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Category: VFX Insight

Unreal Engine's Sequencer
VFX Insight

Create, edit and preview your real-time scenes in Unreal Engine’s Sequencer

Posted onMay 1, 2020August 5, 2020

A video guide to Unreal Engine’s Sequencer.

VFX Insight

How one studio animated its CG character – fast – for a coronavirus cause

Posted onApril 29, 2020August 5, 2020

Behind the scenes with 3rd World Studios and Reallusion’s iClone Unreal Live Link for a COVID-19 PSA.

VFX Insight

How to study VFX and animation online

Posted onApril 28, 2020August 5, 2020

Why CG Spectrum is more than just watching video tutorials.

VFX Insight

Back to basics: a CG artist camera guide

Posted onApril 20, 2020August 5, 2020

A camera basics video tutorial for CG/VFX artists to help you understand parts and terminology.

Flame
VFX Insight

Inside Flame’s new machine learning-powered human face segmentation

Posted onApril 17, 2020August 5, 2020

Under the hood of the semantic keyer in Autodesk’s Flame 2021.

3D animation tips
VFX Insight

5 tips that made my 3D animation life easier

Posted onApril 6, 2020August 5, 2020

Watching your animation upside down might just make you a better animator, plus other pro advice.

Destruction FX
VFX Insight

Get to know destruction FX in Unreal Engine

Posted onMarch 27, 2020August 5, 2020

How Chaos and Niagara work hand-in-hand to blow stuff up.

Maya: Motion capture
VFX Insight

There’s suddenly a whole lot of new motion capture assets to use in Maya

Posted onMarch 20, 2020August 5, 2020

New Motion Library plugin includes 50 free motion assets to access right now.

ActionVFX
VFX Insight

Don’t settle for just one kind of wall of fire

Posted onMarch 8, 2020August 5, 2020

Stock effects footage stories from ActionVFX.

Star Wars
VFX Insight

What it took to visualize this Star Wars fan film

Posted onMarch 3, 2020August 5, 2020

How Reallusion’s iClone Character Creator helped previs ‘Dark Resurrection – Keepers of the Force.’

Unreal Virtual Production
VFX Insight

Virtual production and the future of storytelling

Posted onFebruary 26, 2020August 5, 2020

Video: how you can learn more about using Unreal Engine in virtual production.

Escape Studios Course
VFX Insight

From set designer to FX lead: forging a new path

Posted onFebruary 17, 2020August 5, 2020

Learn how one artist embarked on a major career change after a 4-month course at Escape Studios.

CG Masters
VFX Insight

Runs in the family

Posted onJanuary 29, 2020August 5, 2020

A real insight into what it’s really like studying VFX at CG Masters, and then getting a job in the industry – from two brothers.

Gifathon
VFX Insight

Gifathons, 3D animation and cloud rendering

Posted onJanuary 6, 2020August 5, 2020

How Conductor solved animation director James Curran’s need to render out his classic gifs in 3D.

Unreal Engine Tutorial
VFX Insight

How do I bring content into Unreal Engine?

Posted onDecember 18, 2019August 5, 2020

Datasmith lets you import your designs directly into the game engine.

LEARN VFX
VFX Insight

Here’s how you can learn VFX in a real studio production environment

Posted onDecember 3, 2019August 5, 2020

Vancouver’s CG Masters School of 3D Animation & VFX teaches more than just the tools.

BIFROST
VFX Insight

A Bifrost journey

Posted onNovember 18, 2019August 5, 2020

How a call to help deliver the biggest film in the world changed everything for Marcus Nordenstam.

CLOUD RENDERING
VFX Insight

Getting your head around rendering in the cloud

Posted onNovember 12, 2019August 5, 2020

A cloud rendering explainer for people who want to know more.

REAL-TIME RAY TRACING
VFX Insight

How to get started with real-time ray tracing

Posted onNovember 4, 2019August 5, 2020

Video: what real-time ray tracing is, and the first steps to trying it out in Unreal Engine.

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