MPC Film Creates SMore Great VFX for Ghostbu

January 7, 2022, 08:50 AM

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Leading visual effects studio designs new ghosts, brings Harold Ramis back as Dr. Egon Spengler, and animates a horde of mini Stay-Puft marshmallows wreaking havoc on a Walmart, in Jason Reitman and Sony’s long awaited ‘Ghostbusters’ sequel.

The Matrix Resurrections dojo was the first

January 7, 2022, 08:50 AM

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At one point in Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections, Morpheus (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) takes Neo (Keanu Reeves) to an idyllic dojo location to reacquaint him with his kung-fu abilities.

Everything You Need to Know About Masks in After Effects

January 6, 2022, 01:07 PM

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Spend 5 minutes to learn all you need to know about masks and masking in After Effects. A new tutorial by FloMotion’s Florian Fueger covers pretty much everything you need to know about using masks in Adobe

Harbor LA Adds Kelly Mackey as EP of VFX and Finishing

January 6, 2022, 01:07 PM

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Kelly Mackey has joined Harbor Los Angeles as executive producer of VFX and finishing. She previously produced at a variety of New York City-based  boutique post houses over the past decade. After launching her career as a producer at Refinery NYC and Poetica, Mackey was hired by BlueRock, where she oversaw automotive accounts including Toyota for Saatchi & Continue reading → January 6, 2022 The post Harbor LA Adds Kelly Mackey as EP of VFX and Finishing appeared first on postPerspective.

MPC Film crafts VFX for Ghostbusters: Afterlife

January 5, 2022, 08:50 AM

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LOS ANGELES — MPC Film (mpcfilm.com), which has locations in London, Los Angeles, Bangalore and Montréal, created visual effects for a number of scenes featured in the latest  Ghostbusters  film. Directed by Jason Reitman and produced by Ivan Reitman,  Ghostbusters: Afterlife  follows a single mom and her two kids, who arrive in a small town and discover their connection to the original ghostbusters team.

A preview of season 4 of The Performance Capture P

January 5, 2022, 08:48 AM

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Here’s a fun special insight befores & afters has been given: a heads-up on the guests for season 4 of The Performance Capture Podcast (a podcast sponsored by Vicon).

The Wheel of Time Julian Parry Overall VFX Su

January 5, 2022, 08:47 AM

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Back in 2020, Julian Parry explained the creation of the visual effects for the first season of The Witcher. Today he talks to us about a new heroic fantasy universe with The Wheel of Time.

More Flexible Deepfakes lead to Deeper Problems

January 4, 2022, 09:28 AM

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My original plan for this post was to comment on how Disentanglement is the Next Deepfake Revolution using CGI to fill in the “blanks” where data for the target identity is missing, and to point to a DYI guide to Deepfakes. When the site became unavailable when I first wrote this post, I feared it […] The post More Flexible Deepfakes lead to Deeper Problems first appeared on The present and future of post production business and technology.

Holographic video is not here yet, but this looks like the next best thing

January 4, 2022, 09:27 AM

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Light Field Lab's latest demo of apparently real holographic video has got people talking. But is it really a hologram, or merely giving the impression of one? Phil Rhodes dissects the reality.

Episode 332 — Foundry – Jen Goldfinch, Senior Director of Industry Marketing

January 4, 2022, 09:27 AM

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