He made Tom Cruise 'forget the mouse.' Now it's ou

May 15, 2015, 10:47 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/15/he-made-tom-cru...

In a way, John Underkoffler's like Hollywood's own Wizard of Oz. He's the man behind the curtain responsible for infusing blockbuster fantasy with real-world tech. He created the futuristic UI in Minority Report, worked on the timeline for Hulk's transformation and found a Soviet fusion reactor to blow up Stark Industries in Iron Man. He also recently received the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for his work as an interface designer both in films and in the real world.

Applying Disney Magic to Motion Graphics

May 15, 2015, 10:46 AM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/applying-disney-ma...

In this fascinating video, learn how the innovation of the Golden Age of Animation can influence contemporary filmmaking and motion graphics.

MEWShop to host one-day post event in NY

May 15, 2015, 10:46 AM

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

NEW YORK — Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop) ( www.mewshop.com), the authorized digital training destination for post production and content creators, has announced their lineup of guest speakers and panelists for its special one-day event, Sight, Sound & Story, which will be held on June 13, 2015 at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway at Columbus Circle.

Mad Max: Behind the Scenes

May 15, 2015, 10:46 AM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/mad-max-behind-sce...

To celebrate the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, let's take a behind-the-scenes look at the history of George Miller's explosive approach to filmmaking.

#CreativeFriday – Moving 3D Objects, Cameras and

May 15, 2015, 10:46 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/richardcurtis/?p=4476

I was asked a while ago to create an article on how to move 3D objects and cameras around in Photoshop CC and, in general how to work with the 3D scene. Having an ability to moving objects around a scene is the basic building blocks of putting something interesting in 3D in Photoshop CC together. Knowledge of this will smooth out the 3D Photoshop experience. The exercise and objective of this post is to take two individual objects, place them both into one scene and align them against ...

Whenever a problem comes up that I warned everyone

May 15, 2015, 10:46 AM

http://renderplease.com/post/119032619210

2015 AICE Awards: Cut + Run’s Sam Ostrove wins B

May 15, 2015, 10:45 AM

http://postperspective.com/2015-aice-awards-cut-ru...

At the 2015 AICE Awards, held May 14 at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, the four-minute Volvo Vintersaga film from the Swedish ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors, edited by Sam Ostrove of Cut + Run, was named Best in Show. The film also won Ostrove the AICE Award in the Automotive category. Editors Graham Chisholm of Married to Giants, Chris Franklin of Big Sky Editorial, Joe Guest of Final Cut, Nadav Kurtz of Cutters and Adam Pertofsky of Rock Paper Scissors each won two AICE Awards. Chisho...

C4D’s PixelBerg Viewport Renderer Updates With O

May 15, 2015, 10:45 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2015/05/c4ds-pixelberg-view...

Cinema 4D's realtime physical viewport renderer gets an OS X version in addition to a new Parallax occlusion mapping.

Tips for Production Success – Part 1

May 15, 2015, 10:45 AM

https://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/tips...

Throughout this blog, I’ve written numerous tips about how to produce projects, notably indie features, with a successful outcome in mind. I’ve tried to educate on issues of budget and schedule. In these next two entries, I’d like to tackle 21 tips that will make your productions go more smoothly, finish on time, and not […]

Veteran Flame artist Toby Brockhurst joins Zoic

May 15, 2015, 10:45 AM

http://postperspective.com/veteran-flame-artist-to...

Visual effects house Zoic Studios, based in Culver City, has added Flame artist Toby Brockhurst. With over two decades of experience, he has worked on effects-driven spots for major brands such as Kia, Guinness, Volvo, EA Sports and BMW, and worked for top shops including MPC, Framestore, The Mill and Method Studios. He has also worked on music videos — for Tori Amos, Air, Annie Lenox, George Michael, Jamiroquai and Missy Elliot — and feature films, such as Transformers 3D, Pearl Harbor...