May 24 2014
Captain America – The Winter Soldier
Below are a few links to articles about the making of the second Captain America film which contained 2500 effects shots. More
May 24 2014
VFX Camera Database
This is a handy website for anyone who needs to do matchmoving or photogrammetry as it provides information on a huge range of cameras (including film back, sensor dimension, sensor imaging area and colorspace specifications). More
May 11 2014
Amazing Spiderman 2 Behind the Scenes
Sony Pictures Imageworks has released some vfx behind the scenes videos of various aspects from their recent work on Amazing Spiderman 2. Check them out. More
Apr 21 2014
Make Human – Free 3D CG Character Creation Software
Make Human allows you to take a basic human body as a starting point then adjust its proportions (also things like age and gender) to create a model you can then export to other 3D Packages. It is open source and a good starting point if you want to quickly put together a human form.
Apr 18 2014
Autodesk releases ‘Composite’, ‘Matchmover Pro’ and ‘Backburner’ as free downloads
Autodesk, who used to sell composite (aka Toxik) and Matchmover Pro separately, before bundling them in with their Max/Maya lines, has decided to release the 2014 versions of them as freeware on their app site (they have decided to stop developing these applications). More
Oct 18 2014
Three Rules of VFX Dailies
This is a great little article that CG Masters posted some time ago about dailies best practice. More
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