Day 1 at FMX 2013 – Pixar, Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, Katana, V-Ray
We wrap-up day one at FMX 2013 in Stuttgart, which saw panels on the state of VFX, behind the scenes of Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, The Blue Umbrella and Epic and ILM’s use of V-Ray.
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the vfx show #166: Olympus Has Fallen
Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects and story around the new Antoine Fuqua film, Olympus Has Fallen.
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How Digic made the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag trailer
Pirates, sailors and Assassin’s Creed – behind the scenes of Digic Pictures’ Black Flag trailer with CG turntables and making ofs.
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Inside Oblivion
We talk to DOP Claudio Miranda, ASC and the visual effects supes from Digital Domain and Pixomondo about Oblivion.
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fxpodcast #248: Oblivion
This week we talk to Oblivion DOP Claudio Miranda, ASC and Digital Domain visual effects supervisor Eric Barba about in-camera projections, shooting in Iceland and realizing the world of Joseph Kosinski’s film.
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the rc #128: Post-NAB wrap-up
This week Mike and Jason celebrate 5 years of the rc podcast and wrap-up from NAB 2013 with all the gear and tech they saw at the show.
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RC special – what’s in Jason Wingrove’s Epic kit?
After several emails and comments in fxphd’s forums, we offer this update of the typical state of the art gear in an independent Epic film package. We asked the RC’s Jason’s Wingrove to open his camera bags and show us his typical kit.
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World-building: making the TV series Defiance
Behind the scenes of the VFX in Syfy’s new TV series Defiance, with befores and afters imagery and a bonus gallery.
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fxpodcast #247: NAB 2013 roadtrip recap
It’s the annual post-NAB recap with Jeff, John, and Mike…recorded on the way back to LA from Vegas.
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OpenEXR 2.0 goes deep
Now out of public beta, an update of the open source high dynamic range file format OpenEXR to include several new features, including deep data support, has been released with version 2.0.
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NAB 2013: Blackmagic and Moore’s Law
The buzz especially in the South Hall and Central Halls of the NAB 2013 which cater to production and post-production was the power of Moore’s Law as represented by a tiny ‘point and film’ camera that perhaps was the biggest news.
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HDRs for an animated film? Behind the scenes of The Croods
How DreamWorks Animation employed Point-Based Global-Illumination on The Croods, relied on HDRs to inform lighting and developed a new cross-over between effects and animation.
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Broadcast and ident design highlights
Here’s a couple of broadcast design and idents projects that have caught our eye recently – from NASCAR to MTV and the BBC – featuring work by The Mill, Polynoid and Engine Room.
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Welcome (back) to Jurassic Park
How ILM’s VFX art director literally put his body on the line to help make Jurassic Park, and what the hardest thing in the film was to convert for its 3D release – you’ll be surprised.
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Adobe’s new pro video tools: NAB sneak peek
Adobe has revealed its next versions of Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade, Audition, Prelude, Media Encoder and Story.
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The Iron Man science project
Behind the scenes of an Iron Man-themed Verizon TV spot, with visual effects by The Embassy.
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fxguide’s guide to FMX 2013
The definitive guide to the effects, animation, games and transmedia presentations planned for FMX 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany from 23 to 26 April.
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The best tech demos from GDC2013
Some of the best game engine and tech demos from this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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