MARI, LAIKA and tools from ILM, R&H & Imageworks among Sci-Tech winners

January 8, 2016

Read the full list of Sci-Tech Award winners, which include on-set, photography, color science and VFX tools.

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BAFTA nominations announced

January 8, 2016

Nominees for the EE British Academy Film Awards…

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Ex Machina: new VFX breakdowns

January 6, 2016

Watch brand new VFX breakdowns showing how Double Negative created Ava for Ex Machina.

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Nikon, yes Nikon, surprises us with the KeyMission 360

January 5, 2016

RC Tech: Nikon has new cameras at CES – but of all of them the new KeyMission 360 is the most surprising. GoPro, the ball is now in your court!

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10 VFX films advance to Bake-off

December 21, 2015

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 88th Academy Awards®.

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The early days at PDI

December 15, 2015

In this special fxinsider interview, we talk to PDI co-founder Glen Entis about the pioneering days at animation studio PDI.

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20 in the VFX Oscar race

December 7, 2015

Find out which films have made it into the top-20 for the VFX Oscar, and let us know what your final ten and final five would be.

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Unionizing efforts in the UK

December 4, 2015

In London recently BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union) formally requested recognition to represent the compositing department at MPC. fxguide spoke with Paul Evans from BECTU as well as Joe Pavlo, an artist who has been heavily involved in the effort.

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X.IO and Octane 3

December 1, 2015

We review an impressive demo on two separate fronts !

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What happens to miniatures after they’ve been shot?

November 29, 2015

Famed ILM Model Shop modelmaker Lorne Peterson talks to fxguide about the fate of miniatures. Plus behind the scenes of some of his favorite projects.

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Walter Murch on the path to digital

November 24, 2015

Legendary editor Walter Murch shares his thoughts on the advent of digital editing systems in this special fxinsider interview.

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Crafting the hero moment

November 19, 2015

ILM animation supervisor Glenn McIntosh discusses Jurassic World’s final heroic scenes in this special fxinsider interview.

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Gnome way out

November 15, 2015

How MPC took on Goosebumps’ VFX challenges, gnome matter what was thrown at them.

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How Cinesite keeps on track

November 12, 2015

Cinesite reveals how ftrack helped plan and track the studio’s visual effects for The Last Witch Hunter.

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Alex Mahon joins The Foundry as CEO

November 10, 2015

EXCLUSIVE interview with new The Foundry CEO Alex Mahon and former CEO Bill Collis who will now be the company’s President.

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Inside a scene in Inside Out

November 8, 2015

In this fxinsider story for our valued subscribers, we talk to Pixar’s director of photography (lighting) Kim White about a scene from Inside Out.

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Why the Lytro Immerge is a big deal

November 5, 2015

Opinion piece: We discuss what makes the Lytro Immerge so cool technically and so important as a new camera.

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Inside Disney Research Zurich’s capture tech

October 28, 2015

fxguide’s Mike Seymour has his eyes and head scanned at Disney Research Zurich.

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fxinsider: One of Us helps the climb to Everest

October 25, 2015

In this special breakdown for our fxinsider members, we take a look at One of Us’ vfx for Everest – plus feature befores and afters of their work.

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An animated day 3 at VIEW

October 22, 2015

The Book of Life, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Shaun the Sheep – all presented on day 3 at VIEW.

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Day 2 at VIEW: The Little Prince and ILM’s models and miniatures

October 20, 2015

We report on ILM Model Shop Supervisor Lorne Peterson’s talk at VIEW, and the keynote from The Little Prince director Mark Osborne.

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Kara Zor-El : AKA Supergirl

October 19, 2015

Encore visual effects supervisor Armen Kevorkian discusses his latest work for Supergirl.

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Inside the colorscript process: day 1 at VIEW

October 19, 2015

A behind the scenes look at crafting an animated feature colorscript with Michael Kurinsky at Sony – our first report from VIEW in Italy.

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Houdini 15 released

October 15, 2015

Side Effects releases Houdini 15 with new crowd, ragdoll, shader building and rendering features.

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Behind Marvel’s marvelous trailer titles

October 14, 2015

They may go by in just seconds, but here’s how one artist helped contribute to many of the titles you see in the biggest trailers from Marvel and other studios.

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AR: a researcher’s perspective

October 12, 2015

In this preview of SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 – which is right around the corner in Kobe, Japan – we talk to Columbia Uni Prof. Steven Feiner about his research into augmented and virtual reality.

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Destiny: The Taken King: a visual breakdown of the launch trailer

October 6, 2015

Behind the scenes of the shoot with Digital Domain and their newest Destiny: The Taken King trailer.

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Three things not to miss at VIEW

October 5, 2015

Three highlights from the upcoming VFX, CG and animation VIEW Conference in Italy.

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Limitless goes on a trip to the small screen

September 28, 2015

Limitless comes to TV, and with a host of unique visual effects work.

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Digital skin alteration – studying racial bias

September 23, 2015

Some new research into racial bias is taking advantage of VFX techniques to digitally alter skin.

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