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News: RealFlow Reel 2017
Next Limit has released their RealFlow 2017 showreel, showcasing real user projects.
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Midweek Motivations: The Space Between Us VFX Breakdown by Rodeo FX
International Space Day and Midweek Motivations bring us a VFX breakdown of The Space Between Us, an interstellar teen romance. I took my daughter to see the film a couple of weeks ago and while some of the science in the film was questionable, but the visual effects were great!
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Midweek Motivations: Space Sex is Serious Business
It’s International Space Day and here’s something everyone must be curious about, sex in space! This video from Tom McCarten shows some interesting data with great motion graphics to illustrate the history and problems with sex in space.
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Midweek Motivations: Geostorm – Official Trailer
It’s international Space Day, so here’s another inspirational piece about space for the upcoming Warner Bros film Geostorm, directed by Dean Delvin. It’s a disaster film about that control the weather and have a mishap. There are lots of weather related VFX and nice satellite CG.
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Midweek Motivations: Black Holes
April 12th is International Space Day so we’ll bring you some space-based inspiration today. First up is Black Holes, directed by French artists David and Laurent Nicolas (Noodles Studio), which is a proof of concept for Sundance 2017 and it’s extremely fun.
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News/Inspiration: Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot on The Collective Podcast
Andrew Kramer talks to Ash Thorpe about the visual effects industry and what motivates him to create amazing products and incredible visual effects, and how he handles his success. Very interesting interview!
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Midweek Motivations: He Arose VFX Breakdown
Just in time for Easter, check out this interesting VFX breakdown of the “Golgotha shot” from the He Arose piece from Igniter Media. Trent Armstrong, VFX guru of Igniter Media, sent me a link to a write up he did about his process in After Effects.
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Midweek Motivation: Making of Ghost in the Shell and Behind the Scenes
See how Weta Digital helped to bring this live-action update of the iconic anime to life.
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Midweek Motivations: T2 Trainspotting
T2 Trainspotting, Danny Boyle’s sequel about heroin addicts in Scotland, is one of my most anticipated films of 2017. After 20 years, the soundtrack on the original is still one of my favorites. Here is the trailer and some of the visual effects from the film, which is released this Friday in the U.S.
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Midweek Motivations: Horizon Zero Dawn – Launch Trailer | PS4
Guerrilla Games took advantage of the incredible tools in Allegorithmic Substance tools to texture the impressively crafted Horizon Zero Dawn!
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Midweek Motiviations: Small Screen Effects with Photorealistic CGI
We’ve been doing a Big Screen Effects feature for a while but we think it’s time to focus on some of the amazing photorealistic visual effects on television and streaming services. Today, we’re featuring effects from The OA, Taboo, and When We Rise. All of these show composites that are so good, you don’t even realize that it’s not true to life, but constructed by a VFX team!
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Midweek Motivations: 2017 Character Reels
There are so many great reels out there. Here are a few companies and artists that excel at CGI and character animation.
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Big Screen Effects: Great VFX Breakdowns from 2017 Oscar-Nominated Films
Enjoy some VFX breakdowns from two major motion pictures that were both up for an Oscar nominations in 2016: Deepwater Horizon and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Midweek Motivation: The Man in High Castle-Allegorithmic Chats with Theory Studios and Barnstorm VFX
Allegorithmic talked with the talented folks at Theory Studios and Barnstorm VFX about how they used Substance in their production pipeline for the TV series “The Man in the High Castle.” Read an excerpt here and follow the link to the full article, which includes a case study.
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Midweek Motivations: Chips Ahoy! and Oreos
Chips Ahoy! and Oreo are both cookies that are well known throughout the world and their advertising is top-notch. These campaigns take totally different approaches to market cookies but they’re both creative and a lot of fun. Both of these campaigns come from The Martin Agency.