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Big Screen Effects: Behind the Scenes: VFX in The Nun and Conjuring Series
Yesterday we posted an article about how to make some of the effects in The Nun and Conjuring series from Film Riot, as well as Ghostbusters, and horror film effects in general. Today, go behind the scenes to see how they were done in production and post-production.
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Midweek Motivations: OPPO F7, Cinema 4D and Redshift
Panoply created this dark, cinematic ad for the OPPO F7 in which they took tonality and style references from the likes of some the best known sci-fi films of the few decades: Blade Runner, Elysium and District 9.
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Review: FilmConvert – Color Grading and Film Look Tools
From film stock to color and grain, Filmconvert is a great way to get the film look you want. Producer/director/editor Heath McKnight with DoodleNews.com took a look at FilmConvert and found it to be an “affordable and powerful way to create the looks for your film or video project, without having to get a Master’s Degree in color grading.”
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Update: Arnold Renderer v5.2.1 – New Round Corners Shader and More
The 5.2.1 update to Arnold adds several features, including a new Round Corners shader and Normal Map blending, to help you save time and work more efficiently.
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New: Extensis Suitcase Fusion 9 and Suitcase Team Sync Now Available
Maximize your productivity and creativity. The best way to view, organize, and use every font in your collection now delivers more ways to enhance your productivity. The new Suitcase Fusion 9 makes it easy to find and manage fonts through documents you’ve created in the past, so you can recall and get the fonts you need. Updated plug-ins also keep you compatible with updated creative applications.
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New: SitniSati FumeFX 5.0 for Maya Released
Create up to 30% faster simulations with speed improvements for the QCG Solver, now able to use nearly 100% CPU even on machines with 20 cores.
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New: Audionamix XTRAX Stems 2 with Introductory Pricing!
One song in. Three stems out. Smarter, Faster, Cleaner Stems. Same Low Price.
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New: Renderking Hard Surfaces 2 Now Available
This new release of Hard Surfaces brings 200 Detailed 3D Models with textures INCLUDED for Octane 3.08 and C4D native shaders (including R20). The pack also contains Obj Models and is Video Copilot Element 3D ready!
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Review: 7 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Blackmagic’s URSA Mini Pro 4.6k Camera
Premium Beat reviews Blackmagic’s URSA Mini Pro 4.6k Camera and gives some useful feedback to anyone in the market for a camera. They talk about formats, dynamic range, accessories, touch screen menus, and more.
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News: mamoworld MochaImport+ V6 – Beta Testers Wanted
momoworld is looking for beta testers for MochaImport+ V6. V6 will add After Effects CC 2019 compatibility plus many new features including keyframeable tracked masks, motion blur option for corner pin, KBar script support and more.
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Freebie: 40+ Free 4K Space Textures and Elements from PremiumBeat
PremiumBeat has a stellar Space Kit filled with over 40 space-themed textures and elements, all at 4K and it’s free!
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News: Adobe Max 2018 Keynote and Adobe Sneak Peeks
If you missed the Adobe Max Keynote, watch it now. We also have some cool Sneak Peeks from the show.
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Update: Allegorithmic Substance Source: Creature Skins
Scales, suction pads, blisters and goo. Oh My! Allegorithmic has added a wide variety of creature skins to Substance Source. And with Halloween right around the corner, you can find that perfect skin the monster, alien, zombie or whatever your are working on.
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Update: Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio 15.1.2 – Fixes Performance & Stability Issues
This update to DaVinci Resolve Studio does a bit of house cleaning, bug fixing, and corrects some stabilization issues.
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Midweek Motivations: CONSTRUCT by Kevin Margo with Making Of Video & Interview
CONSTRUCT is a 12-minute film, from Kevin Margo and a 75 person crew of his talented friends, many from BLUR. It’s about a family man droid and some mafia-type droids who are involved in several fight sequences. I’ll leave it at that as to not spoil the plot. There is a lot of action! It’s photorealistic and used lots of motion capture, totaling 210 all-CG shots. Impressive work! This film is a couple of years old but it’s SO good!