When I’m asked for my opinion about the new work

February 8, 2017, 02:39 PM

http://renderplease.com/post/156980868045

Wes Plate Joins Apple as Product Designer

February 8, 2017, 02:39 PM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1927-wes-plat...

A developing story, but software developer Wes Plate has joined Apple as a Product Designer, with the Pro Apps team we are assuming.

‘Doctor Strange’ VFX supervisor: It was a chal

February 8, 2017, 02:39 PM

http://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/doctor-stran...

“It’s always a surprise,” admits visual effects supervisor Stephane Ceretti during our recent webcam chat (watch above) when asked about his Oscar nomination for “Doctor Strange”. “You think that you’re going to be nominated, but it’s always good to have the confirmation.” This Marvel Studios release stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange, a former neurosurgeon who learns the mystic arts from a sorcerer (Tilda Swinton) after a debilitating car accident.

VFX Breakdown on “Jackie” by Digital District

February 8, 2017, 01:08 PM

http://theangryvideoguy.com/index.php/2017/02/08/v...

Digital District, a VFX company based out of Paris, Montreal, and Brussels has posted a breakdown of their work from the film Jackie. Shots include a lot of crowd work, and extensive work on the shooting scene including some CG gore.

Jungle Book, Kubo take top honors at 15th Annual V

February 8, 2017, 10:35 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society held its 15th Annual VES Awards last night, recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials, video games and special venues. Comedian Patton Oswalt served as host to the more than 1,000 guests gathered at the Beverly Hilton to celebrate VFX talent in 24 awards categories.

How To Have Live 3D Wireframe Renders in After Eff

February 8, 2017, 10:35 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2017/02/live-3d-wireframe-r...

Sean Frangella shows us how to get wireframe renders in Ae, using the new cinema 4D renderer in Ae. Over the last few releases Cinema 4D and After Effects have come closer together. This was The Post How To Have Live 3D Wireframe Renders in After Effects using C4D originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

On-location editing where the editor is the techni

February 8, 2017, 10:35 AM

http://alex4d.com/notes/item/on-location-editor-as...

A new case study from Peter Wiggins of fcp.co shows that editors can manage their own workgroup shared storage - setup and maintenance: The job needed two edit machines, an ingest station, a graphics station and connection to the truck EVS system. Hiring an ISIS system for the weekend would involve an engineer attending and that would blow the budget. So I suggested that I could supply and look after a newer, faster shared storage system. He arranged to use a Lumaforge Jellyfish video...

No Other Way To Say It

February 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

https://www.aotg.com/no-other-way-to-say-it/

Director Tim Mason pulls the curtain back on the glamorous world of advertising in this short comedy about a voiceover actor trying to nail the right tone fo...

ARRIVAL: VFX Breakdown by Rodeo FX

February 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/arrival-vfx-breakdown-by-r...

Rodeo FX have released the VFX Breakdown of their work on ARRIVAL...

VES Awards are dominated by The Jungle Book

February 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2017/02/08/ves-awards...

Last night, the Visual Effects Society handed out their awards at their annual gathering. It was mainly a good night for The Jungle Book, which took the top prize, known as Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature. It beat back Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, while at the Academy Awards, it’ll be up against Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Rogue One...