News
Star Wars Main Title (as if by Saul Bass)
A friendly reminder: if you want your motion graphics work to be shared far and wide, humor and satire...
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Golden Compass: First Flop to win VFX Oscar in Nearly a Decade
Visual Effect Academy Awards™ are not much different from any other category in at least one respect: great performances...
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The Foundry releases Nuke 5.0
Although nearly a decade old and tested in production on some of world’s most recognized visual effects films, Nuke...
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Adobe’s Magic 3D Lens
Check out this video in which Adobe engineers debut some much rumored hardware designed to interface with a future...
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WGA Strike to End Next Week?
Although the striking writers haven’t yet seen the deal, writers will receive terms tonight or tomorrow and vote next...
Production
Recreating 1970’s San Francisco: Contrasting Approaches
Every day that I cycle from my home into the Presidio I pass through the intersection of Washington and...
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Adobe Hacker Effects
The After Effects development team is surprisingly small, especially given how much innovation has gone into each revision in...
Post Production
Flat Earth VFX
Some new (to me at least) and interesting info in this morning’s seven and a half minute NPR story...
News
This Revolution Will (by definition) Be Televised
To paraphrase Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore, this writer’s strike will end someday. Amid more and more speculation as to the...
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Fun with Gamma, Quicktime and After Effects
Here’s a scenario being replayed at studios around the globe: The decision is made to upgrade to After Effects...