MPC’s Richard Stammers on the vfx in Robin Hood
For Robin Hood, director Ridley Scott’s take on the classic
tale, MPC created hundreds of visual effects of medieval castles, an
invading French armada, CG troops and many, many arrows. Here’s my interview at fxguide with MPC
visual effects supervisor Richard Stammers about his work for the film.
Brand new dynamics solver which allows for the creation of fractures as well as massive rigid bodies simulations in max and maya.div class=”feedflare”
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By the year of 1492, PACO the Gipsy, gets banished from Europe. Flushed in the Atlantic Ocean, PACO ends on a neverseen natural paradise.div class=”feedflare”
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Cutting Edge vfx for Beneath Hill 60
For Beneath Hill 60, the story of a secret group of Australian
tunnelers recruited to Germany in the First World War, Cutting Edge
completed 120 visual effects shots ranging from matte paintings, smoke
and rain enhancements to fully digital explosions. Here’s my interview at fxguide with visual
effects supervisor Ron Roberts about the film.
CGArena launched a free high quality references library, more than 350 images which currently covers India temples, buildings, traditions….div class=”feedflare”
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The build adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2011 and 3ds Max Design 2011 and includes new features with many modified improved onesdiv class=”feedflare”
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The latest viral video to pique the interest of the CG community, Pixels by Patrick Jean, has now hit nearly 3 million views over at DailyMotiondiv class=”feedflare”
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This project is based on the work of Spanish architect D. Joaquín Torres A Study of Architecture-zero, created in 3ds maxdiv class=”feedflare”
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Rene Staud’s photography mixed with F_Box Picture Shooter’s cutting edge precision delivers the latest edge in 3D stylediv class=”feedflare”
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Artist Ashraf Aiad created some UV Texture Grids which you can use to check poly UVs. These are free to download and usediv class=”feedflare”
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