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Content-aware fill in AE and other new gems

2 days ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

Ahead of NAB 2019, Adobe has announced product updates and new innovations for video and audio tools in Adobe Creative Cloud. These include some much anticipated things such Content-Aware Fill for video, and some lesser high profile, yet still key announcements, such as external GPUs and Twitch Trigger support. Content-Aware Fill for VideoUsers can now use Content-Aware Fill to remove unwanted objects from footage in After Effect.
Diffusing Reality: How NVIDIA Reimagined Relighting

1 week ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

NVIDIA’s recent research breakthrough, DiffusionRenderer, presented at CVPR, (one of the world’s premier AI conferences), represents a major advancement in neural graphics. This technology effectively combines inverse and forward rendering, achieving exceptional precision and realism. Utilising advanced video diffusion models, DiffusionRenderer unlocks transformative capabilities for relighting, material editing, and seamless virtual object insertion directly from real-world video footage.
fxpodcast: Landman's special effects and explosions with Garry Elmendorf

2 weeks ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/fxpodcast/fxg-250604-Landman.mp3 Play in new window DownloadGarry Elmendorf isn’t just a special effects supervisor, he’s a master of controlled chaos. With over 50 years in the business, from Logan’s Run in the ’70s to the high-octane worlds of Yellowstone, 1883, 1923, and Landman. Elmendorf has shaped the visual DNA of Taylor Sheridan’s TV empire with a mix of old-school craft and jaw-dropping spectacle.
VFXShow 296: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning - fxguide

2 weeks ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/the_vfx_show-296-MI-FinalReckoning.mp3 Play in new window DownloadEthan Hunt and the IMF team race against time to find a rogue artificial intelligence (why is AI always the bad guy now if films? ) that can destroy mankind.
fxpodcast: the making of the immersive Apple Vision Pro film Bono: Stories of Surrender

2 weeks ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/fxpodcast/fxg-250601-Bono.mp3 Play in new window DownloadIn this episode of the fxpodcast, we go behind the scenes with The-Artery, the New York-based creative studio that brought this ambitious vision to life. We speak with Founder and CCO Vico Sharabani, along with Elad Offer, the project’s Creative Director, about what it took to craft this unprecedented experience.
The Wheel of Time, Postviz Reel from Proof.

3 weeks ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

For Season 3 of Amazon’s The Wheel of Time, Proof Inc. reimagined post-visualization, developing an innovative “Sketchvis” pipeline that blurred the boundaries between previs, postvis, and final VFX.
fxpodcast: Chefs of data - Etoile and machine learning

4 weeks ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/fxpodcast/fxg-250523-Etoile.mp3 Play in new window DownloadOn this episode of the fxpodcast, we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the visual effects work for Amazon’s Étoile, featuring an in-depth discussion with David Gaddie from Afterparty VFX. The team undertook the challenging face replacement work for the show’s ballet dancers, employing cutting-edge AI technology to seamlessly blend lead actors’ faces onto the performances of professional dance doubles.
VFXShow 295: Thunderbolts*

1 month ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/the_vfx_show-295-Thunderbolts.mp3 Play in new window DownloadThunderbolts* is the 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jake Schreier and stars an ensemble cast featuring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Pierce, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Politics meets pixels: business implications of a possible 100% film tariff

1 month ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/fxpodcast/fxg-250508-FMX2025.mp3 Play in new window DownloadIn this fxpodcast episode, we speak with Joseph Bell, founder of HDRI Intelligence, during FMX 2025 in Stuttgart. Bell, a veteran of companies like ILM and The Mill, brings his experience in production and business intelligence to unpack one of the most controversial topics currently shaking the film and VFX industry: the proposed 100% tariff on films made outside the United States.
VFXShow 294: Black Mirror + the (Mad) Life of the Sci-Tech Oscars

1 month ago | fxguide.com | Mike Seymour

https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/the_vfx_show-294-BlackMirrorSeason7.mp3 Play in new window DownloadThis week we diving deep into the mind-bending brilliance of Black Mirror Season 7—a season that doesn’t just reflect our tech fears but amplifies them. From walk-in pictures to outer space, it’s a VFX showcase with something to say. Plus: we’re taking you behind the velvet rope at the 2025 Sci-Tech Oscars, where innovation meets recognition. What tech stole the spotlight? Jason Diamond tells all.