http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net For news of changes to www.andrew-whitehurst.net en-gb � 2008 Andrew Whitehurst http://www.dneg.com/dneg_vfx/ex-machina-in-cinemas-now/ I was lucky enough to spend about a year and half working as the VFX Supervisor on Ex Machina, the film directed by Alex Garland. I am incredibly proud of the work everyone produced and I think we made something quite special. Double Negative have a digest of some of the coverage in the press and I magine more will appear around the US release in April.www.dneg.com Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:15:00 GMT http://www.http://www.andrewwhitehurst.tumblr.com I've set up a tumblr page to get some comic art and illustration work I've done out there. http://www.http://www.andrewwhitehurst.tumblr.com for those who are interested. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:30:00 GMT http://www.amazon.co.uk/VES-Handbook-Visual-Effects-Procedures/dp/0240812425 The VES Handbook of Visual Effects is now published. It's available from Amazon and directly from The Focal Press. The UK publish date was originally set to be September but it's been brought forward and is available in all good bookshops. VES members can also get a 30% discount from The Focal Press. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:15:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/resource.html I've added a sequence listing utility called "lseq" I wrote in Python to the Resources page. "lseq" is very handy for listing sequences of frames in a directory in a "myCoolSequence.1-124#.ext" type format. It handles missing frames and multiple frame paddings fairly gracefully. I've used it in one form or another for five years and I don't know why it's taken me so long to put it online. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:15:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/projects.html I've uploaded some personal work to the Projects page on the site. There is a short film I made a while back and some Processing mini-projects. More to be added when I have time. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:30:00 GMT http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Visual-Effects-Jeffery-Okun/dp/0240812425 88 visual effects practioners have contributed chapters on all elements of visual effects production to the book. I have written the chapter on digital lighting and handed in my final edits this week. At 800 pages, the book should be the reference work for some time to come. It will published by The Focal Press in late summer 2010. Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.cinefex.com The new issue of Cinefex covers, amongst other things, work done at Double Negative on The Wolfman which I was involved with as CG Supervisor. We discuss the environment work we did as well as some one off effects for the film. In addition to The Wolfman, the issue's main article is a look back over the career of Phil Tippett. Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/readingList.html I've just added a reading list for students of computer graphics who wish to improve their visual literacy. The list is composed of books I've found especially useful over the years. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/howTo2009.html I've uploaded a new tutorial which is a step by step look at how a VFX facility will use photographic data captured on set to light CG objects. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:15:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/pipeline.html I've added a new article on the production pipeline at a VFX studio. The idea is to show who does what during each stage of a film's production and to show how each of the departments relates to each other. If you are thinking of applying for work in a large VFX company knowing how it all fits together is probably quite useful. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:50:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net So I've now redesigned the layout for the site and updated the tutorials into the new style. As you can see there are some new global pages for "Articles" and "Projects". These are empty at the moment but the plan is to put some of the lectures I've been delivering to universities in the "Articles" section and the "Projects" tab will have links to my personal projects. I have a couple of new tutorials I plan to write also, including one on the current way we approach photo-real lighting in 2008, HDRI, ambient occlusion and so on. These will be forthcoming over the next few weeks/months and of course the feed will let you know when each update occurs. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:45:00 GMT http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net Hello and welcome to the RSS feed for www.andrew-whitehurst.net. As you may have noticed the site is in a state of change at the moment I am working on new content to bring up to date but with the work commitments I have it's going to take a while. I thought rather than have people checking back every now and then to see if anything's changed it would make more sense for news of changes to come straight to you through the magic of RSS. And so here it is. When changes occur, you'll be the first to know. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT