Prime Focus talks about Chandani Chowk to China (CC2C)

EXCLUSIVE
Chandani Chowk to China saw immense visual effects, a challenging task taken up by Prime Focus. We caught up with Merzin Tavaria, the Creative head- VFX Prime Focus and VFX Supervisor on CC2C in an exclusive behind the scenes of the film.

Interview with Harsh Borah - Digital Artist

Interview with Harsh Borah - Digital Artist
Harsh Borah reveals what makes him take his work a step ahead

Ghajini The Game - Interview with Sashi Reddi

Ghajini The Game - Interview with Sashi Reddi

Eros International, the leading studio in the Indian media and entertainment sector, joined forces with FXLabs Studios, the leading end-to-end game development company in India, to launch India's first 3D PC Action Game based on a Bollywood movie. 'Ghajini' is a Third Person Action game, which will provide a fantastic opportunity to all 'Ghajini' fans to experience the movie through this exciting game. The game features recreated movie locations and scenes in the 3D world so as to provide the gamers with the actual movie sets to make the game playing experience as authentic and adventures as the movie. We caught up with Mr. Sashi Reddi, Founder & CEO - FXLabs Studios to tell us more on Ghajini - The Game

Ramesh Ruia talks about TASK (The Animation Society of Kolkata)

Ramesh Ruia talks about TASK (The Animation Society of Kolkata)

Graduating in B.Sc. from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Ramesh Kumar Ruia went to complete his M.S. in computer science from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA and graduated in 1987.
Has been working in various capacities in industries and diverse as Engineering to Consumer durables till 1998 when he found himself in the Animation sector where he has been working for the past ten years.
A keen golfer and equally passionate about animation, he currently heads the Arena Animation Chapter at Park Street, Kolkata and has been one of the few from the training industry for whom quality is a passion.
Under him, Arena Park Street became the first ISO 9001:2000 certified chapter of Arena in India and has won numerous awards including the Best Centre Award (All India), Academic Excellence awards to name a few.
His current passion is to act as a catalyst to sync the requirements of the animation industry with the constraints and possibilities in the training industry so that the two can work in tandem to make India the most happening space in the animation vertical.

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An interview with FREDERIC ST-ARNAUD

An interview with FREDERIC ST-ARNAUD
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Interview with Ron Crabb - Matt Painter

Interview with Ron Crabb - Matt Painter
Ron Crabb has been in the entertainment industry since 1984 he began working as an illustrator and designer of on-air graphics at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. It was there that he was introduced to the Quantel Paintbox and the rapidly expanding world of computer generated imagery. Motion graphics design and animation were the obvious next steps and from the late eighties through the nineties he was priviledged to work with some of the most prestigious television design and effects firms in Hollywood such as: Pittard Sullivan, 3 Ring Circus, Ring of Fire, Milne Effects, and Ignite Creative to name only a few. Crabb have been received a number of awards from the Broadcast Design Association, Telly Awards, and the Houston Film Festival, as well as a couple of Emmy nominations for main title design."
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The Making of “Keep a Sharp Eye” by Ron Crabb

The Making of “Keep a Sharp Eye” by Ron Crabb
The digital painting “Keep a Sharp Eye” had its genesis in my desire to return to my roots as an illustrator. Most of my recent commercial work has consisted of matte painting work for film and television and that has occupied most of my time for a number of years now, but recently I’ve found myself longing to get back to some figurative work and do some storytelling with my illustration abilities. (It’s the variety of things I get to do that makes me love being an artist!)

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Ghajini - VFX by Prime Focus

Ghajini - VFX by Prime Focus
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Monthly Digital Matte Painting Challenges

Jan 09 Topic - The Lost World