Hacker News with Generative AI: Visual Effects

A flowing WebGL gradient, deconstructed (alexharri.com)
A few weeks ago I embarked on a journey to create a flowing gradient effect — here’s what I ended up making:

Web Development, WebGL, Visual Effects

222 points by alexharri 14 days ago | 41 comments

Hunt for Red October 1990 (2016) (modelshipsinthecinema.com)
Visual Effects Supervisor - Scott Squires Visual Effects Director of Photography - Patrick Sweeney The effects for this movie were originally being done at Richard Edlund's Boss films and nearly five months of miniature submarine construction was undertaken under the supervision of Greg Jein.

Visual Effects, Filmmaking, Movie Production, 1990s

328 points by nixass 16 days ago | 137 comments

Creative Fansubbing Techniques: Part 2 (md-subs.com)
Following my first article about curious techniques used by anime fansubbers, I present to you the second part that focuses on the visuals. We’ll start with simple tricks and progress to more complex ones as we go.

Anime, Fansubbing, Visual Effects, Creative Projects, Online Communities

119 points by TheAceOfHearts 46 days ago | 28 comments

VFX Giant MPC and May Shut Down Amid 'Severe Financial Challenges' (variety.com)
In an ominous sign for visual effects artists, Technicolor-owned MPC, the banner behind recent Disney films “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “The Jungle Book” and “The Lion King,” could begin shutting its doors as early as Monday, according to multiple sources.

Visual Effects, Film Industry, Business, Layoffs

7 points by HellDunkel 60 days ago | 3 comments

Visual effects studio Technicolor collapses (bbc.co.uk)
Technicolor, the visual effects (VFX) group which has worked on films ranging from Disney's 1940 classic Pinocchio to 2024 blockbuster Mufasa The Lion King, has collapsed into administration in the UK.

Visual Effects, Entertainment, Business, Film

7 points by nickdothutton 60 days ago | 0 comments

Binocular Shot: A tribute to movies with inaccurate binocular shots (binocularshot.com)
A tribute to movies with inaccurate binocular shots

Movies, Filmmaking, Visual Effects, Humor

5 points by gaws 62 days ago | 2 comments

Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation (pbr-book.org)
Photorealistic computer graphics are ubiquitous in today's world, widely used in movies and video games as well as product design and architecture.

Computer Graphics, Rendering, 3D Modeling, Visual Effects

218 points by ahamez 103 days ago | 67 comments

Valve's Flickering Lights (alanzucconi.com)
This article will explore the origin of the popular flickering light effect, seen across many of their titles including “Quake”, “Half-Life”, “Half-Life: Alyx” and “Portal”. A Unity package to use this very effect can be download at the end of the article.

Gaming, Visual Effects, Unity, Software, Game Development

6 points by PaulHoule 142 days ago | 1 comments

Rare yet Impactful – Orthographic Projection in Films and Animations (cined.com)

Filmmaking, Animation, 3D Graphics, Visual Effects

13 points by bryanrasmussen 251 days ago | 3 comments

Previsualization for Feature Films (1998) (stagetools.com)

Filmmaking, Pre-production, Technology, Visual Effects

17 points by apollinaire 344 days ago | 0 comments

Eye Candy: Visual Effects Library (eyecannndy.com)

Visual Effects, Libraries, Software

16 points by con 372 days ago | 0 comments