Eye candy: Troll, I am your father
See The Empire Strikes Back as Lucas never quite envisioned it in Rune Spaans' new VFX short.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
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New app lists hotkeys for (almost) every CG package
Gfx Hotkeys 2.0 shows keyboard shortcuts for over 30 VFX and 3D tools, for Windows, OS X and Linux.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Eye candy: Carrot vs Ninja
Like the video for Karma Police forced violently through a blender with The ChubbChubbs.
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Create a short for Taptu and win a VFX internship
Produce a piece featuring the app developer's slogan and win a four-week placement at Prime Focus.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Eye candy: ColourBleed
Cool, chromatic trailer for a new $15,000 HD short, with effects by a gaggle of VFX industry veterans.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Eye candy: Grzegorz Jonkajtys' The 3rd Letter
View the Siggraph prize winner's bleak, beautiful VFX short, then sign up for his new 'making of' session.
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Video: Allan McKay on new 3ds Max FX techniques
Visual effects guru posts one-hour video from his recent presentation at New York's 3ds Max user group.
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Get a job in visual effects, earn just $8 an hour
Minimum-wage VFX job located in Longwood, Florida. Guess what? It's in dimensionalising stereo footage.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Ten practical tips to help you get more CG done today
VFX supervisor Allan McKay provides his proven productivity tips. (And actually, more than ten of them.)
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
CafeFX co-founders release statement on studio closure
Creator of Pan's Labyrinth's iconic VFX closes its doors after 17 years, blaming 'global marketplace'.
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Vancouver councillor calls for more VFX unionisation
City councillor Geoff Meggs backs IATSE organizing drive within Canadian VFX studios.
Monday, December 20th, 2010
The horrors of VFX contract negotiation exposed
But no, we don't have to pay you overtime, because we have you classified as a technician.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Hollywood Babylon: the truth about burnout in VFX
Leading VFX supervisor condemns 145-hour working weeks and offers suggestions for change.
Monday, October 11th, 2010