Hacker News with Generative AI: Visual Effects

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 12 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 12 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 14 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 54 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 94 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 202 days ago | 3 comments

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

Filmmaking, Pre-production, Technology, Visual Effects

17 points by apollinaire 296 days ago | 0 comments

Eye Candy: Visual Effects Library (eyecannndy.com)

Visual Effects, Libraries, Software

16 points by con 324 days ago | 0 comments