VFX Podcast - Work Permits

December 14, 2015, 06:56 AM

http://www.allanmckay.com/52/

Amanda Gillespie is Manager of Extraordinary Ability Cases for Samuel Christensen Law Firm PLLC in New York. Amanda works daily with many of the artists and creatives alike migrating to the United States each year, helping build their cases and assisting them in the process of obtaining visas, greencards and work permits to work in the U.S.

3D animation tech puts other peoples' words in cel

December 11, 2015, 05:53 PM

http://www.gizmag.com/videos-animation-still-image...

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) recently demonstrated how 3D video images of Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and several other celebrities could be created by piecing together still images and sound bites retrieved from the internet. They also showed how their algorithms could animate those digital models, getting them to say things that were actually said by someone else.

PEV01 – An Introduction to Performance Enhancing

December 11, 2015, 06:39 AM

http://www.creativeimpatience.com/pev01-introducti...

The term “Performance Enhancing Visual Effects” (PEVs) or “Performance Based Visual Effects” was coined by Alan E. Bell, the editor of (500) Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man”, and most recently The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and two parts of Mockingjay. It encompasses all manipulations of the source material aimed … see more →

Texturing VFX Assets with MARI

December 10, 2015, 12:13 PM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/texturing-vfx-assets-...

This video is an introduction and project overview for the Texturing VFX assets with MARI series.

AE Character Tips, Working with Head and Body

December 10, 2015, 12:13 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2015/12/emanuele-colombos-a...

Animator Emanuele Colombo has been sharing a look into how he sets up and animates characters in After Effects. This third installment shows how he deals with the head and body of the character.

Building a Motion Graphics Toolkit in Final Cut Pr

December 9, 2015, 09:12 PM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/building-a-motion...

WILSONOV: Making of by R.U.R. - The Art of VFX

December 9, 2015, 10:31 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/wilsonov-making-of-by-r-u-...

Really nice making of by R.U.R. about their VFX work on WILSONOV...

V-Ray for MODO - Quick Start: Intro

December 9, 2015, 06:50 AM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/v-ray-for-modo-quick-...

This video covers rendering a MODO scene with V-Ray. Getting started with V-Ray for MODO is extremely easy, because the tight integration of the V-Ray plugin with MODO’s native lighting and shading means that all of your existing lighting and shading settings are converted for V-Ray behind the scenes.

VFX Producer Andrea D'Amico Joins FuseFX

December 9, 2015, 06:50 AM

https://news.creativecow.net/story/880338

(Burbank, California--December 8, 2015) Award-winning visual effects studio FuseFX has brought on veteran VFX Producer Andrea D’Amico. D’Amico arrives with more than 25 years of experience in visual effects, including tenures at Eden FX, Digital Domain, RIOT, P.O.P. and CIS Hollywood. Most recently, she served as VFX Producer at MPC Montreal, on Fox’s Victor Frankenstein.

Academy Announces 20 Contenders for VFX Oscars

December 8, 2015, 05:25 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/2015/12/academy-announc...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee has made its preliminary shortlist of 20 films for this year's VFX Oscar. They are, in alphabetical order: Ant-Man Avengers: Age of Ultron Bridge of Spies Chappie Everest … more » The post Academy Announces 20 Contenders for VFX Oscars appeared first on Studio Daily.