LEARN | F-Stop, Shutter Speed & ISO | Explained by Film Riot

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Film Riot goes back to some filmmaking 101 with explanations for the three most important camera setting to know: F-Stop, Shutter Speed and ISO setting!
If you don`t know what is F-Stop, Shutter Speed and ISO setting. Then this is the video to watch, to learn the EASY WAY

LEARN | F-Stop, Shutter Speed & ISO | Explained by  Film Riot

EXOTHERMIC | A Film by Ognian Bozikov | VFX

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 Ognian Bozikov, created a video/ a VFX short film after he was granted a 3-month sabbatical at the Art Institute of Colorado.

In the spring of 2011 I was granted a 3-month sabbatical at the Art Institute of Colorado which gave me the opportunity to play with some VFX tools and workflows.

I am greatly indebted to Sal Christ who was infinitely patient and cooperative, and to Kip Kuepper who turned my incoherent thoughts into a soundtrack. 

EXOTHERMIC

EXOTHERMIC from Ognian Bozikov on Vimeo.

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here`s a cool VFX breakdown video of Exothermic by Ognian Bozikov . He used Nuke for the VFX or the compositing software. Check the video for the breakdowns like in Object removed, creating a 3d set in nuke & alot more stuff.

Exothermic -Breakdowns

Exothermic - innards from Ognian Bozikov on Vimeo.

Official | Prometheus | Trailer

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Prometheus is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron. The film was originally intended as a direct prequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien; however, the events of the film will not precede any of the previously established characters or story lines from the Alien franchise. Filming began in March 2011, and Prometheus is scheduled for release in the USA on June 8, 2012 through 20th Century Fox.

Official | Prometheus | Trailer

Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

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SIGGRAPH 2012 | Real-Time Live | Trailer

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The official trailer for the SIGGRAPH 2012 Real-Time Live! component of this year's Computer Animation Festival (CAF). The deadline for this year's Real-Time Live! is April 9th, 2012. SIGGRAPH are looking for submissions from all industries. You can find out more information on the SIGGRAPH 2012 web site at http://s2012.siggraph.org/submitters/real-time-live.

Video | Maya 2013 | Viewport Technology | More

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Maya Viewport 2.0 Technology Preview

New Viewport 2.0 features: Viewport 2.0 now supports animation and rigging features such as HumanIK, joints, motion paths, ghosting and playblast. Image plane support is also included as well as a new depth peeling transparency algorithm. In addition, support for several other shaders and tools, and polygons, NURBS and dynamics features have been added. Furthermore, Viewport 2.0 now includes widespread improvements in tumble performance of large scenes
and in animation performance with large or complicated scenes.

New render passes added: Two new multi-render passes have been added: UV pass and world position pass. A UV pass converts UV values to R/G values and creates a rasterized version of UV space. Using a UV pass, you can replace textures in 3D renderings as a post-process without the need to track new textures in place. A world position pass converts position (x,y,z) values to R,G,B values. Use the world position pass for relighting workflows in compositing.

Mandelbrot 2D and 3D texture: The new Mandelbrot node allows you to texture your model with the Mandelbrot set. You can create a 2D version of this node (Mandelbrot), a 3D version of this node (Mandelbrot 3D), or shade a fluidShape node using the built-in Mandelbrot texture. The Mandelbrot set is a set of mathematical points in the complex plane, the boundary of which is an interesting fractal shape. Through this node, you can select the Mandelbrot Set, the Julia set, the Mandelbox set and other hybrid evaluations. Using this node, you can add interesting effects to your Mandelbrot set fractal, such as circles, leaves, points, checker patterns, and Pickover stalks. Choose among different shading methods and customize the range of the color values used to represent your
Mandelbrot set points.

New substance textures and functionality: You can now automatically bake a substance texture to disk to render it with mental ray for Maya, IPR, or other 3rd party renderers. The following new substance textures have also been added: Clouds_2_Animated,  Impact_01, Make_It_Tile, metal_plate_009,  Plasma_Animated, Space_Ship, Sunshine, Water_Drips, Waves, Windscreen_Glass_01. The new Make_It_Tile substance texture allows you to easily and seamlessly tile a file texture.

