Category Archives: VFX/Animation

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Plymptoons Rising

The newest work from animator Bill Plympton is a music video for Kanye West, meaning a new generation of viewers may be tuning in to his wavelength. more »

The New Face of Motion Capture

New York visual effects house Spontaneous motion-captured Bono's face so he could sing to an animated woman in a 3D environment. more »

Getting the Look for Guinness

It took three and a half months in post-production and more than 18 people from Framestore CFC to create Guinness's "NoitulovE," a spectacular 50-second special-effects epic featuring three men morphing through time from a present-day London drinking hole to a primeval mudhole. more »

Pendulum Walks Animated Plank for Kellogg’s (Video)

In a recent three-spot campaign for Kellogg's cereal Choco Krispies, animation/vfx house Pendulum Studio was charged with creating fast-paced, cinematic action battles between children and a ship full of skeleton pirates, similar to the look of the feature film Pirates of the Caribbean. more »

Serious Magic ULTRA 2

ULTRA from Serious Magic has a seriously stellar reputation as a great keying tool in the ubiquitous world of DV, where clean keys aren't always easy in the 4:1:1 or 4:2:0 color spaces. Version 2 makes that reputation even better. more »

Eyeon DFX+ v.5

Eyeon Software is now shipping v.5 of its DFX+ digital video compositor based on its film compositing system, Fusion. New enhancements include 3D compositions with lights, cameras and primitives; OpenGL more »

D2 Software Nuke v.4.5

D2 Software, a subsidiary of Digital Domain, is now shipping v.4.5 of its compositing system Nuke. New features include an image-based keyer and more flexible 3D workspace, as well as a new interface, support more »

D2 Software Nuke v4.5

Digital Domain subsidiary D2 Software shipped v4.5 of its Nuke compositing system, incorporating an image-based keyer, additional 3D tools, a new UI mode, and OS X support. more »

Create Confetti in After Effects 6.5 with AE’s CC Particle World Plug-in

With version 6.5, After Effects finally has a particle system that most people can use. No, I'm not talking about Particle Playground, which struck fear into the hearts of pros and novices alike, but CC Particle World. more »

Q&A: Bobby Beck

Bobby Beck AnimationMentor.com Bobby Beck was an animator and character developer at Pixar until September 2004, when he left to launch an online animation school, AnimationMentor.com more »