fxpodcast #297: Masters of FX, the book!
fxguide writer Ian Failes has written a book profiling 16 superstar effects supervisors, called Masters of FX. We find out what’s inside.
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Crafting the hero moment
ILM animation supervisor Glenn McIntosh discusses Jurassic World’s final heroic scenes in this special fxinsider interview.
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the vfx show #204: Spectre
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Todd Scholton decide whether the world is enough in the new Bond film, Spectre.
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Spectre-acular effects
Spectre – breaking down five of the biggest effects, one a record breaking explosion. We talk directly to the VFX & SFX teams about brain drills, one-take explosions and filming with 2,500 extras.
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Gnome way out
How MPC took on Goosebumps’ VFX challenges, gnome matter what was thrown at them.
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How Cinesite keeps on track
Cinesite reveals how ftrack helped plan and track the studio’s visual effects for The Last Witch Hunter.
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Alex Mahon joins The Foundry as CEO
EXCLUSIVE interview with new The Foundry CEO Alex Mahon and former CEO Bill Collis who will now be the company’s President.
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The tech of the art of The Peanuts Movie
Hand-drawn motion blur, specialized rigs, ghost limbs and a UV approach for facial features – just some of the solutions Blue Sky Studios came up with for bringing 2D to 3D for The Peanuts Movie.
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Inside a scene in Inside Out
In this fxinsider story for our valued subscribers, we talk to Pixar’s director of photography (lighting) Kim White about a scene from Inside Out.
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It’s Guitar Hero, but not as you know it
The new Guitar Hero Live was filmed with a high speed Bolt Cinebot, while Framestore helped flesh out up to 12,000 frame effects-heavy scenes for the game.
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Why the Lytro Immerge is a big deal
Opinion piece: We discuss what makes the Lytro Immerge so cool technically and so important as a new camera.
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Flame unchained: Software-only and on OS X
Flame on Linux is becoming a software-only subscription and will be no longer sold as turnkey hardware systems early next year. In addition, Flame is coming to OS X at the end of November, and Flare and Flame Assist will be available for everyone, not just Flame owners.
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ILM supes on problem solving in VFX
ILM vfx supes Ben Snow and Tim Alexander discuss the use of iPad apps, learning VR and re-thinking pipelines and VFX tools on some of their recent projects.
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Supercharging the ride film
How Universal Studios tram riders are immersed into the spectacle of Fast & Furious: Supercharged.
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Jump into Halo 5: Guardians
A detailed Q&A with the team at 343 Industries and Axis behind Halo 5: Guardians’ opening cinematic – looking at planning, performance capture, animation, FX and rendering.
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Inside Disney Research Zurich’s capture tech
fxguide’s Mike Seymour has his eyes and head scanned at Disney Research Zurich.
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Mafia III – how Blur made a trailer to remember
Behind the scenes of Blur’s reveal trailer for Mafia III, including a host of VFX breakdowns.
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fxpodcast #296: Real-time expression transfer – SIGGRAPH Asia preview
We explore the algorithms behind this incredible video from SIGGRAPH Asia 2015.
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