FMX 2017: Compositing Tips & Tricks fromHugo Guerra
The talks at FMX 2017 were packed, and at times you could no longer get in. Fortunately, many were recorded. Here is the Nuke compositing workshop with Hugo Guerra from The Foundry.
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Dutch James Bond Substitute: Agent 327
Agent 327 is a comic series by Dutch artist Martin Lodewijk; the Blender Institute now wants to realize the 3D film version with the cult character. Here is the first three-minute teaser.
Our animago expert jury 2017
There are just under two weeks to go until the submission deadline for this year's animago AWARD. Here we introduce you to this year's animago jury members, who bring CG experience and expertise from their work at ILM, Disney, Mackevision, Arri or Trixter.
Dell’s First HDR10 Monitor—and More Hardware
The UltraSharp 27 4K HDR monitor (UP2718Q) has a 4K display and provides a color depth of 1.07 billion colors. Dell has also added a VR-ready workstation and an 8K monitor to its range.
150 Free HDRs from NoEmotion HDRs
The free HDRs may be used for private and commercial projects. Various times of day and seasons are available.
John Knoll in an FMX Interview
Anyone who could not experience John Knoll's talk about "Rogue One" live at the FMX Conference 2017 no longer needs to be sad. AWN conducted a longer interview with the VFX supervisor at FMX; here is the video.
Meshmixer 3.2 Available
Meshmixer from Autodesk is a tool for working with triangle meshes; it can be used to clean up 3D scans, work with various materials and prepare 3D-print models. These are the new features.
Cinema 4D Plug-ins for Various Tasks
Looking for practical C4D plug-ins? On this page, you will find various ones—including tools to make it easier to create traffic simulations or surfaces.
FMX 2017 – figures and impressions
The DP team flew all the way out to Stuttgart last week. For the first time in the 22-year history of FMX, the event organised by the Filmakademie was sold out, with visitors coming from ever more distant countries to attend FMX.
Save Money with Maxon on “Star Wars” Day
Second day of FMX, and make a note of this offer from Maxon tomorrow for "May the 4th": On "Star Wars" Day, there is a 30 percent discount on all licenses and upgrades for 24 hours!
New Version of the Blender Fork Bforartists
Bforartists is a fork of the open-source software Blender that has set itself the goal of making the interface and workflow more artist-friendly. Version 0.9.2 has now been released.
Web Content for DP Issue 03 : 17
Here comes the additional content for the current DP 03 : 17! The best Modo tips and tricks from the last two years, more about the Thinfilm shader and the large Resolve workshop series.
So much cattle stuff!
Review: In DP 03 : 2017, Warner Brothers reached for "Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them", because J.K. Rowling was finished with Harry Potter after volume seven. Off we went to the beasts (wherever they are to be found)!
Free Arnold Dust Shader
Zeno Pelgrims has created a useful dust shader for Arnold for Maya (MtoA) that can be downloaded free of charge.
Cologne Cathedral Time Travel in 360 Degrees
Cologne Cathedral from today back to the Roman Empire: Faber Courtial realized this time-travel trip in 360 degrees for WDR.
Meet the Graphorns
Image Engine worked on 88 VFX shots for "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them", with the Canadian studio responsible for the three-headed Graphorn family and Swooping Evil as well as several other sequences. Due to the high complexity of the tasks, Image Engine worked on the project for around a year with a team of 1OO people, despite the relatively small number of shots.
FMX Trailer “Elemental” Making-of
The Filmakademie team behind the 2017 FMX trailer "Elemental" has released a making-of video with footage from the shoot and numerous breakdown shots.
Live Stream of the Opening of the 24th ITFS
Anyone who cannot attend the opening of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film live on Tuesday, May 2, does not have to miss out. Here is the link to the live stream!
The Yard VFX Showreel
The Yard VFX used to be called Plug Effects. The studio near Paris has now released its latest showreel.
3ds Max 2018 Is Here
Here is an overview of the most important new features in the new 3ds Max version.
Free Trial Version of Ziva VFX for Maya
Make creatures wobble: With Ziva VFX from Ziva Dynamics, the muscle and skin simulation system for Maya, believable life comes to the CG creature.
Sneak Peek – DP 04 : 17
For the 04 : 17 issue of Digital Production, the editorial team will once again prepare two focus topics: "Earth & Air Simulation" and the professional existence topic "Starting a Studio." Here we show you what is planned thematically.
FMX 2017: Multimedia from the Animationsinstitut
Here is an overview of what the Animationsinstitut will present during FMX week and which VR experiences visitors can try out.
Alt.vfx Showreel
Alt.vfx has studio locations in Brisbane, Sydney and Los Angeles. Here is the company's current, highest worth-seeing showreels.