Business models for VFX
Continuing the discussion about new business models for the VFX industry – FMX hosted an illuminating look at how studios see vfx and how VFX should look at animation companies.
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Crafting a super slow-mo spot
How MPC worked with amazing super slow-mo footage for this new Honda Civic spot.
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Day 3 at FMX 2015 – Realtime Star Wars, Interstellar & light fields
ILM’s realtime Star Wars iPad controlled demo, 40 years of ILM, DNeg’s Interstellar, and light field research from Paul Debevec and OTOY. It’s day 3 at FMX.
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Day 2 at FMX 2015 – VR, AR or MR and 20 years since Toy Story
All the latest from FMX in Stuttgart – our day 2 coverage discusses VR and the incredible 20th anniversary celebration of Pixar’s Toy Story.
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Day 1 at FMX 2015 – rendering and 20 years of Weta Digital
A breakdown of all the great rendering talks from day 1 of FMX 2015, plus 20 years of Weta Digital.
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Casting the vendors on Avengers
How the effects studios on Age of Ultron were cast, and how they pulled off the film’s spectacular VFX.
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fxpodcast #292: Seeing Vision with Lola
Lola VFX discuss their facial work behind the character of Vision in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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GoPro announces acquisition of VR software maker Kolor
GoPro has announced that they are acquiring Kolor, developers of software which helps create and display spherical VR content.
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Ghost riding
How Alter Ego made bikes ride – without their riders. Includes comprehensive breakdowns.
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the rc #150: NAB round-up
Mike and Jason discuss all the latest cameras and gear from NAB 2015.
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Animating in paradise: making The OceanMaker
Watch Lucas Martell’s The OceanMaker – and find out how it was made.
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Big effects on a budget: the making of Robot Overlords
How Nvizible pulled off high-stakes VFX for indie sci-fi film Robot Overlords.
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Mixing it up: the effects of the new Thunderbirds
How miniatures from Weta Workshop and CG characters were combined for the all new Thunderbirds Are Go TV series.
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Cool camera kit at NAB
A round up of new camera tech and tools announced at NAB in Las Vegas – with more to come from fxguide.
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ftrack 3.2 revealed at NAB
ftrack has announced that they will be releasing version 3.2 of its software this summer. New features include Nuke Studio integration, Actions, chat features, and release of their updated API.
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Ex Machina: the making of Ava
We sit down with DNeg VFX supervisor Andrew Whitehurst in London to discuss Ex Machina.
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Keep on driving: the making of Honda’s ‘Endless Road’
Behind the scenes of Honda’s new CR-V infinite loop spot, that also tailors to your world location.
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MODO 901: exclusive tech sneak peek
MODO 901 will be released in a few months but fxguide visited The Foundry yesterday in LA for an exclusive sneak peek of new Render Tech (*this is on top of The Foundry’s own feature leaks today!)
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