Effects Corner
Insights to Visual Effects for Motion Pictures and Television. How it's done in Hollywood and how you can do it yourself
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Woes of non-union VFX
The Meteor case has become a symbol of the shaky standing of the vfx industry and vfx artists in particular. Vfx artists have no union or guild, and no Hollywood union has consented to represent... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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VES Annual Meeting
The Visual Effects Society had it's annual meeting last Saturday. There was a live feed to Vancouver and San Francisco.It was also webcast throughout the world including the other sections of London... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Healthcare for all
Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Public Healthcare
Quite a few visual effects artists are freelance. They work from project to project. Some are contractors. Even when working at large VFX companies there are frequently large gaps when there is no... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Visual Effects Producer Book
This was written by Charles Finance and Susan Zwerman, both with the VIsual Effects Society.Susan is also one of the editors of the VES Handbook that is in progress.If you're interested in visual... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Greenscreen plates
For those interested in practicing with greenscreen plates check out Greenscreen Test FootageRange of shots and difficulties. Tracker markers and other items in the shot.I'd avoid using them in your... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Reworking Blog
Reworking the blog and updating the template. Will have to restore many things so it may be awhile. [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Previs thoughts
Just Misc Previs thoughts from a note I had sent someone months ago.I think previs encompasses anything that is used to get a visual sense for the final product ahead of time. The majority today is... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Science of Magic and Illusion
Wired magazine takes a look at the science of magic. (thanks to Eric Alba http://twitter.com/alba for mentioning it)Click the title or use the link... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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VES Handbook
I wanted to let everyone know that there is a Visual Effects Society handbook being written by quite a few visual effects artists, myself included. There's already a publisher involved and the plan... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Cloud Tank effect
People have been asking me to provide some of the details of the Cloud Tank so that's been on a long list of subjects. Recently I had to write up some of the notes so thought i'd post it here as... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Update on Dallas Cook
When I started this blog I had posted news on a young man who was killed by a drunk driver.Ryan Dallas Cook was in the band Suburban Legends, which my daughter saw quite a bit.The drunk driver worked... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Fliparoni update
Just a note that Fliparoni (iPhone and Touch game) is available free for a very short time as a promotion on the App Store and iTunes. [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Fliparoni
My newest iPhone application is now available. Fliparoni, It's a video puzzle game for the iPhone. Improve your visual sense. Click on the post title above to go to the website. Now I'll be getting... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Squiggles
For those interested I updated my iPhone/Touch paint program Squiggles. Click the Squiggles link above to see demo video and images. This has even more advanced paint options (paint smoothing,... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Space Race
For those interested in a blast from the past (late 80's?, early 90's?) a ShowScan simulator ride I directed and Supervised is posted on the web. (Click Space Race above and scroll halfway down the... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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iPhone
I've been tied up lately with a lot of other things. (Hence the delay in getting new postings up). One of those things is a paint program for the iPhone called Squiggles. The link above takes you... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Designing Visual Effect Shots
Designing Visual Effect Shots, Part 1 (This posting started getting very long and cover a lot so I’m breaking it into smaller postings. I’ll get into more specific details in future postings.) The... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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VES & Gnomon - Golden Compass Breakdown
Gnomon School Of Visual Effects And The VES Welcomes The Visual Effects Team From The Academy Award Nominated, The Golden Compass Feb 28, 2008 in Los Angeles at the Gnomon School Academy Award... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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Depth of Field and VFX
Depth of Field and VFX This is in response to a question from a reader about depth of field and how it relates to visual effects. Models With miniatures you need enough depth of field to hold focus... [Summary only. Full text at site.]
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