fxpodcast #279: SIGGRAPH preview – Real-Time Live!
We preview the Real-Time Live! sessions at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver, talking to Real-Time Live! Chair Nico Gonzalez and jury member Ari Shapiro from USC ICT.
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Ape Acting
Dawn of Planet of the Apes delivers complex serious acting from its lead digital characters – we speak to Weta Digital about this blockbuster hit of the summer.
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Academy Invites
Each year The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to join the academy. The 2014 invitees for Visual Effects are
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COLORWAY: The Foundry’s new design tool
The Foundry has launched COLORWAY, a new design application that speeds up and changes the process of iterating on and finalizing an image or product look, and expands the company’s move into the design space.
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66th Annual Emmy Nominations
Award season begins with the announcement of nominations for the 66th Annual Emmy Awards.
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the rc #143: Jas does Sony
In this month’s Ep Jason and Mike are back from travels and switching cameras!
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VFX in TV, A to V: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D to Vikings & More
We explore VFX in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hannibal, Hawaii Five-O, Sleepy Hollow, Game of Thrones, Vikings and Orphan Black.
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fxinsider: bonus Transformers ILM podcasts
In these special audio podcasts for fxinsider members, we talk to ILM animation director Rick O’Connor and CG supervisor John Hansen about Transformers: Age of Extinction.
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Ptex, the other side of texturing
Disney Animation responds to fxguide’s UDIM texture article and promises even more new Ptex tools.
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Creature Q&A: inside the Cochise effects on Falling Skies
A conversation with artists from MastersFX about how they bring to life Falling Skies’ Cochise with practical and digital fx.
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Crytek’s Cinebox – an update
Find out what’s been happening with Crytek’s Cinebox – from game projects to previs – with exclusive behind the scenes videos.
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fxinsider: Two TVCs from The Mill
How The Mill and Mill+ pulled off the vfx for some fun Autozone Duralast spots and Gatorade’s Fierce campaign.
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Age of Extinction: ILM turns up its Transformers toolset
How ILM ramped up on robot facial animation, created new hypno-transformations, the dinobots, enormous fx sims and spaceships in the newest Transformers film.
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fxpodcast #278: Transformers: Age of Extinction
This week, fxguide’s Mike Seymour talks to ILM vfx supe Scott Farrar and ILM associate vfx supe Pat Tubach about the making of Transformers: Age of Extinction.
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fxpodcast #277: Shotgun users on the Autodesk acquisition
Key Shotgun users – Ben Grossmann, Zoic’s Mike Romey and DreamWorks Animation’s Lincoln Wallen – discuss their reactions to the Autodesk acquisition.
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Autodesk riding Shotgun
Autodesk announced that they have acquired Shotgun Software, creators of the the production tracking, asset management, and review pipeline tool used in over 500 facilities around the world. We examine the news to reveal why this is a win for the companies as well as their customers.
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the vfx show #185: Edge of Tomorrow
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the latest Tom Cruise film, Edge of Tomorrow.
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DreamWorks’ new tools for Dragon 2
DreamWorks Animation vfx sup. Dave Walvoord talks about the studio’s new animation & lighting toolset, and about working with DOP Roger Deakins.
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