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Fusion Flicks!
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G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra
My Sister's Keeper
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Artist
Profile
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Toronto
visual effects artist Lisa Carr-Harris talks to eyeon
about Fusion and how she has used it as her primary VFX
software package since 1999.
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Recent News
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 eyeon Fusion 6 & Generation
2.0 In
Amsterdam
Join
eyeon's SWAT team at IBC, Amsterdam
RAI, September 11-15, 2009, Booth 7.C21.
The
eyeon team and special guests will
be demonstrating Fusion 6 and Generation
2.0.
Register for passes to the
show here.
For more information about IBC,
visit their website here.
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 eyeon Announces Release of Generation 2.0
Visual Effects
Desktop
Generation 2.0 is a major update to
acclaimed Generation visual effects desktop, the
must have workflow front-end for artists and
studios. With tight deadlines, revision
management, and team work, Generation excels at
providing a flexible desktop for studios to manage
many projects, shots, versions, and elements.
Customizable, scriptable, and designed for teams,
Generation makes it easy to integrate into
existing studio workflows. more
View more about
Generation 2.0 here.
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 Kermit Sings 'It's Not Easy Keying
Green'
Apart from being a well known host, actor,
and singer, it's a little known fact that Kermit
the Frog also has a side job as a Visual Effects
Consultant. With his background in VFX heavy
movies, Kermit has become the go-to frog when it
comes to green screen
consultancy. Many thanks
to Sander de Regt, of ShadowMaker SdR,
for helping Kermit The Frog sing his
song for Fusion artists.
See Kermit singing his song here.
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 Prime
Focus Uses Fusion to Heighten the G.I. Joe: Rise
of the Cobra Experience
Prime
Focus contributed roughly 70 visual effects shots
for the finale's aerial sequence, which features a
plane being eaten away by Nanomites, a U.S.
developed bio-weapon usurped by evil forces that
disintegrates metal on contact. Said Chris Bond,
senior visual effects supervisor and president of
Prime Focus VFX, "This sequence was particularly
challenging because we weren't relying on any
aerial photography, which would be nearly
impossible to shoot at these speeds, but instead
created nearly everything digitally - the plane,
sky, clouds and the destructive Nanomites that eat
away the plane." Read more about the team's
work here.
Visit the Prime
Focus website here.
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 Boyd
Shermis Talks Real VFX Heros
"The
visual effects challenges in G.I. Joe: Rise
of the Cobra required the very top levels of
skill, talent, artistry, and, of course, technical
ability. Artists of this caliber were able to meet
our challenges head on using eyeon's Fusion
compositing software." Read more of what Boyd
had to say here.
Visit
the FXTC website here.
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 Andrew
Britton Eases The Anxiety Of Children's
Cancer With Fusion
The
Adventures of Zak and Dakota is a cancer education
animation for young children. This animation was
created in collaboration with the IdeaLaboratory
at Purdue University and The Center for Digital
Imaging Arts at Boston University. This joint
effort is in support of the work of, and at the
behest of, the Children's Hospital of Boston. It
will be used in their Family Services Library for
educational presentations given at schools and
libraries. Read more about how the project
was brought to life using Fusion here.
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 CIS
Vancouver Sees Aliens In their Attic
It all starts as a
meteor shower rockets across the dark galaxy. Four
glowing pods sparkle and crackle behind the
meteors. A mysterious force makes the meteor
shower turn a hard right toward a bright blue ball
in the distance - planet
Earth.
The team at CIS Vancouver help bring this fun
and fantastic film to
life.
Jason
Dowdeswell, Head of Digital Studio, CIS Vancouver,
had this to say about using Fusion for the VFX,
"We used Fusion for a lot of tricky wire removals
in Aliens in the Attic, especially in the
anti-gravity sequence where three kids were
suspended on wire picks in a room that was built
upside down. As well as dealing with the inverted
room, the wires had a lot of cross-over of faces
and appendages that proved challenging. There were
also quite a few rack focuses in that scene.
Additionally, Fusion's paint tool came in very
handy when re-building clean plates from multiple
frames and prepping for composite."
 VFX
Supervisor: Randy Goux
VFX Producer: Janet
Yale
Shot count: 40 using Fusion for
extensive wire/rig removals and plate
reconstruction
Visit the CIS Vancouver website here.
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 In-Three Takes On G-Force
The artists at In-Three took the 2D
version of this film and turned it into 3D
with the help of Fusion.
In 2008, In-Three was awarded the project and
over 80 artists were involved in the conversion.
The artists Dimensionalized® all of the live
action shots and plates that were captured in 2D,
approximately 24 minutes of the film. more
Visit the
In-Three Inc. website here.
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 Matte World Digital's Quiet Shots For My
Sister's Keeper
We talked with Ken Rogerson about
Matte World Digital's work on the film My
Sister's Keeper. The subtle use of Fusion in
their VFX work produced results that the
audience may not even recognize as effects.
more
Visit the Matte World
Digital website here.
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 The
Time Traveler's Wife Shifts With Fusion
With The Time Traveler's
Wife, Robert Schwenkte has fashioned a stylish
fantasy/romance about a Chicago librarian with a
rare genetic disorder that causes him to time
shift when he's under pressure, resulting in a
very precarious love life.
The primary software
package used was Maya, Fusion, and Inferno: "the
holy trinity of visual effects." more
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 Worldwide
FX Is Hiring At Their New Studio In
Louisiana
Worldwide FX is looking for experienced
Fusion Compositors to fill vacancies at their
new facility in Shreveport, Louisiana.
On-site workers only.
Visit
the Worldwide FX website here.
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 eyeon's SWAT Team In
Europe!
The
eyeon SWAT World Tour will be in going to Europe.
Contact Susan, Client Relations Manager, at
416.686.8411 x.270 or sue@eyeonline.com, to
book a facility visit.
Keep up to date on what's
happening in your area at eyeon website's Events
page. more
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 eyeon's SWAT Course: The
Feedback
We
talked to Derk Ebeling about his participation in
the SWAT course held by spherevfx in London. Derk
had this to say about the course and how he
benefitted from the experience. more
To
visit spherevfx's website, click here.
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 Ball
State University has joined the SWAT
Team!
Ball State is a traditional university that
does things in a non-traditional way. They
see education as a way for students to find their
niche in the world. This university
provides them with the dedicated professors,
top-ranked programs, and state-of-the-art
facilities that students need.
Emerging media is deeply ingrained
in Ball State's academic and immersive
learning experiences. They are home to
the leading experts in the field and provide them
with top-notch facilities to conduct truly
groundbreaking
research.
To find dates and course
outlines, visit the Ball State University's
website here.
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