BAFTA 2019 VFX Nominees

January 9, 2019, 10:14 AM

https://www.artofvfx.com/bafta-2019-special-visual...

The BAFTA has just announced the nominees for the Special Visual Effects!

Making the Underwar Look for Aquaman

January 9, 2019, 10:14 AM

https://www.slashfilm.com/aquaman-vfx-reel/

Director James Wan had to craft a lavish underwater world primarily out of visual effects, so it’s no wonder that the before and after shots are so dramatic in this Aquaman VFX reel. On the heels of Aquaman‘s splashy box office success, Warner Bros. has released a video that shows the painstaking work that went into building the expansive underwater world of Atlantis, and all those flow-y hair shots.

10 Takeaways From the 2019 BAFTA Nominations

January 9, 2019, 10:14 AM

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/10-takeaways-20...

“The Favourite” lived up to its name with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which graced the homegrown period drama with a commanding 12 film award nominations Wednesday. But Bradley Cooper and Alfonso Cuaron made history, Glenn Close gained some momentum and Spike Lee got some love.

ACE Editing Nominations

January 9, 2019, 10:13 AM

http://collider.com/ace-eddie-awards-nominations-2...

Nominations for the 69th annual ACE Eddie Awards have been announced, recognizing the best editing of 2018 in film, television, and documentaries. On the narrative film side of things, it’s divided into three different categories: Drama, Comedy, and Animated Film. This is how Deadpool 2 scored a nomination—in the Comedy category, alongside Crazy Rich Asians, Vice, The Favourite, and Green Book.

Joe Walker talks editing Dune

January 9, 2019, 10:13 AM

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/denis-villeneuve...

Editor Joe Walker (“Widows”) re-teams with director Denis Villeneuve on his passion project, “Dune,” a retelling of novelist Frank Herbert’s sci-fi saga about power, politics, and religion. This marks their fourth collaboration in a row, following “Sicario,” “Arrival,” and “Blade Runner 2049.”

When I give too much info to Production

January 9, 2019, 10:12 AM

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Use Marvelous Designer to Create a Chef’s Hat fo

January 9, 2019, 10:12 AM

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Alex Cheparev’s Latest Tutorial Shows How to Use Marvelous Designer to Create the Complex Folds of a Chef’s Hat for Maya. Many DCC’s have cloth tools for creating clothes for characters, cloth simulations and more.

Fincher and Miller Partner Animated Anthology

January 9, 2019, 05:57 AM

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We are ready. In 2018 alone, critical successes like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Isle of Dogs, Mirai, and Night is Short, Walk On Girl exposed a hunger for animation that breaks free from the sameness of Pixar, DreamWorks, and that American house style. Cartoon is not a curse word; it’s just another medium rich with narrative potential.

Review: The Loupedeck+ control surface and its Ado

January 9, 2019, 05:57 AM

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Loupedeck+ is an Indiegogo-funded, button-filled, knob-twisting, plastic-constructed, USB-connecting hardware console that was originally marketed as a photo editing console. It was developed with Adobe Lightroom Classic in mind but as the years have moved on the Loupedeck has now become a photo and VIDEO editing console! How did it achieve this magic when one look at the thing screams Lightroom? Through the magic of software. With software, you can adapt anything to anything.

2019 Academy VFX Bake-Off: Celebrating VFX

January 9, 2019, 05:57 AM

https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/2019-academy-vfx-bake...

Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brings the visual effects community together for its annual VFX Bake-Off, where visual effects artists from the 10 shortlisted films, competing for the five Oscar nominations, step onstage to share insights and anecdotes from their work. Held this past Sunday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, this year’s event saw a number of significant and welcome changes, including livestreaming, a new voting process, and a new present...