visual effects. Tag Archive

A big hello to VFXY, a new portal / directory made by visual effects industry’s members for VFX aficionados and professionals.
link: VFXY - Your Gateway to Visual Effects

Tired of BAD EFFECTS in GOOD MOVIES?
How sick are you of seeing the BEST EFFECTS in the WORST MOVIES?
This sad state of affairs exists because of the widely held belief that visual effects are something that can only be afforded in “Big Effects Movies”.
Link: A CALL TO ALL VISUAL EFFECTS CREATORS - MANIFXTO

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
8:30am to 4pm
Get behind-the-scenes Linux and Macintosh insights into feature animation and visual effects production in the motion picture industry.
Excerpt from the Agenda

Crimson FX is an effect generator for Quicktime movies and DV streams designed to make adding laser and light blade effects (and possibly other effects) as easy as possible.
I decided to write Crimson FX after reading a posting on BoingBoing about how to create rotoscoped Light Saber effects. Unfortunately, it required quite a chunk of [...]