Tech Weeklies: RenderMan 24, Penzil, 3D Coat 2021, Dynamixyz acquired
Here's what got released in VFX and animation tools this week.
Proof’s 3,000 previs shots for ‘F9’ were all hand-animated in Maya
Behind the scenes of Proof's previs, techvis and postvis.
RenderMan 24…so, what are Stylized Looks?
Behind this particular framework in the latest release of Pixar's RenderMan.
VFX Notes: Ep 2 – F9, stylization in animation, VFX forums and z-depth
Hugo and Ian are back with episode 2 of the podcast.
Remote studio, remote rendering and Redshift
How Shomen Productions utilized cloud rendering with Conductor for this HERE Technologies city scene.
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.
Watch these 3 Imageworks ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ VFX breakdowns
Behind the scenes of the studio's digi-doubles and CG city work.
‘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’.
VFX Artifacts: The Dinosaur Input Device
A chat with Craig Hayes about the stop-motion armature input device made during 'Jurassic Park'.
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.
Go on set of Coldplay’s ‘Higher Power’ music video
Greenscreen, mocap and more.
Behind the scenes of ‘Sweet Tooth’
A quick look at Zoic Studios' visual effects work for the Netflix series.
VFX Firsts: What was the first previs made for a film?
Previs has a rich history, find out more in the podcast.
On the set of ‘F9’
Actor John Cena and director Justin Lin discuss a scene.
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.
It’s hard to not love this VFX breakdown
The making of the VFX of 'El Vecino', by El Ranchito.
How Rodeo made their Yahima for ‘Lovecraft Country’
Fascinating look at practical, live-action and digital VFX for this sequence.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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