Hacker News with Generative AI: Visual Effects

Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire (acoup.blog)
<p>This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then holds up his hand with that ‘wait for it’ gesture and then shouts ‘loose!’ (or worse yet, ‘fire!’) and all of the archers release at once, producing a giant cloud of arrows.

History, Film, Visual Effects

506 points by StefanBatory 6 days ago | 314 comments

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 27 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 29 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 59 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 73 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 73 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 75 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 116 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 156 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 264 days ago | 3 comments

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

Filmmaking, Pre-production, Technology, Visual Effects

17 points by apollinaire 357 days ago | 0 comments

Eye Candy: Visual Effects Library (eyecannndy.com)

Visual Effects, Libraries, Software

16 points by con 385 days ago | 0 comments