fxguide: fxpodcast
By Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery, Mike Seymour
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vfx, mograph, and production news
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fxpodcast #271: VFX Oscars March | In this special fxpodcast, we report directly from the VFX Oscars March which took place today in Hollywood. | 3/2/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #270: Solid Angle’s Marcos Fajardo on Arnold | This week we talk to Marcos Fajardo, the founder of Solid Angle which makes the renderer Arnold. | 2/17/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #269: SciTech winner Jeremy Selan on OpenColorIO | This week we talk to SciTech winner Jeremy Selan, developer of the OpenColorIO color management framework. | 1/28/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #268: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Key members of Weta Digital's visual effects team discuss the creation of Smaug, spiders, the barrel sequence and environments in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. | 12/18/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #267: I AM VFX Soldier | An exclusive, in-depth interview with Daniel Lay, the formerly anonymous blogger known as VFX Soldier. What motivated him to come forward now? You may have a perception of Soldier now, we're willing to bet you will have a different one by the end of t... | 12/2/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #266: Catching Fire vfx supe Janek Sirrs | In our latest fxpodcast, Mike Seymour talks to renowned visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs about crafting the effects in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Warning: plot spoilers. | 11/21/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #265: Paul Miller on creating VFX software | This week we talk to software developer Paul Miller who has contributed to VFX packages such as Elastic Reality, Toxik, Tiffen Dfx and Silhouette. | 11/4/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #264: Physically plausible shading at Pixar | We talk to Pixar's TD Paul Kanyuk. Paul will be giving a course on 'Physically Plausible Shading and Lighting on Monster's University and Beyond' at SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong. | 10/14/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #263: Framestore’s Tim Webber on Gravity | This week we talk to Framestore's Tim Webber, who was the visual effects supervisor on Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. | 10/8/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #262: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | With the pilot episode of the much-anticipated Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. having just aired, we interview series visual effects supervisor Mark Kolpack. | 9/24/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #261: Voice-overs for your video project | We take a look at the world of voice-overs and how services like Voices.com can be used for video projects, podcast intros, commercials or animated films. | 9/19/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #260: Mark Spatny on TV VFX | Stargate Studios visual effects supervisor Mark Spatny on television VFX awards, the industry, artistic excellence and how effects is covered in the mainstream press. | 8/25/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #259: Elysium – Weta Workshop | We visit Weta Workshop to discuss practical props of Elysium with Rob Gillies, Workshop Sup. & Richard Taylor - co-director of Weta Workshop. We talk about the practical HULC suits and ultra cool weapons. | 8/15/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #258: SIGGRAPH 2013 – final report UPDATED | Mike gives a final rundown from SIGGRAPH 2013 and talks to The Foundry's Katana product manager Andy Lomas about an NVIDIA OptiX / Katana lighting preview demo presented by Pixar. | 7/25/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #257: Pixar’s Ed Catmull | As a SIGGRAPH special: an interview with Ed Catmull. Pixar's RenderMan is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary (see Main story) and Catmull helped develop and protect the renderer that has had such a key impact on the vfx and animation. | 7/25/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #256: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Tuesday Report | Mike and Jeff report from the SIGGRAPH 2013 show floor on Tuesday. | 7/24/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #255: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Monday Report | In this special fxpodcast from SIGGRAPH 2013, Mike Seymour and Jeff Heusser have reports from conference sessions and an exclusive announcement from Pixar and The Foundry about Katana and RenderMan. | 7/23/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #254: Fabric Engine’s Creation Platform | EXCLUSIVE: From SIGGRAPH 2013, we talk to Fabric Engine CEO Paul Doyle and investor Marc Petit about Creation Platform, an application framework for building 2D & 3D apps suitable for VFX. | 7/22/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #253: Feasibility Study on Subsidies | David Yocis, an attorney who worked on the "Feasibility Study on Subsidies to Film Production and Visual Effects" commissioned by anonymous blogger VFX Soldier is our guest. We discuss what the study revealed as a plan of action for addressing subsidies. | 7/15/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #252: DigiPro preview – Dneg’s fluid sims research | We chat with Double Negative's Harry Biddle about the render-time manipulation and generation of levelsets, which allow for the art-direction of fluid sims. Biddle will be presenting at DigiPro on the 20th of July. | 7/9/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #251: Man of Steel and the tech of Krypton | This week as part of our extensive MOS coverage, we talk to Weta vfx supervisor Dan Lemmon about Man of Steel. | 6/24/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #250: Star Trek: Into Darkness – ILM’s comp pipeline | In this week's show Mike talks to ILM's Jay Cooper, compositing supervisor, about the comp pipeline on Star Trek: Into Darkness. | 5/21/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #249: Iron Man 3 – Erik Nash, DD | This week we talk to Digital Domain's visual effects supervisor Erik Nash about the blockbuster Iron Man 3 from director Shane Black. | 5/6/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #248: Oblivion | This week we talk to Oblivion DOP Claudio Miranda, ASC and Digital Domain visual effects supervisor Eric Barba about in-camera projections, shooting in Iceland and realizing the world of Joseph Kosinski's film. | 4/22/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #247: NAB 2013 roadtrip recap | It's the annual post-NAB recap with Jeff, John, and Mike...recorded on the way back to LA from Vegas. | 4/12/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #246: Oz – bringing China Girl to life: onset & animated | Mike Seymour speaks to VFX supe Scott Stokdyk, digital effects supe Francisco DeJesus and puppeteer Phillip Huber, the team behind one of the most enchanting characters from Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful - China Girl. | 3/11/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #245: VFX roundtable – Scott Squires, Scott Ross, David Rand | Jeff Heusser talks to three visual effects industry veterans - Scott Squires, Scott Ross and David Rand - about the recent developments in VFX, from globalization to unionization to subsidies to working conditions to recognition and other on-going issues. | 2/28/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #244: Film and game convergence | This week we speak to Hybride Technologies President Pierre Raymond about the convergence of films and games. Hybride is now a division of the game giant Ubisoft. | 2/25/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #243: Life of Pi VFX supe Bill Westenhofer | This week we talk to Rhythm & Hues visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer. Bill was the overall VFX supe on Ang Lee's Life of Pi, one of the nominees for the Best Visual Effects Oscar this year and a recent BAFTA and VES winner. | 2/10/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #242: VFX legend Bill Taylor | This week, we talk to visual effects supervisor, director of photography and Illusion Arts founder Bill Taylor, who has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. | 2/4/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #241: Sci-tech winner: Mocha | We speak to Imagineer Systems CEO John-Paul Smith about the development of the amazing tracking / roto software mocha. John-Paul and his colleagues will be awarded a Scientific & Engineering Award at the upcoming Sci-Tech Oscars. | 1/28/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #240: VES Award nominee Eran Dinur | Visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur, from Brainstorm Digital, is part of the team nominated for a VES Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program for Men Who Built America. | 1/21/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #239: KATANA SciTech Oscar, Steve LaVietes | A conversation about the development of KATANA with Steve LaVietes, back end pipeline architect from Sony Pictures Imageworks. The developers of KATANA will receive a Scientific and Technical Technical Achievement Award from the Academy this year. | 1/13/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #238: Creature Animation: Gollum, Goblins & 48fps | In this podcast we talk to Weta Digital animation supervisor David Clayton about his work for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, covering Goblins, Gollum and working at 48fps. | 12/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #237: Carl Rosendahl, from PDI to the future of VFX | Mike speaks to Carl Rosendahl, founder of PDI, venture capitalist & industry titan, about his history and a key VES speech he made mapping out the issues for our industry looking forward. It is a compelling & unapologieticly frank examination. | 12/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #236: Adam Howard VFX Supervisor | This week we speak to Adam Howard, vfx supervisor. We discuss his amazing career and touch on his latest film supervising on the last Twilight Film. | 11/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #235: Skyfall vfx supe Steve Begg | This week we talk to Steve Begg, the overall visual effects supervisor for the latest James Bond film, Skyfall. Begg discusses working with miniatures, practical effects and CG work. | 11/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #234: Andy Beach on digital video | This week Jeff Heusser talks to Andy Beach, a specialist in digital video, streaming media and video compression who has worked at companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Adobe. | 11/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #233: Flame 20th Edition | We speak with Autodesk lead product designer Philippe Soeiro about the brand new 20th Anniversary Edition release of Flame. | 11/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #232: Cloud Atlas and Rise FX | This week we talk to Rise FX visual effects supervisor Florian Gellinger about his studio's work for Cloud Atlas, including the Lidar scanning services provided by sister company pointcloud9 | 10/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #231: PDI co-founder Richard Chuang | This week we talk to Richard Chuang, one of the co-founders of pioneering graphics, VFX and animation studio PDI. Chuang is now a founder of media collaboration company Cloudpic Global. He'll also presenting on the rise of computer graphics in Asia at ... | 10/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #230: The Dark Knight Rises | We speak in depth with VFX supervisor Paul Franklin from Double Negative about the effects in Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Paul will be presenting the visual effects of the film at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 on Friday 30th November. | 10/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #229: Foundry/Luxology roundtable | We gather experts from the VFX and gaming fields to discuss the possible implications of The Foundry and Luxology merger. Mike Seymour talks to Kim Libreri (Senior ILM and LucasArts VFX supervisor), Rob Bredow (CTO, Sony Pictures Imageworks), | 9/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #228: ICT’s Abhijeet Ghosh | This week we talk to Abhijeet Ghosh from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies about a range of issues relating to polarized light, surface normals, Brewster's angle and the reproduction of human skin, | 9/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #227 – Effects DOP Marty Rosenberg | This week, a special re-broadcast of an interview with renowned Effects DOP Marty Rosenberg. This ep coincides with the announcement of our fxphd live practical fx & digital integration workshop at 32TEN Studios in California. | 9/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #226: A single-shot light probe | This week we talk to Paul Debevec from the USC ICT about a SIGGRAPH paper on a single-shot light probe - a new light probe with both diffuse and specular materials that can capture the full dynamic range of complex lighting conditions in one standard d... | 8/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #225: Dneg’s new lighting pipeline | Philippe Leprince, Head of Lighting & Rendering at Double Negative, talks to Mike Seymour about Dneg's new lighting and rendering pipeline, which came into play for Total Recall. | 8/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast #224: Jim Blinn – the full interview | Here is the audio interview with Jim Blinn (see also our fxguide story for images and more background). | 7/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH 2012 – Animation Physics | This week we speak to Alejandro Garcia, a professor at San Jose State University, about how an understanding of physics can help achieve believable animation. | 7/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Alvy Ray Smith | It is a real pleasure & honor to offer you this in-depth interview with Dr Alvy Ray Smith, the man who jointly or personally: Invented Paint, Alpha, Dir. the Genesis seq., worked at XEROX PARC, NYIT, Lucasfilm, PIXAR, | 7/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Brave Simulations | This week on the fxpodcast we speak to Pixar's Claudia Chung, simulation supervisor on Brave. In this in-depth and engaging discussion we look at the complex ground breaking simulation work in Pixar's newest animated feature. | 6/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Prometheus | This week we speak to Martin Hill, Weta's VFX Supervisor about the advances in Weta's Sub-Surface Scattering algorithms, the development of the Engineers, the map room, and THAT med-bed scene. | 6/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: colorist Aidan Farrell | Aidan Farrell, co-founder of The Farm in London, recently won a BAFTA Special Award for his long career as a colorist. This is the third in our series highlighting the World's Greatest Colorists. Mike Seymour talks to him about 90's music videos, | 6/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Battleship | This week we talk to ILM visual effects supervisor Grady Cofer about the water sims required for the alien invasion feature Battleship. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Dark Shadows | We talk with in depth Angus Bickerton about the new Tim Burton / Johnny Depp film Dark Shadows, and Angus's views on the industry. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Visual Effects Guild – the IATSE interview | Interview with Peter Marley, International Representative for IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees). The IA represents most of the below the line crew on a film, in this exclusive interview he makes the case for a Visual Effects ... | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: The Avengers | We talk with Jeff White from ILM about Hulk, digital New York and more in the mega blockbuster hit The Avengers. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Marc Petit from Autodesk | A conversation with Marc Petit, Senior Vice President of Autodesk. We talk about NAB 2012 announcements and the wide range of Autodesk products. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: NAB 2012 roundup | The fxguide crew - Mike, John, Jeff and Jason - discuss the events, announcements and happenings from NAB 2012 on the drive home from Las Vegas. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: John Textor, One on One interview | John Textor caused an uproar with his comments about free student labor providing up to 30% of the workers in Digital Domain Florida. We speak with him about this and his view on our 'broken' industry in this exclusive interview. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: The Hunger Games | This week we talk to The Hunger Games visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal about the Gary Ross film, which looks set to become a blockbuster hit based on the Suzanne Collins novel. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Dashing’s Hyundai spots | This week we speak to Dashing Founder and Creative Director Robert Moggach about the effects and CG environments created for a group of Hyundai spots. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: VFX Oscar supervisor special | Our VFX supervisor Oscar special talking to nominees from all five VFX-nominated films for this Sunday night's Academy Awards - proudly sponsored by Side Effects Software. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: The Lowry Process | We talk to Kimball Thurston from Reliance MediaWorks about Lowry Digital's Sci-Tech Oscar - and we pay tribute to film restoration pioneer John D. Lowry who sadly passed away this week. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Rhythm & Hues’ polar bears | We talk to Rhythm & Hues about their pioneering work on the popular Coca-Cola polar bears TVCs that began airing in the 90s. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Giant Studios | We talk with Matt Madden, Vice President of Production & Development and performance capture supervisor at Giant Studios about motion capture. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH Asia rendering and rigging | This week we are at SIGGRAPH Asia. In part one, we examine renderers and renderfarm management including V-Ray 2.0, MI, RenderMan, Maxwell and 3delight in Nuke. In the second half of the show we focus on rigging with Seema Gopalakrishnan who was the ri... | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Another chat with Tom Walsh | In this week's fxpodcast we talk with the President of the Art Directors Guild, Tom Walsh. The Art Directors Guild recently announced a stepped up effort to represent previs artists and that they are now seeking to represent artists doing matte paintin... | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Rob Legato – Hugo | VFX sup. Rob Legato joins us for a discussion of the visual effects in Martin Scorsese's Hugo. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Michael Owens and J. Edgar | We talk to VFX supe. Michael Owens about 'J. Edgar' and his long history working with director Clint Eastwood. | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Real Steel | Erik Nash, visual effects supervisor from Digital Domain, joins us to talk about work on the film Real Steel. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: 200th episode – London Calling | For our 200th fxpodcast episode, sponsored by Sohonet, we are proud to explore the success and future of the four biggest effects houses in London: Double Negative, MPC, Framestore and Cinesite. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Steven Scott – Cowboys & Aliens | As part of our ongoing series talking to the world's best colorists, in this episode we have a discussion about color correction with Steven Scott from EFILM. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: IBC 2011 Roundtable | Recorded live at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam, a roundtable discussion about the show with John Montgomery, Simon Blackledge and Jeff Heusser. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Computational photography | Mike Seymour talks to Dr Kari Pulli at NVIDIA about the area of computational photography, what we have learnt from mobile device cameras and what we might expect if DSLRs embrace this new area of cutting edge research. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Final Destination 5 | We discuss the bridge collapse sequence in Final Destination 5, with vfx by Prime Focus. Recorded in Vancouver, we talk first with VFX supervisor Chad Wiebe and then CG supervisor Todd Perry. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Rise of the Planet of the Apes – The eyes have It | Dan Lemmon, vfx supervisor (WETA Digital) discusses their brilliant animation work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes. | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH 2011 roundtable | Ian Failes, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour cover SIGGRAPH 2011. Plus, interviews covering Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, and the upcoming release of Houdini 12. | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Ken Perlin Beyond the Noise | In this show we speak to NYU professor Ken Perlin, Oscar winner, researcher and educator about his development of Perlin Noise and about his work today in computer user interactions. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: The Art of Grading Harry Potter – Peter Doyle | Mike Seymour has a frank discussion with Peter Doyle, Senior Supervising Colorist, about Harry Potter 7: Part 2. Mike had spoken to Peter in 2009 about his work on the Potter series, and it was one of our most popular fxpodcasts. | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Harry Potter 7 Part 2 – Killing ‘He who shall not be named’ | To kick off Potter Week at fxguide, Mike Seymour has an in-depth discussion with Greg Butler, visual effects supervisor at MPC London, about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | We go in depth on the mermaid sequence in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Ben Snow from ILM. | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Conversation with eyeon’s Steve Roberts | We catch up with Steve Roberts, CEO of eyeon, for a state of the union update on their flagship Fusion compositor, as well as discuss image tech issues facing the industry. | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Digital Domain’s ice giants from Thor | We speak with Kelly Port, Digital Domain VFX Supervisor, about their work on the ice giants in Thor | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Saving ‘Saving Private Ryan’ | We talk to Lou Levinson from Laser Pacific about Saving Private Ryan being restored via Baselight. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodast: NAB 2011 Wrap Up | A mobile version of our annual NAB podcast as Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Jason Wingrove invite you into their post NAB chat. | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Sucker Punch | A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility. Each of these 'retreats' was pretty much handled by a diff... | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: ILM’s Hal Hickel on Rango | With the release of Rango, Industrial Light & Magic embarks on its first full-length animated feature. We talk to animation director Hal Hickel about bringing the film to life. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Shaun Tan’s Oscar nomination for The Lost Thing | This week in the lead up to the Oscar Weekend, we speak with Shaun Tan, co-director of The Lost Thing which has been nominated for Best Short Animated Film. This film is an act of love, taking a small team 9 years to complete. | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Dr. Mark Sagar | In the last of our series on the tech behind the major studios, we switch gear to facial animation and Dr. Mark Sagar of Weta Digital. Mark is a back to back 2010 and 2011 winner of the Sci-Tech Award (Scientific and Engineering Award) from the Academy. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Ken Ralston | We speak with Ken Ralston, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor of the Oscar-nominated Alice in Wonderland, about the movie, Sony Pictures Imageworks' tech and creative resources, and his career in general. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: History of Animation Unions | We talk with Tom Sito about the history of animation unions and how that history applies to efforts to organize Visual Effects artists. Sito is an animator and the author of DRAWING THE LINE: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart ... | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Disney Stereo Tools | We talk with Robert Neuman, Stereo Supervisor from Disney, about the in house tools they use to achieve their award winning Stereo Feature films. Part of our fxpodcast "Tech behind the films" series. | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: ILM Lighting Tools | Continuing the technical tools behind the big companies series that we started last week, we talk to Ben Snow of ILM about his career and the development of the energy conservation lighting model - as most recently used on Iron Man 2. | 1/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast : DNEG Tools | We talk with Paul Franklin, vfx supervisor from Double Negative, about the in house tools they use to enhance their pipeline. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxpodcast: Steven Poster ASC | We talk with Steven Poster, National President of the International Cinematographers Guild, about the cinematographers relationship with visual effects, color correction, digital cinema, unions and more. | 12/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toy Story 3 | Brian Green, Character Supervisor from Pixar, joins Mike Seymour at Siggraph Asia to talk about Toy Story 3 | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Narnia : Dawn Treader VFX Sup.Angus-Bickerton | We speak to VFX Sup Angus Bickerton about the visual effects in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harry Potter 7 : Double Negative | We speak with Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery about Double Negative's role in making the actual magic in HP7 and sims in general. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harry Potter 7 : Framestore | We speak to Framestores's Christian Manz about the amazing character animation of Dobby and Kreacher. | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Krakatoa and Deadline | Chris Bond of Thinkbox Software gets us up to date on their Krakatoa and Deadline products, and discusses some of the underlying tech. | 11/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skyline | Many have talked about visual effects companies creating content, Greg and Colin Strause have done it with their film Skyline. We talk with them about the challenges and the technology that enabled them to do this. | 11/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Primer | We speak with Geoff Mark, former Special Visual Effects Governor for the Academy, about the organization and its reach. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Making of ‘Monsters’ | We chat with Gareth Edwards, director, DOP and sole vfx artist of the indie film "Monsters". | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drench Cubehead | Matthew Unwin joins us to talk about a spot for Drench, he was on set and did the flame work on the spot that features a Rubik's Cube like treatment on a human head | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IBC2010 | The crew is together in Amsterdam for IBC and go over stuff they saw at the show. Also simulcast as the fxphdod podcast. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kong 360 3D: The Ride | We speak with Matt Aitken, Visual Effects Supervisor Weta Digital, about the Universal Studios Hollywood 3D attraction. | 9/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inception | Our Inception coverage is in two parts. Click through for a detailed discussion with the team at New Deal Studios by Ian Failes. And also to access our in depth podcast with Visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin of Double Negative in London. | 7/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking in with Scott Ross | We revisit Scott Ross and put him in charge of the global Visual Effects Industry, at least for the duration of the podcast. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pixar Moving Pictures Group – Michael Johnson | A technical chat about Pixar film production along with some history dating back to the MIT Media Lab and Thinking Machines. | 7/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sex and the City2 | We speak to one of the most successful female vfx supervisors, Sheena Duggal, about the Sex and the City 2 | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dashing Creative | Jeff and Mike talk about commercial post with Rob Moggach, creative director at Dashing Creative Collective. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scientific Storytelling by Steffen Vfx | Casey Steffen, founder of Steffen Vfx, talks about his company's work on scientific graphics for the medical, health, and entertainment industries. | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Iron Man 2 and ILM | VFX Supervisor Ben Snow details some of the work ILM did for Iron Man 2, including some hardcore cgi lighting techniques. | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scoundrel fx on Pacific | We talk to the team at Scoundrel FX about their effects work on the mini series The Pacific. Scoundrel did over 600 shots and helped bring to life one of the most hard fought battles and periods of the Second World War. | 5/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB 2010 Roundtable | Our annual lively discussion of what grabbed our attention at NAB. Mike, John and Jeff are joined by Jason Wingrove, Dave Edgar and Mat Graham. Also, interviews with Red Giant and Assimilate. | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Walsh, President of the Art Directors Guild | We continue our labor series talking with Tom Walsh, president of the Art Directors Guild. | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Foundry: New “Blink” Tech for Plugins | Bruno Nicoletti, co-founder of the Foundry, on the tech behind their program of accelerating plugins for GPUs. | 3/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ptex Open Source from Disney Animation Studios | Andy Hendrickson, Brent Burley and Dan Candela join us for a technical discussion about Ptex, a high quality, optimized texture format and filtering library that Disney has made Open Source. | 3/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Light Stage Scientific and Engineering Academy Award | We talk with Paul Debevec who along with Tim Hawkins, John Monos and Mark Sagar were presented a Scientific and Engineering Oscar for the Light Stage. | 2/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Open Letter to James Cameron | Lee Stranahan has ignited a serious conversation about the treatment of visual effects workers with an open letter to James Cameron in the Huffington Post. We talk to him about the reaction. | 2/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Animation Guild | Steve Hulett of The Animation Guild joins us again to discuss visual effects and labor issues. | 2/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avatar: Framestore and Renderman | In part 3 of our series on Avatar we talk with Dana Batali from the Pixar Renderman team and Christian Kaestner, compositing supervisor from Framestore. | 1/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avatar: ILM | John Knoll, ILM vfx supervisor, on collaborating with Weta and stereoscopic for "Avatar". | 1/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avatar: Weta Digital | Joe Letteri, senior vfx supervisor for Weta Digital, details their mocap/facial capture tech and other aspects of their work on Avatar. | 1/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Taylor – CEO Rising Sun Pictures | We talk with Michael Taylor about visual effects and the global marketplace as he moves from Los Angeles to Adelaide and Rising Sun Pictures. | 12/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scott Ross | Industry pioneer Scott Ross is our guest as we talk about visual effects history and the future of the business. | 12/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Color Management with Technicolor | An in-depth discussion about color management workflow with Brian Gaffney and Dan Lion from Technicolor Creative Bridge | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sapphire v5 for Autodesk Systems | We speak with GenArts' CMO Steve Bannerman and VP of Engineering/Chief Scientist Gary Oberbrunner about the upcoming release of Sapphire version 5. | 11/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2012 | Alex Wuttke, Double Negative visual effects supervisor, about two main sequences from 2012. