Unity Software with a ‘company reset’ walks away from film VFX and the Wētā Deal.
Our best wishes to all the team members of the Unity Wētā Tools’ division following its closure. UPDATE: Statement from WētāFX
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VFXShow 276: No One WIll Save You
We discuss the Hulu original film No One Will Save You. This science-fiction horror film is remarkable for having only five words of dialogue spoken during the entire film.
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fxpodcast #361: A Deep Dive into the New Laws around Governing AI
Confused about what the actual legal situation on generative AI? We do a deep dive into the new Laws around governing AI with Dr Brandie Nonnecke at Berkeley Law.
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Update: Move AI releases Single-Camera Motion Capture App: Move One
Move ai release their single iPhone MoCap app
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fxpodcast #360: Gareth Edwards and the ILM team on The Creator
We talk to The Creator Director Gareth Edwards, ILM VFX Supervisor Jay Cooper, ILM on-set VFX Supervisor Andrew Roberts, and Animation Supervisor Michael Midlock.
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True Cross Platform, Immersive, Open Source Connected Spaces
Today the Web is a series of connected pages, tomorrow could be a series of Connected Spaces – thanks to Magnopus.
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The Art of NeRFs, Part 2: Guassian Splats, RT NeRFs, Stitching and adding Stable Diffusion into NeRFs
In part 2 of our Art of NeRFs, we explore 4 incredible applications and innovations in the world of NeRFs
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VFXShow 260: Love, Death + Robots
A special Love, Death + Robots episode incl. Special Guests from Blur Studios: Jed Denjean + Rendering Guru: Zap Andersson.
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Huge update for MetaHuman : Import your own head!
The new mesh importer for MetaHuman Creator is a game-changer for Digital Humans in UE5
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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
Readfxphd: 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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