With the new EPIC and Scarlet camera launched, we have a special new Red Centre episode that takes you behind the scenes of the launch as we interview Ted Schilowitz to explore some of the detail of the plans. He explains both more about the intended market, the new REDCODE, audio and the concept of what […]

Red announced today their new approach to both stills and moving digital capture. The new Red system will is based on a massively configurable system of modules, extending from a 2/3″ sensor to a newly announced 28K (yes 28K) 617.  Earliest new cameras are scheduled to be the 5K Scarlet S35 in Spring/Summer 09. Then the […]

On December 2nd and 3rd, there will be four fxphdlive master classes in Tokyo covering Flame, Smoke, and even a bit of Lustre. Each session will be covering the same material, but we wanted to have a variety of times to allow artists a chance to actually escape their suites. fxphd co-founder John Montgomery and […]

As the polls close, at fxguide we have been reviewing the tech of the coverage. As we write this, it is still early in the nightly coverage, but one of the more unusual technologies is the CCN’s Holographic correspondents. By having guests in remote studios standing in front of greenscreen and in front of 35 […]

This week’s fxguidetv continues our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with vfx legend Scott Squires. He sits down with Mike Seymour and chats about how he got started in the industry, starting on Close Encounters, and rising to a senior visual effects supervisor at ILM. Now freelance, Scott discuss both his career […]

Anonymous Content’s Justin Reardon via SF-based Cutwater directs this wild :60 for video game developer Ubisoft. The spot shines light on true devotion to the sport for the new game Shaun White Snowboarding. In the spot, ordinary people become snow boarding fans and rush to catch a snow boarding chopper flight.

Well it has been a busy couple of days at fxguide. We have a new Episode of fxguidetv focused on RealFlow, with our 7 fave dumb FCP tips ! There is also a new fxpodcast looking at XSI version 7 with Bill Roberts, and finally Mike and Jason discuss grips and loads more on the […]

This week’s fxguidetv continues our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with vfx legend John Dkystra. He sits down with Mike Seymour and chats about how he got started in the industry, the building of motion control systems, working on the first Star Wars movie, and how the digital age compares to the […]

fxguidetv episode #40 is now available. We continue our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with ILM vfx supervisor John Knoll. He covers his early days at ILM, the creation of Photoshop and Knoll Light Factory, and more….it’s a fun conversation outside of his usual work on films. The end of the episode […]

The 2nd installation of the Visual Amalgam Art Show was an enormous success, with an estimated eight hundred people attending the event at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. The semi-annual event features the personal artwork of film industry and visual effects professionals. Show organizers and artists, Patrick Finley and Evan Jacobs, were thrilled with the […]

Visual Amalgam Art Show offers the public a rare opportunity to see personal artwork created by visual effects professionals behind some of the biggest motion pictures at one of the premier art venues in the Los Angeles area. Patrick Finley, a successful painter and visual effects artist for motion pictures, conceived the first Visual Amalgam […]

Well, RED said their specs were subject to change and not a week after saying RED would also be going into the DSLR camera market with their own video, stills hybrid, the company pulled photos of the Scarlet $3,000, 3K camera off its web site and said the camera is being fully rethought and redesigned. […]

Autodesk released a Stereoscopic Filmmaking Whitepaper delivering a comprehensive understanding of the state of the industry and its current barriers. The whitepaper provides valuable knowledge for anyone curious about the future of Stereo 3D (S3D) and highlights current industry challenges from technical production complexities to studio considerations and theatrical acceptance. While the industry faces numerous […]

In our second fxguidetv episode from Amsterdam and IBC 2008 we get a look at the soon to be released Ocula plug-in from The Foundry for problem solving Stereoscopic images. Also a preview of what’s new in Fusion 6 and Generation from Eyeon. To be notified automatically and have the episodes downloaded in iTunes, subscribe […]

Thomson announced that it is selling the Thomson Grass Valley equipment business to private investors led by PARTER Capital Group, a German private equity advisory firm. The sale includes the Spirit film scanning family, together with the Bones digital intermediate workflow tools and LUTher, a colour space management product. Financial terms of the sale are […]

On the way to Amsterdam John Montgomery stopped in Montreal to get an exclusive and in depth look at the latest releases for Flame and Smoke. Philippe Soeiro from Autodesk takes us through some of the exciting new features including 3D Particle presets, the transition to floating point workflow, real time deliverables and more. To […]

After many years of rumor and possible projects, ILM is going to make a full animated feature film called Rango for director Gore Verbinski Variety is reporting. ILM of course worked with Verbinski on Pirates of the Caribbean and like that film the new animated film will star the voice and capture motion of Johnny […]