Sci-Tech Oscars – 14 under consideration

August 16, 2013

The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 14 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.

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Elysium exo-suit – not so far away – science fact?

August 14, 2013

In this exclusive video for fxinsider members, we visit Weta Workshop to see how they made Matt Damon’s exo-suit for Elysium, and also report on how real-life exo-suits are already in the works by CEA Tech.

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Eyeon seeks ex AVID DS users

August 8, 2013

AVID DS is end of life and eyeon Software courts the Avid users with special offers.

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fxinsider bonus podcast: Pixar’s Loren Carpenter

July 29, 2013

In this special bonus audio podcast for fxinsider members, we talk to Pixar’s Loren Carpenter about his career, including his groundbreaking fractal animation + a very cool SIGGRAPH Audience Participation Pong video!

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VFX in TVCs: how to make a crowd

July 25, 2013

We take a look at two spots with VFX by a52 and Framestore that caught our eye for their innovative crowd replication work.

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Open Letter to the DGA

July 24, 2013

David Rand has written an Open Letter to the Directors Guild of America on behalf of visual effects and better filmmaking.

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NVIDIA’s new Quadro K6000

July 23, 2013

A first look at NVIDIA’s new Quadro K6000 graphics card being announced at SIGGRAPH 2013, and why NVIDIA says it’s fully invested the media and entertainment market.

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SIGGRAPH: Business Issues

July 22, 2013

We highlight two upcoming SIGGRAPH 2013 sessions (Tuesday & Thursday) that are focused on business issues facing Visual Effects.

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SIGGRAPH 2013: Day 0 – DigiPro

July 21, 2013

A run down of the amazing research at Pixar and other studios at the DigiPro conference: SIGGRAPH 2013 at Disneyand.

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Every back issue of Cinefex on your iPad. It’s now possible.

July 19, 2013

Find out about the Kickstarter campaign aimed at getting all back issues of Cinefex onto the iPad.

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2013 Emmy Nominations

July 18, 2013

The 65th Primetime Emmy® Award nominations were announced this morning at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood. The nominees for visual effects related categories are…

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Open source panel at SIGGRAPH: how free adds value

July 18, 2013

The Open Source panel session at SIGGRAPH 2013 on Sunday, July 21st at 2pm features Pixar, SPI, Blender, DreamWorks Animation and fxguide.

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VES: The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013

July 16, 2013

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has released a whitepaper titled “The State of the Global VFX Industry 2013”.

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Nickelodeon CG artists ratify new IATSE contract

July 12, 2013

IATSE has won an election and contract to represent 70 CG artists working at Nickelodeon Animation Studios

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Tippett Studio VFX – on your phone?

July 12, 2013

How Tippett Studio is branching out into movie-like visual effects on mobile devices with Efexio.

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Use Houdini assets…outside of Houdini

July 11, 2013

Side Effects Software has announced the Houdini Engine, a new product using elements of the company’s popular effects tool to act as a procedural engine and allow Houdini assets to be used in other 3D apps.

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In a flash: previewing the SIGGRAPH 2013 Dailies

July 9, 2013

With SIGGRAPH 2013 just around the corner, we preview the fast-paced Dailies program where presenters have one minute – just one – to break down a shot or their research.

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Rendering on-demand: a ZYNC Update

July 2, 2013

On-demand render solution ZYNC has finally launched – here’s a look at how it’s being used by companies such as Atomic Fiction and Bad Robot.

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24 VFX professionals invited into the Academy

July 1, 2013

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to artists for Academy Membership each year. Here are the 2013 invitees for Visual Effects.

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The making of Europa Report

June 28, 2013

How the spooky space and planet scenes in indie flick Europa Report were created by Phosphene VFX.

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Emmys 2013: the VFX contenders

June 24, 2013

We take a look at some of the possible contenders for this year’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in the visual effects categories, with some exclusive VFX breakdown reels.

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Cannes Lions scooped by Dumb Ways to Die

June 23, 2013

fxguide talks to the animator behind the Cannes Lions super-winner Dumb Ways to Die, and checks out the VFX winners from the awards.

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DigiPro 2013 preview

June 21, 2013

A special preview of the DigiPro 2013 event taking place right before SIGGRAPH this year, featuring talks from Pixar, Weta Digital, Image Engine, Dneg and Dreamworks.

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Spots round-up

June 13, 2013

A look at some recent commercials that have caught our eye and the work behind them. Plus a special focus on The Mill LA.

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The new Mac Pro: the cube comes of age

June 11, 2013

We take a look at the new Mac Pro and uncover some details as to why we feel it shouldn’t be dismissed as a “pro” computer.

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VFX in Los Angeles – 100 hour weeks & homeless

June 10, 2013

A true story about a young man starting a career in visual effects in Los Angeles.

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The Foundry’s MARI coming to OS X

June 10, 2013

If you missed the Apple WWDC keynote, Phil Schiller mentioned that The Foundry and PIXAR would be showing off something at a sneak peek at the new Mac Pro. We know know what it is: MARI on OSX.

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Renderman, Happy Birthday!

June 3, 2013

Pixar Animation Studios today announced a celebration of 25 years of Pixar’s RenderMan

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RealFlow 2013 released

May 27, 2013

Find out more about RealFlow 2013, Next Limit’s newly released fluid simulation software.

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Australian Cinematographers Society 2013 award winners

May 26, 2013

The rc podcast’s Jason Wingrove, and a project made with the help of fxphd, were among the winners of the ACS 2013 National Awards.

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