from the archives: 25 years of fxguide
Double Negative Breaks Down Batman Begins – Pt 2
Mike Seymour talks with Paul Franklin from Double Negative about their work on Batman Begins. Part two of two.
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Art of HDR
It is hard to believe that Paul Debevec published his PhD just ten years ago. His work in defining high dynamic range images (HDRi) was almost immediately adopted by the major effects companies and expanded into one of the most significant visual effects areas of the last ten years. We look at the art and science behind HDR imagery in VFX.
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Iron Man 3: more suits to play with
More suits, more extreme effects. How the VFX studios behind Iron Man 3 made the film possible.
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Director Michael Gracey & making Better Man
We speak with Gracey to discuss the film, its complexity, challenges, and how he approached this innovative and powerful independent film.
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Pablo Helman breaks down Wicked
From complex flying rigs, monkey’s and feather to set extensions and those millions of tulips, ILM’s great work on the box office hit: Wicked
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VFXShow 290: Wicked
The crew this week discuss Wicked, Universal Pictures’ dazzling new adaptation of the Broadway hit, directed by Jon M. Chu.
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The issue of training data: with Grant Farhall, Getty Images
We discuss rights, providence, and generative AI legality with Getty Images’s Grant Farhall.
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Hands-on with the URSA Cine 12K LF + URSA Cine Immersive
Ben Allan ACS CSI, test drives and reviews the URSA Cine 12K LF, which is also the base for the new URSA Cine Immersive.
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NVIDIA’s Simon Yuen: facing the future of AI
Simon Yuen is Senior Director of graphics and AI at NVIDIA, where he leads the company’s digital human efforts such as ACE.
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Zap Andersson: Exploring the intersection of AI and rendering
Zap Andersson shares his tips and tricks gleaned from testing AI tools for his bizarre YouTube series: UNREAL MYSTERIES
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Adobe and GenAI
We dive deep with Alexandru Costin into FireFly, the future of gen AI, Adobe’s strategic plans, and the lessons learned along the way.
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VFXShow 289: HERE
Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a visually groundbreaking film with cutting-edge technology but the panel finds itself deeply divided over the film.
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Generative AI in media and entertainment
A field guide on how to approach generative AI with interviews from over 12 leading AI industry companies and VFX experts.
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A deep dive into the filmmaking of Here with Kevin Baillie
There is a lot to unpack in Robert Zemeckis’ Here. VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director Kevin Baillie explains the complex filming, editorial complexity, and its AI de-aging.
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Agatha All Along with Digital Domain
Agatha All Along goes a long way with old-school digital comping, blue screen, and set extensions.
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Adele’s World Record LED Concert Experience
We discuss how Disguise provided the World record breakingly large LED screen for Adele in Munich.
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VFXShow 288: The Penguin
The Penguin views the world from down in the gritty streets of Gotham, far below the world of The Batman, as we witness the complex origin story of Oz Cobb.
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The visual effects of Slow Horses
Union VFX’s Tim Barber discusses one of the great spy dramas currently on TV.
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Wonder Dynamics up the game with AI Wonder Animation
Wonder Dynamics expand to full 3D scene animation integration with AI
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Cinesite for a more perfect (The) Union
Cinesite’s realistic action VFX work on Netflix’s The Union.
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Google’s NotebookLM: everyone has a podcast about AI, even AI itself
Another incredible jump in large language models (LLM) and generative AI (GenAI) but how does it affect visual effects (vfx)?
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