Archive for September, 2009
Harry Potter VFX Breakdowns
Australian vfx house Rising Sun Pictures worked on Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince and put togeather this VFX breakdown. Found through: #VFX search on Tweetdeck (@thereistime)
Microfilmmaker Magazine – Tips & Tricks
Micro filmmaker magazine has a section collecting tips and tricks for special and visual effects. Found through: Browsing the interwebs
The Making of Axe “Billions” commercial
The Making of Axe “Billions” commercial, visual effects were done by The Mill. Found through: #VFX search TweetDeck
NIKE Pro Combat: Trail of Destruction (Alter Ego)
David Fincher directs Nike’s new pro combat comercial. VFX were done by Hydraulx with VFX Supervisor Ed Chapman at the helm. More information on the commercial here (Coloribus), and here (wk.com). Found through: Alba’s Tumblr post
Hollywood Camera Work Free HD Green Screen Plates and Footage
So we decided to donate some of the interesting plates from Visual Effects For Directors to the community, so you can download them and practice keying, matchmoving, compositing, tracking, and much more! Found through: Scott Squires “Effects Corner”
40 Excellent Examples of Interior Designs Rendered in 3D Max
3D Max is one of the commonly used software for architecture and interior design field on creating good presentation of architectural projects. Although it is not that easy to use and master the techniques to achieve the best result in a short period of time, it’s still worth to learn. Found through: #VFX search on [...]
Wiki Books: Movie Making Manual/Visual Effects
Little primer on the VFX part of filmmaking. Found through: Browsing the internets
No Keyframes
Inspired by MoGraph’s new MoDynamics and the excellent possibilities offered by CINEMA 4D’s XPresso and C.O.F.F.E.E. for creating complex setups we created the film ‘No Keyframes’, which is based entirely on automated setups. Each scene represents a specific functionality, which in itself generates interesting effects. The film shows spheres as they travel through various environments, [...]
It’s Not Easy Keying Green
Apart from being a well known host, actor and singer it’s a little known fact that Kermit the Frog also has a side job as a Visual Effects Consultant. With his background in VFX heavy movies, Kermit has become the go-to frog when it comes to Green Screen Consultancy. Because, even though compositing software has [...]
Eric Durst – Visual Effects Designer / Supervisor
Demo reel of the visual effects work that Eric Durst have supervised. Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed