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AICP Digital | We talk with Ed Ulbrich (Digital Domain) about the newly formed Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Digital and what it means for artists and companies. | 11/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Previsualization Society | The Previsualization Society was officially announced today to "focus on producing and publishing information and resources to promote effective previs through key activities such as promoting standards, education, | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Compositing in Linear | We geek out with 3D guru Master Zap about linear compositing workflow, separating fact from fiction. | 9/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Posting Your Work Online | Jeff Heusser talks with Andreas Wacker, founder of INTERDUBS, a clip hosting company for post houses and production facilities. | 9/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Taking Woodstock | We talk about creating an acid trip with VFX supervisor Brendan Taylor from Mr. X | 9/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Color in Harry Potter | An in-depth discussion of color science with Chief Colorist Peter Doyle | 9/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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District 9 | For District 9, writer/director Neill Blomkamp turned to a host of Vancouver-based studios, along with Weta Workshop and Weta Digital in New Zealand, to provide alien creatures and other effects for the film. fxguide profiles the work of Image Engine, | 8/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Transformers Revenge of the Fallen | For Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, director Michael Bay enlisted ILM and Digital Domain to create several new characters and blockbuster action for the sequel to his monster 2007 hit. Mike Seymour speaks to ILM's Digital Production Supervisor Je... | 7/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Terminator Salvation | This week we look at digital and practical effects on Terminator Salvation with ILM and Kerner Optical | 6/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pixar’s Rob Cook | An interview with Rob Cook, co-architect and primary author of Pixar's RenderMan | 5/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visual Effects Society Update | Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society, sits with us to discuss the mission and latest news from the VES. | 5/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Star Trek | A conversation with ILM vfx supervisor Roger Guyett about the film Star Trek. | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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T-Mobile Sing-along and Dance | Director Michael Gracey tells us about filming large crowds for two viral campaigns for T-Mobile. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB09 fxguide fxphd meetup | We talk with friends as well as fxphd post grads and professors about what they saw on the first day of the show. Recorded live at a party sponsored by The Foundry, Sohonet and da vinci. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kodak ‘State of the Union’ | A conversation with Gary Einhaus, CTO and General Manager of Kodak Digital Cinema, about new technology and research at Kodak. | 3/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Valkyrie | Rich Hoover, visual effects supervisor on Valkyrie about the complexity of doing such a powerful historical film. | 1/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Australia | Visual Effects in the movie Australia with artist Peter Webb from Iloura Pictures. | 1/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind The Foundry’s Price Slash on Sparks | An interview with Simon Robinson, co-founder of The Foundry, to get the reasons behind their decision to reduce prices on Furnace, Tinder, and Keylight sparks for Autodesk. | 1/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Spirit | Conversation with Stu Maschwitz who supervised over 1900 shots for the latest movie from a Frank Miller graphic novel. | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fin Design | We speak to Richard Lambert principle at Fin Design about the award winning commercial for Herringbone | 12/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sid the Science Kid | Kids show with very adult tech. Sid the Science Kid from Jim Henson Studios is a remarkable project for the complexity and simultaneous simplicity of its motion capture. fxguide spoke to Steffen M. Wild, Visual Effects Supervisor, | 12/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 | A conversation with Bill Roberts from Softimage about version 7 of XSI, which was released earlier this year. | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Visual Effects of Heroes, Season 3 | Mike Seymour chats with VFX Supervisor Eric Grenaudier from Stargate Digital about their work on the U.S. television series 'Heroes'. | 10/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversation with Ron Brinkmann | Mike Seymour chats with Ron Brinkmann, author of The Art and Science of Digital Compositing. | 10/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Adams | We talk to Jeff Goldman, a vfx supervisor at CafeFX about their emmy nominated work on John Adams | 9/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tropic Thunder | In this week's fxpodcast, Mark Breakspear of CIS (formerly Rainmaker) discusses how Blades of Glory showed his company how fundamentally different the pipeline needs to be for visual effects in comedies. We follow up with more details and background i... | 9/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Labor Series Part Two: The Animation Guild | In this fxpodcast we speak with Steve Hulett, Business Representative for the The Animation Guild Local 839 IATSE. This is part of an ongoing series discussing the issues involved in labor laws, treatment of workers and general respect for visual effec... | 8/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Siggraph 2008 Barcamp | Recorded on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles at our traditional tradeshow Barcamp. We are joined by fxphd members to discuss what they have seen so far at Siggraph. | 8/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Center of Stereo Grading | We speak with stereo colorist Jeff Olm about grading and post considerations for Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. | 8/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Labor Series Part One: Unpaid Artists | In part one of a new series on Labor issues we talk with Dave Rand who has taken on the role as spokeperson for about 100 artists who worked on a film in Canada at Meteor Studios who were not paid for the last few months of work as the company filed ba... | 7/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Dark Knight on the Really Really Big Screen | We chat with Double Negative vfx supervisor Paul Franklin about their work on the latest Batman flick, including special considerations for the IMAX release. | 7/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Motion Theory | We speak with Nick Losq and Matt Winkel of Venice, California based studio Motion Theory. | 7/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Deal Studios – Matthew Gratzner | We speak with co-founder of New Deal Studios Matthew Gratzner about their work and the business. | 7/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Edwards on Pre-viz and the Third Floor | We speak with Chris Edwards, CEO of Los Angeles-based Third Floor, about the pre-visualization work they do for films, commercials, and games. | 6/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Luma Pictures | We speak with Chris Sage of Luma Pictures about their work, their facility pipeline, and their tools. | 6/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meet the Author of Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution | We talk to Michael Rubin about his book: DroidMAKER: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution. | 6/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ILM’s Fierce Ironman Suit | A conversation with ILM visual effects supervisor Ben Snow about the work behind creating Ironman's suit. | 5/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind the HUD of Ironman | We speak with Dav Rauch from The Orphanage. Rauch is a director, designer and visual effects supervisor who led the team that conceptualized and designed Ironman's Heads Up Display. | 5/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB2008: Day Three | Our last podcast from Las Vegas, covering finds from the show floor. | 4/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB2008: Day Two | Our annual roundtable from fxphd barcamp. We cover the announcements from RED, Eyeon, and more. | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB2008: Day One | Coverage of the Autodesk Usergroup Meeting. Recorded Sunday evening before the start of NAB. | 4/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting the Most out of NAB 2008 | We talk with organizers Chris Brown, Rochelle Winters, and Ben Kozuch about the off-the-showfloor highlights of the 2008 NAB Conference in Las Vegas. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The final fxpodcast | New directions for the crew at fxguide. Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and John Montgomery discuss life beyond fxguide. | 3/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Local Hero Post: Indie DI Heros | Owner Leandro Marini discusses the approach Local Hero has taken in providing a DI solution for the indie filmmaker, offering high quality at prices in line with their budgets. | 3/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What’s Up with Imagineer’s Mogul? | We speak with Imagineer founder and CEO Allan Jaenicke about their new mogul vfx product line, to be introduced at NAB and rolled out over the next 18 months. | 3/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tim Baier on Stereoscopic 3D | Mike Seymour chats with Tim Baier, a vfx supervisor and 3D researcher who now specializes in 3D stereo productions, about the history, technology and trends in the field. | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Madame Tutli Putli – The Eyes Have It | Mike Seymour talks with artist Jason Walker, who created the effects in the animated film Madame Tutlie Putli. | 2/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gareth Edwards on the VFX of Attila the Hun | A conversation with Gareth Edwards, director of Attila the Hun, about how he completed over 250 visual effects shots for the film using a combination of After Effects, Premiere, MochaAE, 3dsMax, and more. | 2/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weta Digital and The Water Horse | Richard Frances-Moore on Weta Digital's work on creating and animating the hero CGI character of "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep". | 1/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aliens vs. Predator Requiem | Greg and Colin Strause (The Brothers Strause) discuss their feature film directorial debut, Aliens vs. Predator Requiem. Also a preview of the new fxphd term. | 12/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strike a Deal | With the writer's strike entering its fifth week, a grass roots rally took place on December 9th in Los Angeles to encourage both sides to come to a quick resolution. In our online story and fxpodcast we discuss the rally, the strike, | 12/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tin Man (Our 100th Episode) | Tin Man, the modern twist on Wizard of Oz, required 1500 shots for 3 x 2hour miniseries. We talk to Anthem FX founder Lee Wilson the issues involved. It is also our 100th fxpodcast. | 11/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The WGA Strike: Post Perspective | Post production clearly follows production, so what happens when production has no scripts to shoot? In this week's podcast we talk with David S. Cohen of Variety to get a post production perspective on the effect of the Writers Guild strike. | 11/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Art of Wire Removal | In our continuing and popular "Art of..." series, we tackle wire and rig removal. Far from being the most glamourous of visual effects, in reality wire removal is extremely challenging. We audit the current approaches and techniques of the craft. | 10/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kerner Optical: The