Standing up with the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

December 17, 2017

VFX Supervisor Lesley Robson-Foster uses an URSA Mini Pro to help turn back time for the new Amazon streaming series 

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Great lecture from SIGGRAPH: War for the Planet of the Apes

December 14, 2017

Weta’s Vfx Sup. Anders Langlands discusses body and facial performance capture used to in War for the Planet of the Apes.

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Game of Thrones: dragon breakdown

December 13, 2017

Watch the Game of Thrones Season 7 dragon breakdown reel from Image Engine VFX.

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Sprout at SPI

December 12, 2017

A look at SPI’s environment tool Sprout.

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Oscar consideration lists (VFX and Short Animated Film)

December 4, 2017

Short list and consideration film for VFX and Animated short film.

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DI4D in LA

December 2, 2017

DI4D brings it’s PRO Facial and performance capture system to LA, as used by MPC for Rachel in Blade Runner 2049.

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Melbourne International Games Week

November 30, 2017

Over the last three years, Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) has grown into a major event on the global calendar featuring an impressive line up of local and international interactive experts across multiple events. Unite 2017, Unity’s one day conference showcased the latest developments of the Unity game engine and included many sessions on XR […]

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Seems like Rushes UK is closing

November 11, 2017

Goodbye to a Titan of the Post World in the UK.

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VFX Assemble deadline looms – UPDATE

November 7, 2017

The VFX Assemble deadline is Friday November 10th, how’s it going?

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Intelligent content aware fill for video: Cloak plus other tech Sneak Peeks

October 22, 2017

More from the Adobe Max Conference: The best of the Tech Sneak Peeks

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Adobe new moves at Max

October 18, 2017

Adobe’s newest Creative Cloud tools all embracing AI in the form of Adobe Sensei.

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New direction at Foundry

October 16, 2017

Craig Rodgerson takes over at the Foundry as the company explores new areas such as AI: Deep Learning.

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VFX artists assemble!

October 11, 2017

A new attempt at organizing Visual Effects artists in the UK involves green people, £10 and five minutes of your time.

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Congrats to the Craft Emmy Winners

September 11, 2017

Congrats to the VFX Emmy winners.

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New ways for Deluxe to work from Down Under

September 7, 2017

Tom Wild aims to unite Deluxe VFX and VR production management globally.

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Framestore helps save puppies in the Destiny 2 Trailer

September 3, 2017

Framestore LA and NY VFX on the Destiny 2 trailer

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Flimlight on TVC and features

August 25, 2017

Baselight plugs in for wider workflows.

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V-Ray in UE4

August 20, 2017

Chaos Group announced V-Ray for UE4.

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Open source release of USDMaya plugin: AL_USDMaya by Animal Logic

August 19, 2017

Animal Logic makes their USD Maya tools open source.

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Syd Mead to keynote at VES Summit

August 17, 2017

Visual Effects Society Names Syd Mead a Keynote Speaker at 2017 VES Summit, also names a featured speaker from IMAX as well as an Online Security expert.

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Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award

August 7, 2017

Visual Effects Society Names Acclaimed Writer-Producer-Director Jon Favreau Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award

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11 Scientific & Technical areas investigated for 2017 Oscars

August 5, 2017

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 11 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2017 Oscars®.

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VR Ghost Paint

August 2, 2017

Virtual Graffiti at SIGGRAPH 2017

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MPC at SIGGRAPH 2017

July 28, 2017

A summary of MPC’s SIGGRAPH talks.

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ARKit at Siggraph and WWDC: Wingnut AR (video)

July 26, 2017

ARkit at SIGGRAPH and at Wingnut AR in New Zealand.

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Halon previs War for the Planet of the Apes at Comic-Con

July 21, 2017

Halon presents the PreVis and PostVis for War for the Planet of the Apes, done in UE4.

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The big and the ‘tiny’ of SIGGRAPH 2017. The insider’s guide

July 20, 2017

The insider’s guide to SIGGRAPH 2017 with Conference Chair Jerome Solomon.

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Having a pig of a time

July 17, 2017

Method Studios delivers beautifully crafted character animation and creature work for Netflix’s Okja.

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69th Emmy Nominations

July 13, 2017

The 69th Emmy Nominations have been announced

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Making Mummy

July 12, 2017

The Mummy re-animates to life thanks to companies such as MPC and ILM.

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