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Category: VFX Insight

VFX Insight

Everything you wanted to know about the history of Nuke’s Smart Vectors

Posted onJuly 28, 2020August 19, 2020

Where it came from, how it was built, and why it was originally called ‘Smart Paint’.

VFX Insight

How you can implement a VFX workflow completely in the cloud

Posted onJuly 27, 2020July 28, 2020

A how-to video for integrating cloud renderer Conductor into Shotgun.

VFX Insight

How VFX and animation studios are using virtual workstations today

Posted onJuly 22, 2020August 19, 2020

Untold Studios, Tangent Animation, and Hive VFX among those embracing new ways to produce content.

VFX Insight

What you can do in Bifrost 2.1

Posted onJuly 14, 2020August 5, 2020

Behind the latest release and the latest features.

VFX Insight

How to crash a meteor

Posted onJuly 10, 2020August 5, 2020

Creating a real impact with ActionVFX stock elements.

VFX Insight

The art of crafting war scenes for previs

Posted onJune 4, 2020August 5, 2020

Previs director Mohammad Khalikh details role of iClone in visualizing Amazon Prime India’s ‘The Forgotten Army.’

VFX Insight

How does USD actually get used at a VFX studio?

Posted onMay 25, 2020August 5, 2020

Luma Pictures breaks down its Katana and USD implementation. 

VFX
VFX Insight

Using VFX stock footage day-to-day: a studio case study

Posted onMay 6, 2020August 5, 2020

Video: How Crafty Apes utilized ActionVFX footage in projects like ‘Stranger Things 3’ and ‘The Walking Dead’.

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.

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