Archive for August, 2009
Drain the Ocean – VFX Reel
Drain the Ocean was a huge project that we did at 422 for National Geographic Channel to show the incredible landscape of the ocean floor. All drained underwater landscapes were created in Computer Graphics (CG). Eduardo Schaal
Touchable Holography – SIGGRAPH 2009
Source: Website
District 9 – Interview – Trailer – Panel
Link: A Dozen Things You May Not Know About ‘District 9′ District 9 Trailer Comic-Con ’09: District 9 panel (part 1) Comic-Con ’09: District 9 panel (part 2) Comic-Con ’09: District 9 panel (part 3) Comic-Con ’09: District 9 panel (part 4)
Video Embedding Comparison Site
This page compares the currently available video hosting sites. Found through: flowseeker’s Twitter feed
Legion – Interview with The Orphanage’s VFX master Scott Stewart
There are a lot more visual effects in this people will know: Change backgrounds, change skies… Paint this out, add this in. Hopefully you won’t notice any of those things. Found through: Stu’s Twitter feed
Walter Kronkite visits ILM
Walter Kronkite visits Industrial Light and Magic during the Empire Strikes Back Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed
Giant Robots: Using mental ray shaders to integrate CG elements into real shots
Zap spends his days (and nights) writing shaders, documentation and tutorials for mental ray, and sometimes makes presentations at user events and conventions, as well as maintains a mental ray tips blog (mentalraytips.blogspot.com). Occasionally he also makes little experimental visual effects movies, and he has a background in music production. Exellent lecture from Master Zap [...]
The Lovely Bones – Trailers
Found through: Apple trailers
Geri’s Game (Pixar Live Version in HD!)
Short movie, based on the Pixar short Geri’s Game.
Movie Magic Models and Miniatures
Enjoy it while it’s on youtube.
