Big Screen Effects: The Magic Behind Coco
Coco was possibly my favorite film of 2017, and that is saying a lot because I saw a lot of movies! It’s visually stunning and gorgeously animated and tells a compelling story of a boy named Miguel who visits the world of the dead. Coco won Best Edited Animated at the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards, and won Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature. Coco; Hèctor the VES Awards.
Coco has been nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song by the 2018 Academy Awards.
Update: Mocha Pro v5.6 and Mocha VR v5.6 Now Available – 360 Stereoscopic Support for VR
This update adds new stereo support as well as containing several important defect fixes and improvements for both products.
Freebie: Free PBR Materials for Substance, Unity, Unreal
This pack of 9 substance materials, created by Renhui Yang, can be used in Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, Substance Player and Unity.
New: eyedesyn Cel Shader Studio for Cinema 4D is Now Available
Never buy or make another cel shader again. Cel Shader Studio is packed with over 900 beautiful procedural cel shader materials & numerous cel shader styles and overlays. Special intro price of only $79!
Freebie: Cinema 4D: X-Particles, Cycles 4D – INSYDIUM Content Repository
The INSYDIUM content repository contains Study Files and Work Examples that you can download and use for free, with which you can experiment and modify to better learn X-Particles and Cycles 4D.
Midweek Motivations: Sam Khorshid Interview, Mojin: The Lost Legend Trailer + VFX Breakdown
We’re packing a lot into this post. First, Edwin Braun of Cebas interviews VFX artist Sam Khorshid about his career, from Hollywood LA to Beijing, China, and from stereoscopic to procedural. He worked as VFX Supervisor on Mojin: The Lost Legend, a Chinese action film that looks awesome. We’re sharing the trailer for the film and VFX breakdowns too.
Freebie: Quixel Megascans 2018 Free Pack
Quixel Megascans are high res, high quality library of physically based 3D, vegetation and surface scans. They are being used in everything from video games and interactive experiences to films and television, like the Starz series American Gods. Quixel released a free pack, so don’t miss out on this great texture pack!
Freebie: Free HDRI Resources: 360° HDRI Skies from HDRI-Skies
HDRI-Skies offers tons of free 360° HDRI Skies (2048x1024px res) for all times of day from dusk to dawn.
Freebie: Material: Free Procedural Snow Material
Environment/Material Artist Vinícius Cortez has created a procedural snow material in Substance Designer and it offering for free.
Freebie: Cinema 4D: NAVIÉ Effex is Now Free
NAVIÉ Effex, the complex physics-based simulation framework for Cinema 4D, is now being offered for free.
Podcast: Digital Production Buzz 2018 Industry Trends with Michele from Toolfarm
Each year, Larry Jordan does a show in early January to forecast trends in the industry over the next 12 months. This past week Larry talked with Ned Soltz, Randi Altman, Jonathan Handel, Michele Yamazaki, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Kammes, and James DeRuvo.
Freebie: Substance Painter – 2 Packs of Free Materials
Artist Karim Abou Shousha is offering 2 packs of Free Materials for Substance Painter. These packs are filled with wood, metal, glass, brick and more.
Big Screen Effects: Loving Vincent with Making Of + Behind the Scenes
Loving Vincent, written and directed by filmmakers by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is the world’s first fully painted feature film. I saw it over the weekend and it is a gorgeous film which takes place the year after Vincent Van Gogh died and explores what happened to him in his last days. Loving Vincent is up for Best Motion Picture – Animated and also a likely contender for an Oscar nomination, announced later this month.
Freebie: Final Cut Pro X: Christmas Lights Generator
Fox Mahoney created this little generator a few years ago, and it’s perfect for the holiday season when you want to add a little sparkle to your project.
Freebie: Autodesk Character Generator for Students and Educators
Create, customize, and download your rigged 3D characters from a catalog of over 100 body types, outfits, hairstyles, and physical attributes in a few simple steps. Available for use by students and educators only.
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