yU+co captures crime for Call of Juarez: The Cartel

yU+co captures crime for Call of Juarez: The Cartel

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The gritty world of drug trafficking and quasi law enforcement is depicted in a recent CG trailer for Ubisoft’s shooter game Call of Juarez: The Cartel. yU+co created the piece, which includes Western-inspired close-contact fight sequences, shoot-outs and a final fiery vehicle crash, with the help of full body motion capture from Just Cause Productions as well as Depth Analysis’ MotionScan facial capture system. In this fxinsider article, fxguide talks to the trailer’s animation director, Richard Taylor, about bringing the Call of Juarez world to life, and to Depth Analysis about MotionScan.

Training: Live Action & CG 3

In this training, Instructor Matt Skonicki takes you through the entire process of compositing 2 HD Shots with 3D integration.

Spot: Join the Dance

Editor organically integrating a series of CGI elements – from dancing chairs and revolving buildings, to animated fruit – maintai…

V-Ray for Maya 2.0 Released

The complete, state-of-the-art rendering solution now comes with interactive rendering on GPU and CPU.

MARI 1.3 is now available!

MARI 1.3 is loaded with great new features to help keep your painting creative whilst helping with workflow and pipeline pain.

Spot: Dodge Charger

In this spot VFX by Digital Domain, cinematic Dodge Charger spot rallies drivers of the future to reclaim their right to drive

CG Portfolio: Tomasz Strzalkowski

Artist from Poland having more than 10 years of experience. Images are very exciting to watch and have totally different style

Effects Studio That Made a Great Shoe

Dashing built the shoe shaped house in Maya and Mental Ray over a two-week period, experimenting with different window shapes, flo…

Interview with Rango/ILM

Pixologic just released a great interview with the art department at ILM highlighting the creative process and team behind Rango

Outcasts: Creating the Darkside of space

Outcasts: Creating the Darkside of space

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Darkside Animation recently produced more than 300 visual effects shots for Outcasts, an eight part BBC series that aired earlier this year. In the show, a group of pioneers forge a new life on the fictional planet of Carpathia. This is an fxinsider interview at fxguide with Darkside’s Simon Percy and Andrew Bishop about creating spaceships and terrestrial effects for the series.