New callbacks command added: The new callbacks command allows you to extend the Maya UI with your own components. Use this command to add your own callbacks to standard Maya hooks without the need to overwrite Maya MEL files. Currently, Maya hooks are provided for the Hypershade, the Create Render Node dialog, and Attribute Editor templates.

Free image planes: You can now create a free image plane. A free image plane is an image plane that is not attached to the camera; one that you can select and transform in your scene. Select Create > Free Image Plane to create one.

mental ray rendering support for GPU cached Alembic files: mental ray supports the rendering of GPU cached Alembic files, including baked diffuse
color information if the GPU cache was used to create the Alembic file.

New mental ray BSDF shaders: Built in BSDF (bidirectional scattering distribution function) shaders from NVIDIA mental images are now exposed in Maya. You can find them by selecting Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade > mental ray > Materials. For more information about these shaders, please see the mental ray shader documentation.

mental ray version 3.10: Maya now uses mental ray version 3.10.

Video | Autodesk Maya 2013 | ATOM Animation Transfer

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ATOM Animation Transfer
Now artists can transfer animation between characters via the new ATOM (Animation Transfer Object Model) offline file format—another element of the new Open Data initiative. ATOM natively supports keyframes, constraints, animation layers, and Set Driven Keys, enables artists to more easily repurpose existing animation data as new characters are created.

Trax Clip Matching
Artists can now more easily visualize how motions within two or more Trax clips match in order to adjust how they blend together. Clip Ghosts enable animators to view the start and end frames of clips as skeletal wireframes in the 3D view; clips can be manually matched with the help of these visual cues, or automatically matched using a choice of options for translation and rotation

Video | Autodesk Maya 2013 | ATOM Animation Transfer

VIDEO | Autodesk Maya 2013 | Dynamics | Features

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VIDEO | Autodesk Maya 2013 | Dynamics | Features

Maya nHair
More realistic hair and other curve-based dynamics are now possible with the new Maya® nHair module for the Maya® Nucleus unified simulation framework.

Bullet Physics
Artists can now use the high-performance open source AMD Bullet Physics engine to simulate both soft and rigid bodies in a single system.

Alembic Caching
Supporting the new Open Data initiative, Maya artists can now read and write the Alembic open computer graphics interchange framework format

NEWS | Autodesk Announces Entertainment Creation Suites 2013

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Autodesk has recently announce the new line of Media and Entrainment packages with 2013 updates to Autodesk Maya 2013, Autodesk 3ds MAX 2013, Autodesk Softimage 2013, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2013, Autodesk MudBox 2013, and Autodesk Flame 2013 in a media event that set the focus on Autodesk’s larger picture roadmap to cloud technologies as well as smaller and more portable tools to enhance desktop tools which would be aimed to liberate some workflows from desktop computers.

 

Here is a brief rundown of the Maya 2013 features:

Autodesk Maya 2013 features include:

Enhancements to workflow with:

• Viewport 2.0 Enhancements:
  Evaluate your work in a higher fidelity interactive environment in order to make better creative decisions.
• New Node Editor:
   Create, edit, and debug node networks more easily with the new Node Editor.
• File Referencing Workflow Enhancements: Segment your scenes more easily, to work in parallel and better manage complexity, thanks to targeted improvements to both the user interface and the underlying architecture for file referencing.
• Heat Map Skinning:
  Enjoy a more accurate initial binding of geometry to skeletons, thanks to a new Heat Map Skinning method that is better able to assign skin to the intended bone as opposed to an adjacent but unrelated one and requires less manual refinement.

New Features in Dynamics: (Click here for Videos and more features about Dynamics in maya 2013)

• Bullet Physics:
  Simulate both soft and rigid bodies in a single system, with the high-performance open source AMD Bullet Physics engine.
• Maya nHair:
  Create stunning, highly realistic hair and other curve-based dynamics with the new Maya^® nHair module for the Maya^® Nucleus unified simulation framework.
• Alembic Caching:
   Read and write the Alembic open source computer graphics interchange framework format, co-developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. and Lucasfilm Ltd.
  
