Behind this particular framework in the latest release of Pixar’s RenderMan.
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Tech Weeklies: Substance rebrand, V-Ray 5 for C4D update, Nvidia’s Canvas, Red Giant Universe 4
A round-up of the big VFX and animation tech news from the past week.
‘You’re going to have to remind me, which are the CG dogs?’
A deep dive into the digital dogs MPC Film made for ‘Cruella’.
The virtual production behind ‘Stowaway’s’ space walk scenes
How Unity’s virtual camera offering was used by the filmmakers, with exclusive video.
I kinda love that you can bid on this Phil Tippett video cassette
Tape contains original animatics for the ‘Jedi’ Rancor sequence.
How motion capture for ‘The Stand’s’ raunchy scenes was all done remotely by a single performer
The pandemic required the show’s VFX team to quickly pivot the approach to these crazy crowd scenes.
befores & afters at befores & afters: The making of ‘Mortal Kombat’
Rising Sun Pictures VFX supe Dennis Jones commentates on befores & afters images from the film.
The visual effects behind those two amazing opening oners in ‘A Quiet Place Part II’
VFX supe Scott Farrar breaks down ILM’s work for the John Krasinski and Emily Blunt scenes.
How a greenscreen stage was used to shoot that ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ hilltop battle
Behind the shots with visual effects supervisor Jim Mitchell.
Riffing on The Rip for ‘The Irregulars’
When you’re presented with a VFX problem to solve, how do you solve it?
How LD+R’s ‘Life Hutch’ was made
Michael B Jordan, Alex Beaty and Tim Miller discuss this Love, Death + Robots film.
The mocap and crowd sims behind the hordes of zombies in ‘Army of the Dead’
A quick visual breakdown from Framestore.
The invisible effects of ‘Shameless’
This Ghost VFX breakdown reel showcases the power of on-set scanning, photogrammetry and Lidar.
Here’s how you scan real Las Vegas to make a digital Las Vegas
The process the VFX team followed for ‘Army of the Dead’, including when the Vegas hotels wouldn’t let them capture data.
‘Oh my god, are they going to show this? Oh my god, they showed it.’
How stunts and VFX combined to craft that intense mauling scene in ‘Army of the Dead’.