If you know anything about VFX, you have probably encountered or heard of the use of both green and blue screens for keying or removing a background. This raises the question: Why don’t we use red screens? To answer that question I would have to tell you that while it is a rare occurrence, red …
Brief Overview of the Technology of Virtual Production Introduction During the Covid-19 Pandemic, people were not allowed to meet each other. Huge sections of many people’s daily lives revolve around meeting and interacting with other people. Almost all businesses suffered. There was however a major business that did not suffer on the contrary, it thrived. …
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2023 was a year full of new things. Unmasking VFX is an example of this. We launched the website early last year(I’ll have to get used to saying ‘last year’) and since then it has been a busy time. From planning and producing videos and articles to working on short films, 2023 has been a …
The Definition Of Visual Effects and How We Should Use Them – Adapted from a Samuel Collett talk. We live in an age when information is available, suddenly everyone’s an expert. There are many views on visual effects from so-called “experts”(use, never use, only in certain cases etc). How should we navigate this sea of …
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Which 2 options that the Iron Triangle has to offer will you pick? The Iron Triangle of Expectations is a set of project constraints. It is made up of budget, time, and quality. These form a relationship like a triangle because you can rarely change one without affecting all the others. When working on a …
How does Virtual Production Work? How does it work? With the release of “The Mandalorian”, the technology of Virtual Production went trending. Everyone was excited. Many people were asking if this would be the future of Visual Effects. Some people built their own setups using Unreal Engine 5. Today, it certainly hasn’t replaced the current …
How does node based compositing work? In this video, node-based compositing is explained. We dive into the wonderful world of node based editing.
This is an excerpt from the free eBook that will be coming soon. It is an extension of a chapter of the book Unmasking Visual Effects by Samuel Collett. In this eBook, you will learn of the new real-time VFX technology of Virtual Production. You will also see why Virtual Production could be dangerous and …
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