May 17

talk about your favourite vfx books.

Posted in: Beginners Talk
this is my favourite one ,bez the book teach me a lot of skill for my jobs. something is very new! i touch vfx work over 4 year .and i have my way to deal with some projects. some people said that is your "experience". yes ,the experience give me a lot of ,but at same time. it freeze my idea.
thank the author share his experience to me .
no matter your work in shake .AE or nuke . the book will help you to find some new thing for vfx.:cool:
No Comments | Tags:
May 17

tracking 2d to 3d point position

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
hi,

is there a way to find the 3d position of a tracking point onto a card3d ?
The goal is to have an animated 3daxis who "slide" on the 3dcard and drived by track2d projected on it.

thank,
papi

No Comments
May 17

Digital Matte-Painter

Posted in: Gallery
Hi, im new here, so i want to show my work (website) with all of you.
Thanks:D

No Comments
May 17

“The effect of film”

Posted in: Nuke Tutorials
Watch the tutorial here.
No Comments
May 17

Angels Demons CIS Vancouver

Posted in: Angels & Demons

div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlThe Province a href=http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Rome+churches+built+Vancouver/1598799/story.htmllooks at/a CIS Vancouver’s fx for emAngels Demons/em./div

No Comments | Tags:
May 17

Lost’s season 5 vfx

Posted in: 1

div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmla href=http://www.vfxworld.com/?atype=articlesid=3982page=1Getting Lost in Season 5/a, at VFXWorld./div

No Comments | Tags:
May 17

John Adams vfx

Posted in: 1

Visual effects break-down for John Adams.

No Comments | Tags:
May 17

Star Trek designer Neville Page

Posted in: Star Trek

div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmla href=http://www.vfxworld.com/?atype=articlesid=3984Creature Designer Neville Page Talks Star Trek/a, at VFXWorld./div

No Comments
May 16

A portrait of True Blood’s return.

Posted in: American TV, hbo, six feet under, true blood, Videos: TV

> Quicktime H.264
(8.2mb)
> iPod Compatible
(5.7mb)
> Watch in Flash
(4.6mb progressive)

If there’s one thing I love more than a good cast photo (like the cast of the Sopranos on a boat, or the cast of Scrubs.. also on a boat), its a good cast promo.

Full or overly symbolic references and imagery, its the kind of stuff you can only get away with when your playing outside the bounds of the shows usual narrative (or at least a dream sequence) and quite frankly no one does it better than HBO.

Take for example the series return of True Blood, set to the Bob Dylan track “Beyond Here Lies Nothing” is a beautiful moving portrait, open to intrepretion of what we might be able to expect from the latest instalment of the vampire thriller.

Another show that was rampant in there use of seasonal teasers was Six Feet Under, watch some examples after the jump.

Season 5, featuring the song “Breathe Me” by Sia.

Season 4, featuring the song “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone.

Season 3, featuring the song “A Rush Of Blood To The Head” by Coldplay.

No Comments | Tags:
May 16

Perrier “Melting” and “House of Saddam”

Posted in: Architecture, General, melt, vfx, water, wax

If you haven’t seen Ogilvy & Mather Paris’ Perrier “Melting” spot on the interw3bs yet, you will. It’s one of those projects destined for viral stardom. And for good reason.

Frédéric Planchon (Academy Films) did a great job directing the project towards a satisfying finish.

I’m not sure who handled the vfx, but they’re spot on. (Any help with further credits would be great.) La Maison did a beautiful job on the CG. Thanks to Todd Akita in the comments for this link, which sheds a little light on the fluid simulations at work in the spot.

Red Bee: “House of Saddam”

I can’t help but also share an earlier project here, a promo from agency Red Bee for the BBC “House of Saddam” series.

The vfx (handled by Finish) for “House of Saddam” are much less ambitious and on a smaller scale, but they serve the spot well enough.

It’s the application of the melting concept in the second spot that wins me over, though. It perfectly encapsulates the rise and fall of Saddam’s empire—from stately confidence to embarrassing meltdown. The house of wax metaphor sticks with you well beyond the last frame.

Thanks to Denny Tu for bringing “House of Saddam” to my attention.

Posted on Motionographer

No Comments | Tags: