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Category Archives: Tutorial
The Future of Visual Effects
The future of visual effects in films, TV, and VR; from crossing the uncanny valley in human animation, to light-field camera technology that will change the way moving images are captured.
The Immersive Realism of Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli has consistently created the most compelling animated films I have ever seen, in part due to their immersive realism. Despite the fantasy and magic, Ghibli’s films consistently feel tactile and realistic. In this video essay, we explore how Studio Ghibli consistently achieves immersive realism in their films.
Webinar – Nuke 11.0: a sneak peek into Nuke’s new features and updates!
Fire Glows Tutorial by Hugo Guerra
Simple tutorial showing how to make a 3 step glow for more realistic “looking” fire glow in CG and stock footage.
Procedural Rock Formations for UE4 | Saber Jlassi | Houdini Hive at SIGGRAPH 2017
Creating procedural rock formation and cliffs can be very challenging due to all the complex natural patterns (layering, cracks, sharp edges). Using Houdini VDB volumes and voronoi fracturing, Houdini instructor Saber Jlassi shows how this problem can be solved to create all kinds of complex rock formation. After creating the highres meshes we will learn how to generate the game friendly version and bake all the maps needed to make a realistic looking environment in Unreal Engine.
