VFX on TV: how to build planets, androids and Dalek saucers

fxguide goes behind the scenes of the VFX in three recent television shows – The Day of the Doctor, Almost Human and Richard Hammond Builds A Planet.

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The tech of Disney’s Frozen and Get a Horse!

The research and technology behind snow simulation in Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Frozen and the making of its accompanying short Get a Horse!.

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fxpodcast #267: I AM VFX Soldier

An exclusive, in-depth interview with Daniel Lay, the formerly anonymous blogger known as VFX Soldier. What motivated him to come forward now? You may have a perception of Soldier now, we’re willing to bet you will have a different one by the end of the interview.

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Behind the scenes of JCVD’s epic Volvo split

How they pulled off the epic Jean-Claude Van Damme splits stunt in that Volvo Trucks commercial.

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Liquifying a landscape

We go behind the scenes of the music video for Atoms for Peace’s song Before Your Very Eyes made with live action and augmented CG elements.

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The art of digital faces at ICT – digital Emily to digital Ira

As part of fxguide’s famous ‘Art of’ series – we turn our focus to realistic digital faces and especially the work of USC’s ICT – in this exclusive in-depth article.

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VFX artists dust off the green for Presidential visit

A announced visit by President Obama to DreamWorks Glendale animation studio has visual effects artists in Los Angeles donning green and taking to the streets.

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fxpodcast #266: Catching Fire vfx supe Janek Sirrs

In our latest fxpodcast, Mike Seymour talks to renowned visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs about crafting the effects in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Warning: plot spoilers.

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Catching Fire: meet the real Gamemaker

Catching Fire’s visual effect supervisor Janek Sirrs – perhaps the true Gamemaker of the film – breaks down all the key scenes from this second instalment of the Hunger Games.

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the vfx show #175: Thor: The Dark World

Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Ian Failes discuss the visual effects of Thor: The Dark World.

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The dark side: behind the VFX of Thor: The Dark World

Inside the visual effects of Thor: The Dark World – the latest film in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.

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Seamless shots: invisible effects in film, TV and music vids

Breaking down the seamless visual effects work in Captain Phillips, Kick-Ass 2, Katy Perry’s Roar music video and the TV show Orphan Black.

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the rc #137: the latest camera tech & BBC wildlife cinematography

All the latest camera and tech news from Mike and Jason, plus an interview with BBC wildlife cinematographer John Aitchison.

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What to see at SIGGRAPH Asia

Your preview guide to the key courses, tech papers, exhibits and speakers coming up at SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 in Hong Kong.

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What 10 things can we do for you?

We wanted to highlight all the things we have built for you guys here at fxguide and fxphd – here is 10 things, including a chat with the Concept Art Department at ILM !

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fxpodcast #265: Paul Miller on creating VFX software

This week we talk to software developer Paul Miller who has contributed to VFX packages such as Elastic Reality, Toxik, Tiffen Dfx and Silhouette.

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Ender’s Game: how DD made zero-g

Behind the zero gravity Battle Room sequences in Ender’s Game and how Digital Domain relied on real and CG performances to craft them.

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The future of 3D creation: on the web?

Web-based 3D creation software Clara.io, from the team at Exocortex, is now in open beta. Find out more about the tool and how people are using it.

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