Thinking Particles - Smoke Fluid FX Hybrid

August 26, 2015, 05:14 AM

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This is thinkingParticles 6.2 (Subscription Drop 2). In this video we discuss the additions we have made to the Smoke Sieve Operator node.

3D text & replicators in Motion

August 25, 2015, 10:03 AM

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THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF VIZUALIZATION

August 25, 2015, 05:08 AM

https://www.aotg.com/the-past-present-and-future-of-vizualization/

Chris Edwards, CEO of The Third Floor, described the humble beginnings of previsualization, a digital form of storyboarding that renders lighting, camera placement and movement to allow filmmakers to visually experiment and conceptualize complex effects.

Milk's Epic VFX for Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norre

August 25, 2015, 05:08 AM

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is an epic BBC television miniseries that first aired in 2015, based on the magical-realistic novel of the same name.

CGI & VFX Showreels HD:

August 25, 2015, 05:07 AM

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Check out this awesome and inspiring Character/ Creature TD Reel by the talented Drago Avdalovic! Drago is currently Character TD at PDI/DreamWorks, and specializes in Character Facial and Body Setups and Deformation.

Ryan J Thompson – EXPLORATION VFX Breakdowns

August 25, 2015, 05:06 AM

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Here are the VFX breakdowns of the majority of shots from my submission for the Cinespace 2015 NASA Imagery Competition. EXPLORATION is an inspirational piece reconnecting history with the present, mainly focussing around the Apollo 11 mission of the late 1960’s. Showcasing the passion and drive man has always had to touch the stars. JFK’s famous Houston College speech serves as a motivational narration accompanied by my own footage as well as NASA’s incredible archive imagery.

The science behind green screen

August 25, 2015, 05:05 AM

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It's hard to imagine a technology that has had as big an impact on the Hollywood movies of today as Chroma Key Compositing. The technology that allows actors to almost magically be placed onto any set the director can imagine, or even transform the actor into a digital character on screen has become a staple of today's blockbuster movies.

Gunshot Wound Tutorial

August 25, 2015, 05:05 AM

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This is the second video in the wax series - how to create realistic ballistic trauma using nose and scar wax.

OptiTrack @ SIGGRAPH 2015 - Half-Court Mocap

August 24, 2015, 03:11 PM

https://www.aotg.com/optitrack-siggraph-2015-half-court-mocap/

Motion capture is an incredible production tool with increasingly varied applications, as OptiTrack recently demonstrated while tracking basketball players on a half court. Players went head-to-head, shot hoops and performed various tricks in an authentic setup with a scoreboard, buzzer and court paint. The players’ positional and orientation data was then retargeted onto animated characters and displayed on monitors in real-time.

VFX Shop FuseFX Heads to Emmys with Two Hard-Won N

August 24, 2015, 12:23 PM

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It's been a busy year for Burbank-based visual effects facility FuseFX. Known for its flexible, fast and deft handling of VFX across a surprisingly wide palette of feature film, episodic television and commercial projects, the studio expanded to New York and Vancouver last fall while continuing to create, on breakneck schedules, some of the most breathtaking and prolific effects work on television for Blacklist, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In Febr...