And I never said a word…
We’ve been working on more (fun) ML demos. Respeecher and Pinscreen join us to demonstrate advanced AI Facial Re-enactment.
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AI Generative Fashion Videos
London College of Fashion and Framestore’s Johannes Saam discuss how to make generative fashion AI videos
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Meta Human Animator
MetaHuman Animator is announced along with UE for Fortnight and much more as part of the ’23 State of Unreal keynote at GDC
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GTC: Shutterstock Teams with NVIDIA to Build AI Models for Generative 3D
NVIDIA joins with Shutterstock for generative 3D
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Elvis is in the (VFX) House
Fin Design+ Effects discusses their work on the multi-oscar nominated film Elvis.
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fxpodcast #351 ILM’s Craig Hammock – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Oscar Nominated Craig Hammock discusses Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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fxpodcast #350 Sci Tech Winner Ryan Laney
Ryan Laney is to receive a commendation (special plaque) for his inventive use of AI facial technology to give a digital “veil” to protect identities while preserving facial emotion in documentary filmmaking.
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Majestically Morphing Morbius
We talk to Joel Behrens, VFX Supervisor at Digital Domain about Morbius’ digital transformation.
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Realtime Fractals in Unreal
Something familiar that you have never seen before – in real-time: UE5 Fractals
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fxphd: online vfx training for professionals
Our sister site fxphd.com is a leading provider of online training courses for professionals in the visual effects and animation industry. Their courses are designed to help professionals stay up-to-date with the latest techniques and software, and to develop the skills they need to advance their careers.
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Deep Dive on Wētā FX Face Fabrication System
A deep dive into the Machine Learning of WĒTĀ FX’s Wētā FX Face Fabrication System
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Autodesk + RADiCAL: AI-powered 3D Motion Capture
Autodesk invests in RADiCAL and their AI-powered 3D Motion Capture System.
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Making of (all the) Spider-Man: No Way Home
Video breakdowns of SPI’s great Comp, Environment, suit, and FX work for Spider-Man
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NVIDIA is collaborating with top academics to present 16 SIGGRAPH Papers
NVIDIA works with 14 academic researchers on 16 SIGGRAPH ’22 papers
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Avatar: The Way of Water: Does it seem it was worth the wait?
A special (technical) view of the new Stereo Avatar: The Way of Water
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fxpodcast #340 Advertising and Creative on Madison Avenue
We talk to the Artery’s Vico Sharabani about creativity and the evolving business of engaged creativity.
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Pixomondo Bashes Environments with KitBash3D
Given the volume of models for episodic work, Pixomondo finds great value in Kit-bashing.
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Union VFX for Operation Mincemeat
Union discusses creating the dramatic VFX for UK WWII thriller Operation Mincemeat
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Heavenly Virtual Production.
Pixomondo continues to expand its use of LED volumes in short-form projects such as commercials.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once VFX Team All at Once
An in-depth talk with All the VFX team, All at Once (well 4 of the 5 artists)
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The Neural Rendering of The Champion
The world’s first full neural rendered dialogue replacement full feature film.
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Do I want an Apple Studio?
We look at M1 Max Studio vs M1 MacBook Pro – for professional effects editing.
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UE5 in a State of Unreal Digital Human Characters
UE5 is released as part of Unreal’s State of Unreal.
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Gilded Age World Building
VFX sups Douglas Purver and Becky Graham discuss The Gilded Age of VFX at DNEG
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The Integrated Role of Hi-Tech Props in The Adam Project
Property Master, Dean Eilertson talks about The Adam Project
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