  New Features in Animation: (Click here for Videos and more features about Animation in maya 2013)

• HumanIK Enhancements:
  Gain the ability to map and retarget Autodesk® HumanIK® animation to and from a custom rigged character; a unified character context for increased usability; character views that can be customized to fit specific requirements; continuous rig alignment during manipulation and playback; and greater control over Roll Bone influences. Graph Editor Enhancements: Enjoy the increased efficiency resulting from a new interactive Retime tool, and a stepped preview mode for pose-to-pose animation in the Graph Editor.
  
• Trax Clip Matching:
   Visualize how Trax clips overlap in order to build complete character performances from individual animations.
  
• ATOM Animation Transfer:
   Transfer animation between characters via the new ATOM (Animation Transfer Object Model) offline file format, in order to repurpose existing animation data as new characters are created.

Teaser | TOTAL RECALL | World Trailer Premiere | This Sunday

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Total Recall is an upcoming science-fiction action film based on the 1990 film of the same name and the 1966 novelette We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. Unlike the original 1990 film, this newest version contains strong political influences, as it is mentioned in the plot. It is directed by Len Wiseman and written by Mark Bomback, James Vanderbilt and Kurt Wimmer. It was first announced in 2009. It is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on August 3, 2012.

Teaser | TOTAL RECALL | World Trailer Premiere | This Sunday

Plot

Euroamerica (formerly United States) and New Shanghai (formerly China) fight for political power in the far Fascist future. A simple factory worker suffering from violent nightmares (Farrell) begins to suspect that he's a spy whose memory and personality were erased and replaced -- though he is unaware which side of the fight he's on and how important his lost memories will be in its outcome.[citation needed] What matters to him the most is that he must team up with a young female freedom fighter (Biel) in order for both of them to change the political system in their own country, Euroamerica, which is currently controlled by Euroamerican President Vilos Cohaagen (Cranston) and his corrupt government.

Source | Wiki

Battleship | Exclusive | More about story | Plot

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Lots of new footage from the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster in a featurette about the concept of Goldilocks planets and why sending messages into outer space may not be such a wise idea. And also get some idea about the VFX work and also the CG work used in the movie Battleship.

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane.

Battleship will be released in the UK on Wednesday 11 April.
The battle for Earth begins at sea – www.battleshipmovie.com.

Watch the trailer below | Battleship

Nuke | Deep Compositing | Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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Deep Compositing was introduced in NUKEX 6.3. Here Robin Hollander takes us through Weta Digital's ground breaking use of the technology on Rise of the Planet of the Apes. If you're a bit confused about the benefits of Deep Compositing, this video shows them very clearly. It will leave you itching to get cracking with it on your next project!

Nuke | Deep Compositing | Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Deep Compositing in Rise of the Planet of the Apes from Hieronymus Foundry on Vimeo.

Video | Sony PIX Rebranding | India

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Rebranding of Sony PIX, an Indian Movie Channel under the Sony Entertainment Network done by No Pretandas, a Madrid based Directing and Motion Graphics studio.

Sony Pix Rebranding from No Pretendas Madrid

Production Company: No Pretendas Madrid
Project Direction: David Hermoso
Concept & Art Direction: AXT, Diestro, Inoquo the sign, No Pretendas Madrid
3D Modeling & Animation: Diestro, Inoquo the sign
Compositing: Diestro, Inoquo the sign, No Pretendas Madrid
Music: Ryiuichi Sakamoto – Merry Chrismast Mr. Lawrence

Video | NUKE and NUKEX 6.3v7 New Features

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In this 17 minute video, Matt Brealey Creative Specialist at The Foundry, takes you through an overview of the key new features in NUKE and NUKEX 6.3v7. Covering improved .PSD support, OpencolorIO, Enhanced Renderman Integration and Multi-UDIM support.

Video | NUKE and NUKEX 6.3v7 New Features Video

Trailer | The Hunger Games Ultimate Hope | 2012

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We got many movies or already saw many, which create their own new world like Tron, avarter and many more. But now we got another one that is The Hunger Games Ultimate Hope. The trailer of the just came out. Have a look. And yea creating new world=VFX shoots

Trailer | The Hunger Games Ultimate Hope | 2012

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 16 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following.

