CG Portfolio: Koray Kocaturk

27 years old artist from Turkey whose specialisation in Modeling, Texturing and can be easily seen in their artwork.

Lumen-escent: the VFX of I Am Number Four

Lumen-escent: the VFX of I Am Number Four

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Visual effects supervisor Greg McMurry oversaw 800 shots for I Am Number Four, the story of an alien fugitive on the run from other-worldly pursuers. Here’s my article at fxguide which takes a look at some of the key effects scenes from the film.

Making of Matte Paintings

From the initial concept to the finished painting. What makes it special is that it you see in time-lapse how the pictures are put…

finalRender 3.5 SP1 Released

cebas Visual Technology Inc., announces the release of finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE Service Pack 1, now ready for download

Short Film: Hooked

Have a look this interesting and funny short film of 3 minutes. Created using Lightwave. Hope you will enjoy this film.

Union’s 350 shots for 127 Hours

Union’s 350 shots for 127 Hours

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Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours is the story of mountain climber Aron Ralston (James Franco) who becomes trapped beneath a boulder in Utah. Here’s my interview at fxguide with VFX supe Adam Gascoyne from Union Visual Effects about how his studio helped tell this real-life tale of survival.

Production Focus with Tips: Undertals

The purpose of creating the Undertals was to have a pre-production package to present to eventual investors and producers

Motiva Colimo 1.1 is out with Demo

New version of this revolutionary product is out and now you can try out the full working demo of the software before buying

Archmodels Vol. 95 Released

Archmodels vol. 95 includes 94 highly detailed models of home and security gadgets with all textures, shaders and materials.

Framestore goes under seige

Framestore goes under seige

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A stand-out commercial airing during this year’s Super Bowl was Coca-Cola’s ‘Seige’, featuring a group of evil fire-warriors invading the village of a band of furry, friendly creatures. The Wieden + Kennedy spot was directed by Nexus’ Fx&Mat, with CGI and animation work by Framestore. Here’s my interview at fxguide with Framestore’s visual effects supervisor Diarmid Harrison-Murray.