Category Archives: VFX/Animation

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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 »

Into the Light with Scion xA

To launch the Scion xA hatchback, Attik director/co-founder Simon Needham was charged with creating a compelling spot aimed at young adults by emphasizing the car's look and luxury options, from hubcaps to more »

Digital Domain Helps Saab Get Photoreal

Directors Joseph Kahn (Torque) and Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, Stealth) teamed with VFX house Digital Domain (Venice, CA) to deliver effects-heavy spots for Saab that capitalize on the car-maker's background in aviation engineering. more »

What I’m Using Now: Maxon Cinema 4D

AARON SCHRUMAN Designer/animator Splice Here Minneapolis Favorite gear: Maxon Cinema 4D List: Basic - $995; XL - $1,995; Studio - $2,495 Why I love it: It's an amazing program in the sense that you first more »

Light Rays Effect Using Boris Continuum in Final Cut Pro

The nine Boris Continuum Complete Rays filters offer similar functionality to produce varying lighting effects. This tutorial uses the Rays_Puffy filter, which spreads light from a source point for a soft, "puffy" appearance. more »

Playing the Field with 2D/3D Effects

After the edit had been finished on @radical.media's 35mm footage for the Microsoft Windows XPA spot "Soccer," the goal was to tell the rest of the story with graphics. An on-screen narrator talks more »

Lexus’s Multiple Personality Disorder

Franà§ois Vogel understands working in multiple dimensions after directing (and starring) in a series of award-winning spots for HP, where real life instantly becomes a photograph. It wasn't a big jump for more »

Bigger and Badder

VFX supervisor Joe Letteri has won two Oscars, a Technical Achievement Award, and an Oscar nomination in the past three years at Weta Digital. Now, he's doing something really big: Peter Jackson's King Kong. more »

ILM’s Game Theory

Industrial Light & Magic's move to a new, four-building complex on 23 acres of parkland near the Golden Gate Bridge gives it more than a nice view. more »