Render Me MODO
The tech behind the rendering improvements in MODO 901 from The Foundry.
ReadSIGGRAPH technical papers highlight
A preview of a paper on skin microstructure deformation being presented at SIGGRAPH LA 2015.
ReadGame of Thrones’ fifth season of extraordinary effects
In-depth breakdowns & behind the scenes on the biggest sequences in S5 of Game of Thrones.
ReadPerformance driven facial animation
Software and research in the area of performance driven facial animation.
Readthe vfx show #201: Ant-Man
Mike Seymour, Matt D. Leonard and Jason Diamond discuss the story and visual effects in the latest Marvel Film, Ant-Man.
ReadHold on! The VFX of Rogue Nation
How the stunning VFX of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation helped realize the film’s insane stunts.
ReadSIGGRAPH 2015 – what not to miss
A preview of SIGGRAPH 2015 in LA – all the best talks and presentations.
ReadBefore there was Pixels, there was Pixels
The director behind the Pixels short film that inspired the Pixels feature film shares his story – and behind the scenes pics.
Readfxpodcast #295: DigiPro preview with DreamWorks Animation
We preview the DigiPro event in a discussion with Sven Pohle on DreamWorks Animation’s Facial Motion and Deformation System.
ReadPixels: thinking outside the voxel
Make the voxels, move the voxels, light the voxels, destroy the voxels.
ReadAnimal Logic goes 360
How Animal Logic crafted a new 360 experience for a new Data Arena in Sydney.
ReadFramestore Commercials integrates multi-site pipeline via Shotgun
A case study on unifying Framestore’s TVC production.
ReadDepth in the field of shrinking films
We recount a short history of shrinking films by speaking to VFX supes behind the work.
ReadAnt-Man: Marvel’s heist film
How Ant-Man’s VFX team made a young Michael Douglas, brought macro photography to the fore and made us feel for six-legged insects.
Read67th Emmy nominations
The 67th Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning, here are the Visual Effects nominees.
Readthe rc #151: Vision and sound
Mike and Jason talk all the latest camera and film tech and news, including what they’ve been up to in terms of shooting, their latest camera preferences, and their views on all the new releases.
Readthe vfx show #200: The Digital Character
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and TyRuben Ellingson celebrate the 200th episode of the vfx show by deep diving into the creation, development and use of digital characters in film.
ReadEffects artists – what did the Golden Gate ever do to you?
Why do visual effects artists hate the Golden Gate Bridge so much? fxguide investiGATEs.
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