Matte Painting Explained (Video)
Against all odds, a new video has been created. This video covers the practice of Matte Painting. Without a basic understanding of this practice, you may just have a large hole in your understanding of Visual Effects and perhaps a large hole in the VFX shot you’re working on. It’s been a busy time working …
A Brief Study of Innovative Technologies – Part I
“If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.“ –Henry Ford You might be wondering what horses have to do with VFX. The answer is: absolutely nothing. That is not the part you should be focusing on. Look at the quote again. Sometimes people just like the way …
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The Quest for Realism [Talk]
How Amazon Brought Middle Earth to Screens Across the Globe
The Delicate Balance The new season of the RIngs of Power is releasing on Amazon Prime. I wanted to take this time to credit the masterful use of VFX and Practical Effects in this show. Many people say that VFX is bad and should never be used while others claim that it’s the greatest and …
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Episode 2 | Chromatic Aberration
Episode 1 | Learning from VFX Mistakes
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to The Visual Effects Pipeline.
What would a movie be without VFX? In this deep dive, we look into the stages involved in the art that is shaping our reality. Let’s dive into this ultimate guide to the VFX Pipeline.
Virtual Production: Passing Filter or Permanent Fixture.
Is Virtual Production the future, or merely a trending filter? This is a question that gets asked so much. Will we have forgotten or embraced this technology 2 years from now? This is a great question, a question that changes how we view the technology and a question that I will attempt to tackle briefly now.
Forgotten Effects: Spectacle as a Visual Effect
Visual Effects without VFX This concept was written about in depth by Jae Hyung Ryu in his work “Effects and Reality: a Cultural History of Visual Effects”. I have been interested in this idea for a while and was glad to find his work on the topic. This is my view on the topic, inspired …
