Are visual effects today just too darn boring?
Yes, argues Variety's David Cohen. No, responds fxguide's Mike Seymour - and here's why.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
vfx
Eye candy: the new Maxwell Render demo reel
Mainly technical tests this time round, but there is some lovely work from Dvein and the late Fuel VFX.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Eye candy: Autodesk's new post and VFX reel
See recent work created with Autodesk's 3D and finishing tools, including some great spots from boutique studios.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Tutorial: sculpting realistic clouds with fluids
See 3ds Max VFX guru Allan McKay's 45-minute video on fast-rendering dynamic clouds in FumeFX.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Digital Domain files for bankruptcy
Legendary effects house sells out to private investment firm; looking to secure jobs of LA-based staff.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Mikros Image open-sources Puli and ColorTribe
Leading French VFX house releases Maya/Nuke renderfarm manager and colour-management tools for free.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Eye candy: Chaos Group's 2012 V-Ray showreels
Leading renderer gets not one demo reel but (count 'em) five. And they're all teeth-grindingly gorgeous.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Eye candy: Next Limit's RealFlow Siggraph 2012 reel
All the gorgeous advertising work you might expect - and some shots from Aardman that you might not.
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Eye candy: V-Ray IRL
See Hollywood VFX stars swap GI for guns in this mini heist movie created for V-Ray's tenth birthday.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
We can do previs from an airplane over the Arctic!
Gradient Effects' Sandbox tech lets users work on movie-res assets via an iPad, anywhere in the world.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
Eye candy: the first official Tears of Steel teaser
Trailer for the Blender movie once known as Project Mango features spacecraft, robots, glowing brains.
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Eye candy: Ladybug
See Chilean studio Leyenda's calling card to the cinematics market, done in just seven weeks of part-time work.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Ambrosia
One man, $17k, 280 FX shots: how Chris Herrick created high-power visuals for this low-budget thriller.
Saturday, June 30th, 2012