FMX 2012 – day three

May 12, 2012

Day three at FMX saw a huge turnout for the ILM and Weta Digital Avengers presentation, plus more great virtual production talks.

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Cinesite announces sale to UK private investment firm Endless LLP

May 10, 2012

Endless LLP has acquired Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount. The deal involves Cinesite’s existing management team, supported by its new investment backer.

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FMX 2012 – day two

May 10, 2012

Day two of FMX 2012 in Stuttgart brought a number of exclusive first-looks at movies such as Men In Black 3 and Total Recall, breakdowns of the VFX for Game of Thrones, plus some incredible virtual production sessions.

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FMX 2012 – day one

May 8, 2012

fxguide is in Stuttgart, Germany for FMX 2012, our second year at the festival. It looks to be an incredible week of visual effects, animation, virtual production and filmmaking presentations. Here’s our rundown of day one.

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fxguidetv live @NAB2012 BTS video

May 1, 2012

As a thanks to our readers who supported our fx2012 drive, we have the promised behind-the-scenes (BTS) video. Geek out a bit with the tech behind our fxguidtv live netcast from Las Vegas.

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Total Recall: the version you never got to see

May 1, 2012

A new models and miniature doco, Sense of Scale, is screening this weekend in London. We have a deleted scene about the models for the never-made 1987 version of Total Recall.

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NAB 2012: What we are talking about

April 16, 2012

fxguide will be LIVE all day April 17th from The Foundry booth (#SL9724), streaming from 1700GMT – 2300GMT. Here are some of the announcements that have been made already, embargoed until this morning, or cool stuff we expect to be talking about tomorrow.

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fxguide nab twitter feed

April 15, 2012

Our NAB coverage this year includes a combined twitter feed from the fxguide crew. You can see our tweets from events and the show floor by visiting our NAB live page.

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Flame/Smoke 2013 New Feature Videos

April 12, 2012

Autodesk’sFlame/Smoke product designer Philippe Soeiro shows off the new features of the 2013 releases in a series of overview videos.

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fxguidetv live from NAB: April 17th

April 10, 2012

On Tuesday, April 17th, fxguide will be streaming live at The Foundry booth (#SL9724) from 1700GMT – 2300GMT (1800 London). This was made possible thanks to the generous support of fxinsider members as well as leading sponsorship from The Foundry.

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F65: Road test

April 9, 2012

With the help of Tony Gardiner, co-founder of 3rd Gear, we have one of the first serious test drives of the Sony F65 camera.

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FMX 2012 program announced

March 28, 2012

Find out more about the exciting FMX 2012 program with presentations from all the major VFX and animation houses, and how you can support fxguide as the official FMX podcast.

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Color correction on the iPad

March 25, 2012

We take a test drive of Gamma & Density’s 3cP / Image Control Pro app for the iPad and iPhone.

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CVMP: Additional Sessions

March 9, 2012

As a bonus for fxinsider members, we have two full presentations from the CVMP conference. First, research by Paul Debevec’s ICT team into simplifying image-based lighting. The other is The Mill’s Jordi Bares covering new lighting techniques and pipelines.

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HIERO Ships

March 8, 2012

The Foundry announced that they have begun shipping HIERO, their shot management, conform and review tool for VFX. Click through for the press release and links to other coverage here at fxguide.

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5D | FLUX discussion series in LA

March 8, 2012

Immersive design consortium 5D | Institute is holding series of integrated workshop discussions and panel presentations, spanning three evenings in Los Angeles starting March 13, 2012. “5D | FLUX’ will consist of 120-minute interactive sessions aimed at encouraging in-depth conversations about world-building across disciplines.

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Jean-Luc Bouchard R.I.P.

March 6, 2012

We remember Jean-Luc Bouchard who sadly passed away recently after a long battle with cancer. Jean-Luc worked at Discreet Logic, Nothing Real and Apple.

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A look at Blur’s game cinematics

March 4, 2012

fxguide’s Mike Seymour recently got the chance to sit down with Blur Studio creative director and co-founder Tim Miller to discuss game cinematics, in cooperation with our media partners at The Daily.

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B&H start your cash registers…5D Mark III

March 2, 2012

The 5D Mark III is launched – here’s what we know.

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Out of the box: Houdini 12 released

March 1, 2012

New release of Houdini from Side Effects includes enhanced Pyro FX and FLIP fluids, Bullet integration, production-ready Cloth, and Alembic export.

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Challenges continue for VFX industry

February 29, 2012

Imageworks says it is leaving Albuquerque, Blizzard to lay off 600 workers, while Pixomondo will open new facility in Baton Rouge.

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Luxology releases new modo 601

February 29, 2012

We take a quick look at Luxology’s latest release of its modo software for modeling, sculpting, 3D painting, animation and rendering.

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Kim Masters on The Business

February 27, 2012

Kim Masters writes for industry standard The Hollywood Reporter and is also host of the highly respected podcast and radio show The Business on KCRW. We explore big budget effects films, trends at the Studios and what it takes to produce a top rated radio show on Business in Hollywood.

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Congratulations to Hugo, Rango & Morris Lessmore

February 26, 2012

In this special video we highlight the VFX and animation winners at the 84th Academy Awards.

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Rhythm & Hues takes flight for Chronicle

February 19, 2012

We recently visited Rhythm & Hues in LA to talk to visual effects supervisor Raymond Chen about the flying scenes in Chronicle.

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HIERO launch events in LA, Toronto & NYC

February 15, 2012

The Foundry is holding launch events for HIERO, their vfx shot management and conform tool, in LA (Feb 23rd), Toronto (Feb 28th), and NYC (Mar 1st). Click through for signup info and a link to our fxguidetv ep covering the software.

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BAFTA Film Awards winners

February 12, 2012

The BAFTA Film Awards winners have been announced, with Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 winning Best Special Visual Effects.

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Stan Lee vs. fxguide

February 11, 2012

fxguide’s own Mike Seymour recently sat down at the VES Awards with Stan Lee of Marvel.

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Visual Effects Society Winners of 10th Annual VES Awards

February 8, 2012

The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the winners of its 10th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Complete list and photos follow.

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Award submissions made easy

January 30, 2012

With only one day to go until on-line voting closes for the 10th Annual VES Awards, we thought we’d take a look at one of the companies who helped make the awards possible on a global scale – Sohonet.

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