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At SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles today, Maxon announced details about their new Cinema 4D Release 21 as well as new, less expensive subscription pricing model and a vastly simplified product line. Say goodbye to Body Paint as well as the Prime, Broadcast, Visualize, and Studio versions; there is now simply one version...
Here is the first trailer for TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN – Season 2! The VFX are made by: Goodbye Kansas Studios Hybride (VFX Supervisor: François Lambert) Cinesite (VFX Supervisor: Gunnar Hansen) Incessant Rain Rodeo FX …
The Heretic / Siggraph Exclusive Unity’s award-winning Demo team and the creators of Adam and Book of the Dead, presented a short film The Heretic at SIGGRAPH 2019 as part of Real-Time Live. The real-time cinematic runs at 30 fps at 1440p on a consumer-class desktop PC. The Heretic shows the use of advanced...
Here is the final trailer for THE SHINING sequel, DOCTOR SLEEP! The VFX are made by:Method StudiosPeerless (VFX Supervisor: Marc Hutchings)RISE (VFX Supervisor: Benjamin Burr)Secret Lab (VFX Supervisor: Olcun Tan)Shade VFX The Production VFX Supervisor is Marc Kolbe. Director: Mike FlanaganRelease Date: 8 November 2019 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art...
For many years fxguide has enjoyed the insane and wonderful demos and presentations at SIGGRAPH’s Emerging Technologies. This year, the booth that most ‘caught our eye’ was NVIDIA’s AR Research. At SIGGRAPH’s Emerging Technologies area in Los Angeles last week NVIDIA had a pair of experimental wearable augmented reality displays technologies or...
Chernobyl has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Special Visual Effect in a Supporting Role Category. The Chernobyl mini-series visual effects were supervised by VFX Supervisor Max Dennison, based at DNEG London. Dennison, with over 20 years experience, achieved critical acclaim through his work on Academy award-winning films such as Peter...
 The Mill’s Mascot program using iPhone face tracking to power a real-time creature including Fur with secondary animation. At fxguide we tend to focus mainly on visual effects, but the tools of animation, simulation, and real-time engines are allowing companies and artists to expand into areas not traditionally that of an...
The Mill LA in collaborated with Norwegian musician Cashmere Cat and renowned Director Jake Schreier on the groundbreaking music video ‘Emotions’. The result is an advanced application of real-time technology that pushes the boundaries of creativity and innovation and allows for a ‘one take, real-time clip’, that is the first of its...
 Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, is the climactic conclusion to an unprecedented, 11-year cinematic journey in which the Avengers take their final stand against Thanos. It also delivered the biggest opening weekend in history and the film is now the highest-grossing film of all time. Avengers: Endgame featured a surprise twist at...
 The Lion King is the Disney computer-animated musical film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, and written by Jeff Nathanson. The film is a photorealistic computer animated remake of Disney’s traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that nine distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2019. These investigations are made public so that individuals and companies with devices or claims of innovation within these areas will have the opportunity to submit achievements for review. The Academy’s Scientific...
 The Lion King Disney’s The Lion King aimed to solve a classic VFX/animation problem, namely how to direct a story when the director can’t see all of the things that they are directing. With the traditional, iterative approach it can be frustrating for a director to direct a scene when he...