Photoshop CS6 beta | New Content-Aware | Technology

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Bryan O'Neil Hughes, Photoshop Senior Product Manager, explains how the new additions to the Content-Aware family of technologies help retouch images with astonishing ease, control, and precision. Remove or move selected image objects, and Content-Aware technology magically fills, patches, extends, or recomposes your image with stunning results.

Photoshop CS6 beta | New Content-Aware | Technology

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Official | Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City | Launch Trailer

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, co-developed by Slant Six Games and Capcom. It was released on March 20, 2012 in North America, and scheduled for release on March 22, 2012 in Australia, March 23, 2012 in Europe and April 26, 2012 in Japan.It is part of the Resident Evil series, being set around the same time as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis titles.

Official | Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City | Launch Trailer

Title: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC
Label: Capcom
Genre: Action
Age Rating: M

Official | Trailer 2 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

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Your favorite castaways have one shot to get home! Watch Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman as they find themselves in a globe-trotting adventure in MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED, flying into theaters June 8th!

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - Official Trailer #2

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Film Riot | Canon Vs. Nikon, Cheap Lighting & More!

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In today's mail sack of Film Riot , special guest Chris Martin answers your questions on photography.

Film Riot | Canon Vs. Nikon, Cheap Lighting & More!

GDC 2012 | Enhancing Performance Capture | Ubisoft Far Cry 3 using Autodesk MotionBuilder

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A presentation by Ubisoft Montreal’s Technical Director Marc Beaudoin on enhancing performance capture on Ubisoft Far Cry 3 using Autodesk MotionBuilder.

GDC 2012: Enhancing Performance Capture on Ubisoft Far Cry 3 using Autodesk MotionBuilder

Video | Making | Halo 4 | First Look

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Take a first look at Halo 4 in action as this video takes you behind the scenes with the developers at 343 Industries. Enjoy your first in-game look at the Master Chief, the updated Battle Rifle, and the exciting multiplayer spaces coming your way holiday 2012.

 Video | Making | Halo 4 | First Look

Blender | Making Shadeless Materials for Cycles

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This quick tip on making shadeless materials for Cycles in Blender!

In this quick tip by Jonathan Williamson  CG Cookie shows you how to create materials for Cycles in Blender that are completely shadeless; e.g. they do not receive shadowing or highlights. Shadeless materials are very useful for rendering a scene with a background image or any other numerous uses.

What you'll learn:

Through this short video tutorial you will learn how to setup shadeless materials in Cycles by using an emit shader and light paths. You will see a quick demonstration of what light paths do and even get a small tease of what our Eat Sheep project looks like at the time of this recording!

Making Shadeless Materials for Cycles in Blender

Ogilvy | Creates IPL Season 5 Cricket carnival

Ogilvy India has created a carnival themed film to announce and promote Season 5 of the Indian Premier League scheduled from 4 April to 27 May 2012. The film features Makrand Deshpande acting as the ‘Master of Ceremonies’ taking the protagonists and the viewer on a journey to experience the carnival’s various delights.

The film opens with two school boys wondering about the noise coming from the other side of a wall. One of them looks through a peep hole on the wall and sees a carnival in progress. A guy dressed as the host for an event whistles out to them and shows them a way in through a loose board on the wall. Once inside, the boys take in the atmosphere and enjoy the various rides and games suitably named after particular cricketers' characteristics playing for the IPL. The film ends with one of the boys gesturing to the host in a manner of asking "what is this?", and he replies, "Yeh IPL hai boss".

Ogilvy | Creates IPL Season 5 Cricket carnival

Abhijit Avasthi, national creative director, Ogilvy India, said, “An evening spent with the Indian Premier League is a crazy time. Every match is a series of ups and downs. Twists and turns. Screaming. Shouting. Anxious moments. Exhilarating moments. It is all this and more. So we thought . . . hmm. . . can we possibly compare the IPL to a day spent at an amusement park? Given what a rollercoaster of a ride each game is? The film evolved from there.”

Pointing out that cricket as a passion is a given in the country, Anup Chitnis, executive creative director, Ogilvy India, added, "But the IPL is a format that is refreshing in its approach and presentation of cricket. Our communication also had to do the same. We had to be fresh and unique in the way the excitement and thrill surrounding the IPL was portrayed."

Anders Forsman, director, B-Reel Films, added, “The script was a collaboration between me, the creative team at Ogilvy Bombay and the production team at Bang Bang. We threw some ideas around and landed on the story of two boys stumbling into this funfair that works as a metaphor for a night at the IPL, where every night you go on a emotional roller coaster.”

Explaining that IPL is a carnival of passion, sheer talent and skill, engaging all your senses, playing the role of a fun-filled family outing or an exciting evening plan for friends with ease, Anuraag Khandelwal, senior creative director, Ogilvy India, said, "IPL is where the world's best talent comes together and each player leaves you with a unique experience, every evening. Doing this film was immensely satisfying, given the details and the scale it demanded, which the IPL brand demands."

Satish deSa, creative director, Ogilvy India notes that the film is the truest reflection of everything that IPL stands for. "This film could only be inspired by the IPL, made by the IPL, and run by the IPL. It is huge, spectacular, entertaining, thrilling, noisy, bright and colourful. It captures the sense of wonder and awe a wide-eyed child feels standing in the middle of a carnival. For us, that's exactly what IPL does to each one of us for 57 days. Yeh IPL hai boss."

Elaborating on the production that went behind this film's shoot, Roopak Saluja, co-founder and managing director, Bang Bang Films, said, “I can't even begin to describe what an experience this has been for Bang Bang - massive sets, precision miniatures and slick visual effects, to create what is arguably the country's biggest television advertising extravaganza of the year. Teaming up with Anders Forsman and co-producing this project with B-Reel was an excellent decision that led to an exhilarating production for all involved.”

The campaign teasers began airing on February 26 while the complete film went on-air from 6 March.

Credits:

Brand: IPL
Client: BCCI
Agency: Ogilvy (Mumbai)
National creative director: Abhijit Avasthi
Executive creative director: Anup Chitnis
Senior creative director: Anuraag Khandelwal
Creative director: Satish deSa
Associate creative director: Sandesh Mangaonkar
Senior copywriter: Shazaad Arjani
Managing partner: Navin Talreja
Vice president: Dharam Valia
Management supervisor: Makarand Nadkarni
Group account manager: Rahul Bhambri
Account executive: Aakruti Upadhyay
Production companies: Bang Bang Films and B-Reel Films
Director: Anders Forsman
DOP: Erik Sohlström
Additional cinematography: Sanjay Kapoor
Produced by: Roopak Saluja, Payal Arora and Johannes Åhlund
Head of production: Cyrus Mendes
Production manager: Chetan Kale
Assistant producer: Mohit Singh
Assistant directors: Sagar Rao & Aditya Gupta
Production assistants: Jatin Shah, Malcolm Noronha, Fiam Bamji and Sapna Singh
Production designers: Dilip More, Mats Sahlström and Anders Hellström
Editor: Shivkumar Panicker
Post production manager: Abdeali Pedhiwala
Post production: The Chimney Pot (Stockholm)
Music: Dhruv Ghanekar
Wardrobe: Sanjna Shah and Shrushti Donde
Casting: Vishal Gajaria and Malcolm Noronha

Showreel | The Mill | 2012

Showreel | The Mill | 2012

A new showreel from award winning visual effects studio The Mill, featuring a selection of the very best VFX work from The Mill London, New York and Los Angeles teams.

The music track is 'Velvet' by The Big Pink.

Showreel | The Mill | 2012

The Mill Showreel 2012 from The Mill Visual Effects Studio on Vimeo.

Video | Photoshop Cs6 | Sneak Peek 7

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We try the 3D before in photoshop Cs5 before, but it was not that good. A lot of lag or it was slow. Well the photoshop team has a fix for it, as they had for the liquify tool. Yes the 3d Mode is much fast now.
Check out the video below.

See the 3D capabilities to come in Photoshop CS6 Extended, including enhanced performance and the ability to change the position, color, material, shadow, and light source of a 3D image.

Video | Photoshop Cs6 | Sneak Peek 7

Video | MARI 1.4v3 | New Features

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Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, has today released the latest update of MARI – its cutting edge paint tool for 3D artists. MARI has been designed from the ground up to meet the needs of the most demanding VFX texture and matte painting artists. It is capable of handling vast numbers of pixels, and outperforms all other paint tools in speed, flexibility and processing capabilities. The latest release gives users more control than ever before.

Mari 1.4v3
This release features countless fixes and tweaks and includes a host of substantial upgrades that current users have requested. Many of the changes are designed to help artists truly immerse themselves in the creative painting process without being held back by unfamiliar surroundings and monotonous manual tasks.

Spend more time painting
A number of additional functions are now included to remove unnecessary manual work and free up more time for artists to focus on their craft. These include Linked Patches that allow users to easily replicate texture data across patches without having to cut and paste, and Cancel Functionality that lets artists undo long running operations at the touch of a button.

Customise
Customisation settings have also been expanded in MARI 1.4v3. Preset navigation modes now allow users to replicate the feel of other familiar packages including Autodesk® Maya®, Side Effects Houdini as well as The Foundry’s NUKE. This addition improves interoperability and is designed to help users that are accustomed to the interface of a specific package.

Get creative
Brand new Tint and Stencil options in the MARI Paint Through mode have also been introduced, giving artists even more flexibility in their creative approaches.
Read the full release notes for Mari 1.4v3

Official | BattleShip | Trailer 3

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Hope u saw the last trailer of BattleShip (if not click here) . In the last trailer they dint show the monster just a small peep and done but not now. Finally we know whats attacking Our Earth, The monster are finally show in the Battleship Trailer 3. Yea, many say "They just like transformers" with a bit or little of changes. But they also got their own weapons. Vfx in the trailer looks too good to. Lets wait for the movie & see if it can match with transformers: Dark of the moon. Watch the trailer below

Official | BattleShip | Trailer 3

Genre: Epic action-adventure

Cast:
Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård,
Rihanna, Asano Tadanobu and Liam Neeson

Directed by: Peter Berg

Written by: Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber

Based on the Hasbro Game: "Battleship"

Produced by:
Scott Stuber, Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Brian Goldner,
Bennett Schneir, Duncan Henderson, Jeffrey Silver

Below is a image/screenshot from the Battleship trailer 3, showing the monster in it

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Video | Bringing Alien Worlds to Life in 'John Carter'

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Still left to watch the movie, But some friends say the story of  John Carter the movie is quiet bad, but says the VFX is kickass or in better words the Best on screen till now.

TheDaily posted a video on youtube about Bringing Alien Worlds to Life in 'John Carter' John Carter. Were they got some behind the scenes, greens screen. Some VFX breakdowns for the moving city in the John Carter movie.

Video | Bringing Alien Worlds to Life in 'John Carter'

It might seem odd to picture a mile-long city crawling along the surface of Mars, if not for the 12-foot tall barbarians, fantastic environments and exotic creatures also featured in Andrew Stanton’s “John Carter.”

The new Disney/Pixar film tells the story of a Civil War veteran transported to Mars in Stanton’s first live-action effort after directing the classics “Wall-E” and “Finding Nemo.”

Hundreds of visual effects shots were required to bring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series — written in the early 1900s — to the screen, thanks to artists at Double Negative, Cinesite, MPC and Nvizible.

Cinesite animated complex computer-generated geometry, including 674 legs, to create the walking city known as Zodanga, which moves along Mars as a giant mining machine.

The visual effects team also placed live-action actors shot against green screens inside Zodanga, and then added in scores of details such as towers, tents, tables, dust, flying ships and even motion-captured city-dwellers.

“This was big, big scale,” Cinesite production director Courtney Vanderslice told The Daily, “and the challenge really was, can we render it and actually get it through the pipeline?”

Video | Future Innovation: Video & Photoshop

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We have a lot of video showing the new Pre release of Photoshop cs6 can edit video and add cools effects. Got the Animation timeline too, so no need to go to after effects to do video. Just do it in Photoshop it self.

What if we get 3d tracking and camera animation in Photoshop cs6. Will after effects & nuke come under fire ? just a thinking.

Watch the below, was created by the Photoshop Dev. Team. Done only in Photoshop

Get a glimpse of what the Photoshop team has been working on, when it comes to video and Photoshop. You won't believe what you can do when you unite the power of Photoshop with easy and approachable video editing tools!

Video | Future Innovation: Video & Photoshop

Official | Trailer | ParaNorman | Stop Motion Movie | 2012

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Finally after a long time we going to see a stop motion animation movie. Yea full feature film.

ParaNorman is a 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller adventure film produced by Laika, distributed by Focus Features and set for international release on August 17, 2012. The voice cast includes Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Elaine Stritch and Tucker Albrizzi.

Will be posting more news about  ParaNorman  soon, on cast & plot and alot more. For now Watch the trailer

Official | Trailer | ParaNorman | Stop Motion Movie | 2012

Skillset | Choosing a career in visual effects

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Skillset a org. in UK is trying to get more teens and people join the VFX industry and have posted a video to promote this .

Choosing a career in visual effects - For 15+ year olds

Visual Effects (VFX) is a fun, dynamic industry to work in, creating amazing images for some of the best films, TV shows and adverts around.And what’s more, the VFX industry is growing and needs fresh new talent.
For young people who are technology-savvy and have creative flair, working in VFX could offer the perfect career.

This film highlights the great career opportunities in VFX and will help young people choose the most relevant subjects for GCSE, A level, and beyond.

skillset.org/vfx

Directed by Lorrin Braddick. Produced by Archer’s Mark, Skillset and UK Screen Association. Funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, as part of A Bigger Future 2. A response to the Next Gen report (a review of the skills needs of the UK’s video games and visual effects industries).

Breakdowns | Red Tails | VFX | 2012

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A month back or 2, I have posted 2 post related about ILM | Recreating WW2 Dogfights | Red Tails | Video and also Red Tails | 2012 | Trailer 3 | HD. And now we got anyother video. Showing indepth of the VFX done in the film and the studios working together to the correct color tone also. Yea thats how we VFX artist do it.

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 Red Tails, Has alot of details, i mean a really a lot. Studios like the main one is ILM and others like Pixomondo working together for Red Tails. And yea, also catch some animatics in the vide.

Red Tails | VFX | Movie Magic | Breakdowns

Making | The Hobbit | Production Video 1

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The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and a prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, returns as director of the film and also serves as producer and co-writer.

Check out the video below of the first Production Video from the set of The Hobbit.  more to come soon

The Hobbit | Production Video #1 | HD

Hands On | Wacom Intuos 5 | Tech

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You mite have read  yesterday about the new Wacom Intuos 5 (if not click here). The new pen tablet from Wacom with some new features and improvements. Engadget posted a video, they tested the new Wacom Intuos 5. Watch the video below

Wacom Intuos 5 hands-on

Tech | Wacom Intuos 5 | Launch | Featues

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With the new multi-touch surface (only with Intuos5 touch pen tablets), you can take advantage of the touch capabilities built into Windows7 and Mac OS X Lion. Pan, rotate, navigate at the touch of your fingers while editing your pictures, painting, drawing or designing. Intuos5 continues its professional heritage by giving you the opportunity to customise gestures as well as create application-specific settings for each gesture.

Wacom Launches New Intuos5 Touch

The new Express View Display allows you to access and view all pen tablet settings on your monitor. See how your Express Keys are assigned, the pressure curve of your pen is set and which gestures are currently accessible without switching applications. The Express View appears as an overlay at the edge of your current screen, which allows you to quickly review and change your settings. Stay focused on your work and don’t get distracted by looking down to check your settings anymore.


Intuos5 has been redesigned to be even more comfortable and ergonomically. Its new soft-touch surface is a real relief after hours of work while its matte-black finish reduces annoying reflections and let you concentrate on your screen. Additionally, four small L-shaped LED lights subtly indicate the active area for pen and touch (pen area on Intuos5 only) that gives you visual guidance without being a distraction.

NEW FEATURES OF INTUOS5

Intuos5 has several characteristics in terms of productivity that will save you time, as the four key functions of the Touch Ring and ExpressKeys that can be customized to suit your shortcuts and modifiers to your favorite applications. The new display innovative Express View provides a reminder of your ExpressKeys settings on the screen so you can stay focused on your screen and your work.