Post-Production
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MARZ is ready to accelerate the quality of CG plastic surgery with the release of Vanity AI
Vanity AI is MARZ’s new end-to-end automated AI solution for Hollywood VFX. MARZ describes Vanity AI as 300x faster than any traditional VFX pipeline, developed to specifically execute high volumes of high-end 2D aging, de-aging, wig, cosmetic, and prosthetic alterations.
VFX
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What’s happening at SIGGRAPH 2023?
SIGGRAPH 2023 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from August 6th to August 10th, with the opportunity to watch much of the conference live-streamed. With many of the scheduling specifics now available, here are a few highlights of the upcoming 2023 SIGGRAPH Conference.
Film Production
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What’s happening at SIGGRAPH 2023?
SIGGRAPH 2023 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from August 6th to August 10th, with the opportunity to watch much of the conference live-streamed. With many of the scheduling specifics now available, here are a few highlights of the upcoming 2023 SIGGRAPH Conference.
SFX
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Revenge-hungry dogs, 11-foot bears, and head-chomped octopi: the diverse approaches to special effects that make the wild look real in 2023
From recent releases to upcoming movies of 2023, here are current projects that melded a variety of VFX and CG approaches to give audiences the realest, coolest on-screen animals.
Animation
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Unreal Fellowship shows that during the 2023 writers’ strike, artists can find avenues to creatively grow
One of the expressive avenues currently open to artists on a slowdown caused by the WGA strike is the 2023 Unreal Fellowship in animation.
Marketing
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Grilled movie hotdogs vs. cinematic pork butts: the marketing strategy contrasts of ‘Crater’ and ‘Barbie’ show that all we want is nostalgia food
Two 2023 projects serve as quality contrasting examples of movie marketing campaigns: Disney+’s upcoming made-for-streaming premiere of Crater, and Greta Gerwig’s live-action theatrical release of Barbie.
OTHER POSTS
The 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival prepares for another record-breaking attendance
The 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival will take place from June 11th to 17th in Annecy, France. Billed as “The world’s largest event dedicated to animation”, here’s what you can look forward to at the annual festival honoring the best in animation.
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The ‘Shadow and Bone’ VFX: Pure nerd speculation on what viewers can look for in Season Two
You don’t have to be someone who writes Shadow and Bone fan fiction to appreciate a well-built fantasy playground, and here’s what we might appreciate from the Shadow and Bone VFX in Season Two.
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Crafty Apes VFX releases highlight reel from ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ series
Crafty Apes recently released a highlight reel of some of the finer moments of ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ series that concluded its season finale in February.
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VFX unionization: How the IATSE and industry workers are voicing their drive towards stability, respect, and peace of mind
The 2023 IATSE survey emphasizes the challenges that VFX workers face and why they need unionization. What’s the path forward look like for VFX unionization?
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“You will draw orc flesh!” Character artist Jared Chavez’s tutorial series teaches artists how to render and texture lifelike orcs
Senior Character Artist Jared Chavez of Firewalk Studios has created an intimate and comprehensive series of Youtube tutorials to help guide you through orc rendering and texturing.
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From VFX bibles to coffee table canon for nerds: The best VFX books
The knowledge that helps a VFX artist support the world of a story is found within the stories of the VFX artists that came before. Some of these artists articulated their knowledge for future generations, and that’s what this is: a collection of the best VFX books, assembled for the filmmaker forever aspiring to improve their craft.
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The Last of Us VFX: Midseason observations on enhancing chaos, apocalyptic shrubbery, and 88-pound bodysuits
Creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin – and Weta, ILM, Crafty Apes, and the other dozen or so VFX studios that contributed – what they emulated from video game into live-action was a world so striking, that we needed to make midseason obvervations on The Last Of Us VFX and practical effects.
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Straight from Beverly Hills: Here are your 2023 VES Awards winners
The 2023 VES Awards celebrated outstanding visual effects artistry Wednesday evening at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and here are the VFX teams and projects that left the 21st Annual VES Awards as winners.
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Director and Producer Brad Tanenbaum talks about storytelling and the VFX creations that helped do it on ‘National Treasure: Edge of History’
In the latest interview for wellfixitinpost.com Producer and Director Brad Tanenbaum talks about illuminating the world of National Treasure: Edge of History with adventure-driven VFX, the elaborate set extension work, and what it takes to be a professional storyteller.
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‘National Treasure: Edge of History’ VFX supes Kolby Kember and Davy Nethercutt talk about the effects behind chasing a pan-American treasure
We talked with Crafty Apes VFX Supervisors Kolby Kember and Davy Nethercutt about developing the visual effects for National Treasure: Edge of History and where they went creatively to get there.
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The continuing debate about the ‘Nope’ VFX: brilliantly understated sky chemistry or just another CGI cloud?
Nope made the Oscar shortlist for “Best VFX”, was snubbed for any VES nominations, but people continue to write and talk about the behind-the-scenes elements of Nope a full seven months after it’s been released.
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Visual Effects Society announces 2023 VES Awards nominees: ‘Avatar 2’ leads pack and ‘Nope’ VFX surprisingly absent
The Visual Effects Society announced the 2023 VES Awards nominees Tuesday morning and released a list that both exceeded expectations and tossed out a couple of noteworthy snubs.
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Visual Effects Society to announce nominations this weekend for 2023 VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society’s 2023 Awards schedule starts on Saturday, January 14th when the nominating panels will hold their vote on the best VFX sequences of 2022.
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The atmosphere of snow: two movies and a show that subtly blended nature with effects to portray an environment of beautiful cold murder
A talented director will take a beautiful bleak landscape and make the desolate feel lush and the emptiness feel alive. A talented VFX artist will make it seem like the director did it all on their own.
The two snow movies and a show we’re using as role models for natural snow blended with VFX are Wind River, The Revenant, and the television series Fargo.
First looks at Harrison Ford de-aged in ‘Dial of Destiny’ and why this send-off will not disappoint
For Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, ILM has blended the young-Harrison-Ford CGI into current Harrison with the supreme skill that you would expect from Industrial Light & Magic…and de-aged Harrison Ford looks great.
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Nicolas Cage Western utilizes Louisiana composer Andrew Morgan Smith to score a good ole’ badass revenge tale with ‘The Old Way’
Louisiana composer Andrew Morgan Smith was tasked with crafting a score that could anchor Nicolas Cage’s role in a good old-fashioned Montana revenge adventure ‘The Old Way’.
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Unreal Engine releases Faceware Retargeter and Analyzer courses for beginners who wish to master facial animation faster than a Batman training montage
Epic’s newly released courses for using MetaHuman with Faceware Retargeter and Analyzer can help you become an earthly god of character emotional expression in a few hours.
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Jason Momoa’s ‘Slumberland’ stingingly proves dreamlike CGI doesn’t always translate to positive critical opinion but can still be adored
Jason Momoa’s Slumberland was released in select theaters and became available Friday the 18th for streaming on Netflix, but despite Jason Momoa riding the giant goose with the help of CGI, the film didn’t get the audience appreciation.
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