100 years of special effects

Well, some emblematic movies (like The Matrix) are not included here, but nonetheless it’s a good compilation with some historical scenes with special effects:

Visualization of the Coriolis & Centrifugal forces

This clip demonstrates the effects of the Coriolis and Centrifugal forces, by viewing various scenes from both rotating and stationary cameras:
More info about the effects are available here.

Engine Room audition

Cool interactive effects by Kevin Atkinson, for more go to his Vimeo channel.

Photoshop Text Effects Round-Up

Text and the way it looks is a major part of any design. A great design can be cheapened if the text on the page looks wrong. Any logo is almost entirely text. From water to fire, these 51 tutorials will show you how to create any style of text you want.

Click to see more: Photoshop Text Effects Round-Up

High-res Video Enhancements

Cool technique, developed by researchers from University of Washington, to improve video quality (static scenes) by using high-res still photos. Click to read more and watch the video demonstration. How soon we will have such a technique implemented in the consumers’cams?...:

Supermarket Domino

First you wash the floor properly, then you arrange the elements. After that, you can enjoy a full 6 minutes of domino during christmas holidays:

New Generation of 3D

A short clip about how the future of 3D cinemas would be. Beowulf already uses this feature:

Animated 3D Effect

This 3D effect is achieved with an animated GIF. Cool but what the ... :

Soundsnap

Need some cool sound effects or music loops? Try Soundsnap!

Soundsnap offers thousands of sound effects and loops for you to freely use, including in commercial ventures. Very Nice!

How to make someone look old

The video below is about the special effects make-up to look old. Very nice work, you just can't see there's a young woman underneath the old make-up: