ILM: Back on the Effects of Lone Ranger

January 3, 2014, 05:35 AM

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ILM back in video on visual effects film The Lone Ranger . If the film was a critical and commercial flip, it has many rich planes VFX. VFX supervisor Tim Alexander and Digital Environments Supervisor Dan Wheaton present the project.

How to create character-related VFX

January 2, 2014, 11:04 AM

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Visual effects veteran William Dwelly explains the process behind creating character-related FX, such as drool hanging from a dog's mouth.

Circles in After Effects

January 1, 2014, 10:30 AM

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Making circles in After Effects seems like a trivial exercise, but there are a ton of approaches to their various forms in design. Circles come in movement and repetition, from expressions & scripts, as Shapes, masks, particle effects like Particle World, Bubbles, Ball Action, from the Circle effect, scripts, CC Sphere, Polar Coordinates, Wave World, Radio Waves, halftone effects (Card Dance, Particular, effects), and so on. Here are few circle-related tutorials and resources for After Effects.

2013: The Year in Review

December 31, 2013, 05:35 AM

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Hit the road, 2013!It was the biggest year ever for Art of the Title. We tackled more ambitious content, we participated in a number of great events, we partnered with many exciting sponsors, we committed to a rigorous publishing schedule, and saw our readership grow immensely across a variety of platforms.We published a total of 47 articles this year, including some massive and important features, some of which took more than a year to put together.  Top Billin’Our most popular articles...

Hobbit saw large digital work juxtaposed with gopr

December 31, 2013, 05:35 AM

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug saw some of the best special effects to date. If you haven’t seen it be warned, this will have spoilers. That said, the scene where Smaug chases Bilbo about the mountain of treasure is jaw-dropping and obviously took a lot of work. Yet the barrel escape scene seems more straight forward. That intricate blend of 4K footage and GoPro shots is thanks to Weta.

Learning Cinema 4D R15

December 27, 2013, 05:38 AM

http://motionworks.net/learning-c4d-r15/

Infinite Skills has released Learning Cinema 4D R15, new, beginner Cinema 4D training with Chris Martin.

THE LONE RANGER: VFX Breakdown by ILM

December 25, 2013, 05:49 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=5735

Christmas Letter 2013

December 24, 2013, 06:29 AM

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December 2013 Dear Family and Friends, It has indeed been a year of change for our family. After 10 years at Brighton, Sheryl has returned to teaching. Her plan was to substitute three days a week by walking to a... (...)

LipSync provides post for BBC mini-series ‘Death

December 20, 2013, 01:30 PM

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London —  Death Comes to Pemberley, written as a sequel to Jane Austen’s novel  ”Pride and Prejudice,” was entirely post produced at LipSync Post (http://www.lipsyncpost.co.uk) in London, with color grading and deliverables done on one of the facility’s three Quantel Pablo color correction and finishing systems by senior colorist Stuart Fyvie, who completed the grade […]

CATCHING FIRE: Guy Williams – VFX Supervisor

December 20, 2013, 10:44 AM

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Last May, Guy Williams has explained to us in details about the work of Weta Digital on IRON MAN 3. Now he talks about his work on THE HUNGER GAMES – CATCHING FIRE.