Invisible Effects of living in the WestWorld
WestWorld aimed to do as much work as they could in camera, but they still relied on a host of invisible effects work by FutureWorks.
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fxpodcast #344 Black Adam with Digital Domain
We speak Black Adam, with Digital Domain’s VFX supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidis
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Volumetric team Arcturus expands with help from Epic and Autodeck
Volumetric startup Arcturus received $11M Series A funding, including investments from Epic Games and Autodesk.
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UE5.1 adds M&E tools to an impressive UE5 release
A look at the Virtual Production improvements in UE5.1
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Twenty Years of Spider-Man at Sony Pictures Imageworks
Congrats to all the Artists at SPI on 20 years of Spider-Man
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fxpodcast #343 Real-time Vantage Ray Tracing with Chris Nichols
A preview of Real-time Ray Tracing that Chris Nichols will present at RTC 2022
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fxpodcast #342 Otoy and Treking towards a real Holodeck
OTOY is pushing the boundaries of Light Field display and asset generation in cooperation with The Roddenberry Estate; Yes, they’re making a Holodeck!
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She-Hulk: Wētā’s Shade of Green
We sit down with Wētā FX to discuss the character animation of She-Hulk with VFX Supervisor Guy Williams and Animation Director Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
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VES Reference Platform
The VES tech Committee looks forward to what workstations artists could and should be using, in the VFX Reference Platform 2021 Survey.
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Goodbye Kansas Studio is on Vigil
Vigil has only just been released in the USA, VFX by Goodbye Kansas Studios.
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Maya’s Unreal Future
Autodesk, in collaboration with Epic Games, has released a new Maya Unreal Live Link
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Virtual McDonalds
Co-Directors Matt Manhire and David Whiteson recently finished a Mcdonald’s commercial shot entirely using VP.
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Deep Neural Rendering Comes of Age
NR is so much more than DeepFakes, as Synthesia is demonstrating.
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The Volumetric Future?
An in-depth, deep dive Case Study on Volumetric Capture : Coldplay BTS My Universe
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The Definitive Weta Digital Guide to IBL
Erik Winquist exclusively shares Weta Digital’s internal IBL making of video.
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fxpodcast #336: Chris Corbould SFX Supervisor 007
SFX Oscar Winner Chris Corbould discusses Bond, Bombs, and Bank Districts.
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fxpodcast #335: Nuke meet Unreal, play nicely.
The upcoming Nuke release sees the addition of direct Unreal importing and control.
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Foundational Visual Effects
In the build up to this week’s final brilliant episode of Foundation, we explore DNEGs work on Apple+’s hit series.
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fxpodcast #334: Paul Debevec on IBLs + Virtual Production LED Stages
We talk to Paul Debevec on IBLs and using them in LED Virtual Production Volumes along with guest Erik Erik Winquist from Weta Digital.
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