori Apthorp Show Notes: District 9 The Office The Fly Alien Nation […]
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new fxguidetv & red centre podcasts
fxguidetv In this week’s fxguidetv we talk to Stereo Supervisor Enrique Criado on the different aspects, – both technical and narrative, of stereoscopic production. Visit the fxguidetv page for direct fxguidetv downloads and RSS feed links. To be notified automatically and have the episodes downloaded in iTunes, subscribe via this link. Red Centre Our Digital […]
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District 9
For District 9, writer/director Neill Blomkamp turned to a host of Vancouver-based studios, along with Weta Workshop and Weta Digital in New Zealand, to provide alien creatures and other effects for the film. fxguide profiles the work of Image Engine, The Embassy Visual Effects, Zoic Studios and Goldtooth Creative in bringing Blomkamp’s vision to life.
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red centre #043
Mike shoots Super 8 from a Segway, Jason’s love hate with the 5D continues and we get sll the latest on Red Rocket and more from the man himself, Ted Schilowitz
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The Foundry releases Nuke 5.2
The Foundry released the latest update to Nuke today taking it to version 5.2v1. Pre-comp tools, Python improvements, GPU support for 3D LUTs, video monitor preview support and support for reading RED R3D files are among the improvements. At IBC Nuke 6.0 and NukeX 6.0 will be previewed, they are due for release in Q4 […]
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G Force: the building of digital guinea pigs
Imageworks visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk gives Ian Failes a run down of his work for G-Force, a Hoyt Yeatman-directed feature about an elite troupe of guinea pigs who must save the world from an evil billionaire.
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Stardust provides watercolor beauty for shell
The new UK Shell Campaign uses a truly beautiful technical painterly technique. Key artists from Stardust Studios tell fxguide about the painterly ‘Get the most out of every drop’ spots created for Shell in conjunction with JWT London.
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