Author Archive
“Let Yourself Feel” by Esteban Diácono
It was all done with after effects, particular v2, soundkeys and a little starglow. i first imported de audio, and set up 2 sounkeys layers, one for the piano and one for the strings. Then i worked the particles and the particle subsystem and linked things like the emission, the turbulence, the velocity, the spin [...]
Old scans of behind-the-scenes pics from Star Trek: TNG, DS9 & Voyager
Visual Effects Guru and Linkgiver Eric Alba has put up some amazing images from the set of Star Trek: TNG, DS9 & Voyager. Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed
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
