Far from fable: Cinderella
An in-depth Q&A with Cinderella visual effects supervisor Charley Henley who talks animals, transformations, dresses, slippers and environments.
the vfx show #196: Chappie
Mike Seymour, Andrew Usher and Zap Andersson discuss the visual effects in Neill Blomkamp’s latest film, Chappie.
Looking back: 1995’s Outbreak
VFX supe Jim Rygiel shares with us his archived Boss Film Studios miniatures pics from Outbreak, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Alien-mation: Home
How DreamWorks Animation created the central characters for their newest film, Home.
Mockingjay Part 1 on Blu-ray: the VFX featurettes
A preview of the VFX materials on the Blu-Ray for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1. Unlike many DVDs the ‘extras’ actually contain good content on this leading vfx franchise.
fxpodcast #291: Framestore and VR
This week we talk to Mike Woods, founder of Framestore’s Digital Department and their dedicated VR Studio.
NVIDIA unwraps Quadro M6000, VCA & unleashes iRay
No waiting for the Quadro: NVIDIA announced their new flagship M6000 as well as revealed the news that iRay 2015 is coming to more apps, including Maya.
NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference 2015: Day 1 Report
Coverage from day one includes the keynote with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, the Titan X, OTOY’s OctaneRender 3, V-Ray and the GPU, plus a look at the Redshift GPU renderer.
VFX in TVCs: Just horsing around
We take a look at three fun commercials with VFX breakdowns from Time Based Arts, Gramercy Park Studios and MPC.
the vfx show #195: Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in Kingsman: The Secret Service.
fxpodcast #290: Chappie
Mike Seymour talks to Chappie visual effects supervisor Chris Harvey, discussing the work by Image Engine and Weta Workshop for the new Neill Blomkamp film.
The practical and digital tech behind Chappie
Our detailed coverage of on-set, concept art, final shots and breakdowns from Chappie.
State of VR
An overview of VR announcements at GDC, including Weta Digital and EPIC Games’ Hobbit experience with Smaug.
the rc #148: the ARRI ALEXA Mini
We talk directly to ARRI about the newly announced ALEXA Mini.
Shotgun – now with RV – becomes way more affordable
Shotgun has announced a huge price reduction as well as revealed that they will be bundling RV with no additional charge for all customers starting in April.
Faceware: taking a test drive
Faceware is a streamlined effective face pipeline solution used from serious games such as “Call of Duty” to previs. In the lead up to GDC we donned the helmet to test the system.
Go go Power/Rangers: VFX breakdown
An EXCLUSIVE look behind the visual effects of Joseph Kahn’s powerhouse short film ‘Power/Rangers’, including a VFX breakdown video.
The secrets behind SpongeBob’s live action scenes
How Iloura crafted 3D characters to match the 2D world of SpongeBob SquarePants. Plus EXCLUSIVE breakdown images.
