This is wonderful news for fellow Compositors out there. The Foundry has officially acquired Sony Pictures Imageworks’ in-house lighting/compositing system, Katana! Why is this so big? Well not only will Nuke in the very near future feature a complete 3D lighting package, completely bypassing traditional pipelines of 3D software lighting and giving control straight over [...]

This video was shown at Siggraph Asia 2009 and frankly…blew my mind. The program is called Sketch2Photo, and the name pretty much says exactly what it’s designed to do. The gist is you draw a sketch on a computer connected to the net, label those line drawings (i.e. a person=person), and then the program goes [...]

MPC just recently completed work on a new Wrigleys 5 Gum campaign, and posted a bunch of great behind the scenes material on how the spots were done on their site. What I love most about the Zing and Solstice campaign is how MPC used tried and true bluescreen compositing techniques, mixed with some nice [...]

One tool that I really love in Photoshop is the HighPass filter. It’s a favorite of photographers who want to get a really sharp looking image. And the results are pretty stunning. Check out this image from an Abduzeedo tutorial covering the filter. LINK: Photoshop Quick Tips #3 – Enhancing Photos with High Pass Filter [...]

Some really great news has just come off the wire for all us Nuke Compositors out there! FXGuide is reporting that ILM has purchased a bunch of Nuke licenses. Raising the question, “Is ILM shelving their proprietary compositing system Saber?” Well I’m sure they wouldn’t completely throw out their old pipeline, because the cost to [...]

The online UK magazine, Digital Arts has published a story detailing all the work done by Frantic Films on John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’. This film has been long in the making and I actually did some rotoscoping work on the ‘epic naval battle’ that the article talks about. And the final product really is a [...]

I’ve been wanting to write a tutorial about color correction techniques in Compositing for a while now. But since I’m lazy / busy / mostly lazy. So I just haven’t gotten around to it. Until today that is! So sit back and kick up your heels, because today I’m going to demo a quick and [...]

Head over to Video Copilot to read what Andrew Kramer calls PERFECT Compositing! It’s a really good quick guide for all you beginning Compositors out there. And details what to focus on, think about, and watch out for when working on a shot. LINK: PERFECT Compositing As we get closer to launching Action Essentials 2, [...]

Today brings some good news for not only The Foundry but also Nuke artists out there in general. Read the full article over at FXGuide, but the nickel version is that The Foundry has successively negotiated a management buyout from Windcrest Holdings and are independent once again! LINK: The Foundry Announces Management Buyout Since NAB, [...]

So by a show of hands who all saw ‘Drag Me to Hell’ this weekend? Ok, well I’m not actually sure if anyone is raising their hands or not. So I’ll just take a wild guess based on the box-office and say ‘Me too!’ Now normally this would be the point where I talked all [...]