ex-ILM Model Shop | This week, we speak with longtime Kerner Optical DOP Marty Rosenberg about the company's past history and plans for the future. | 10/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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RED Shoot One | The first fxguide test shoot with the newly released RED Camera is the topic of this podcast with Jeff Heusser and Mike Seymour. | 9/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harry Potter: The Magic of Double Negative | Harry Potter is one of the great publishing stories of our time and the Warner Brothers films have consistently produced Muggles gold. We provide our own Patronus to explain the true wizards behind Privet Lane, giants, and charms, | 8/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Siggraph 2007 | Get the inside scoop from Conference Chair Joe Marks on how to get the most out of the Siggraph 2007 conference in San Diego. | 7/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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FF2 – Part 2 of our story on Fantastic Four | Mike Seymour interviews Jake Morrison, Visual Effects Supervisor for Hydraulx about Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. | 7/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Killer Schedules: Behind that Variety Story | "Blockbusters Take Toll on f/x Shops" was the headline of a Variety article that has stirred much conversation in the visual effects world. In this week's fxpodcast we talk to the author of that article, David Cohen from Variety, | 6/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weta Surfers | With Silver Surfer, Weta continues its amazing run of effects projects. The company consistently delivers year in and year out. While they were sharing the work load on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, as is the pattern these days, | 6/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Look at Design with Picture Mill founder William Lebeda | Mike sits down for an indepth discussion on design issues, the role of titles and the nature of film trailer design with Picture Mill founder William Lebeda. | 6/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heroic Vfx : Stargate Digital and NBC’s Heroes | With over 1000 effects in the first season, Stargate Digital has just finished the first season of the NBC smash hit Heroes. We look behind the heroes to their visual effects artists and discover how the shows characters fly, regenerate, | 5/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shrek the Third: Ogreachievers | With a weekend opening of over $120US million, Shrek the Third continues the box office success of the franchise. In this fxpodcast, we speak with Larry Cutler and Matt Baer from PDI/Dreamworks including their insights into how working on a series of f... | 5/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel with a Cause | This week, we speak with Stu Maschwitz, author of "The DV Rebel's Guide" and one of the co-founders of The Orphanage. | 5/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Framestore CFC : Digital Intermediate | This week, we speak with colourist Asa Shoul and Executive Producer Jan Hogevold of Framestore CFC | 5/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB Podcast Number Four | Wrap up of the week at NAB, including news from the Foundry about Nuke, the search for non-CRT broadcast monitors, After Effects CS3, and more | 4/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB Podcast Number Three | For today's podcast we invited various guests as well a fxphd professors and postgrads to join us in a sort of bar camp where everyone reports back on what they saw on the show floor and discusses. We then collected the best of this exercise and bring ... | 4/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB Podcast Number Two | Our second podcast from NAB, with guests Emery Wells and Scott Brook. We cover lots of items including Apple, Motor, the Red Camera, and a new joint venture between fxguide, Wells, and Brook. | 4/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Autodesk User Group and Party Podcast | Wrap up of Sunday's user group and our first NAB 2007 podcast, a "Live" podcast from the Autodesk Pool Party at Caesar's Palace. Let me tease you with these words - Standard Filesystem Volume. Not enough? How about batch in Smoke... | 4/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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fxguide state of the union | A roundtable with Mike, John, Tahl Niran, and Rose Draper about fxguide, fxphd, and what's coming at NAB | 4/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Driving hard : Zoic | Fox presents a new TV show "Drive" featuring visual effects by Zoic Studios. We spoke to co-founder Loni Peristere about work on this and the companies amazing run in cutting edge episodic television effects from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, | 4/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Red Update : Ted | We speak to Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion at the RED Digital Cinema Company about NAB, RED CODE RAW, the various options you can buy for the camera. | 3/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with Dan Curry | Dan Curry pioneered high volume, high quality episodic television visual effects and as a result has been nominated for a visual effects Emmy fifteen times and won seven times. | 3/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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300, Alien vs. Predator 2 and Hydraulx | We speak to Hydraulx co-founder Greg Strause about their amazing 3D work on 300 and his first impressions of Alien vs Predator 2, having just come off set from co-directing the film. | 3/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comic Horrors: Rocks, Statues and VanDyke | In this podcast we talk to two of the companies behind some of the shots in Night at the Museum. When we heard that Dick Van Dyke was a not only a fan but VFX hobbyist, we could not resist asking the guys about what it was like to work with someone who... | 3/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anticipating the Premiere of 300 | Mike Seymour chats with Jeremy Hunt, founder of Screaming Death Monkey, about their work for the upcoming film 300. | 2/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ILM : Academy Sci-Tech Award Winners | We talk to Steve Sullivan, Director Of Research and Development for Industrial Light and Magic, about development of OpenEXR and their in-house image-based modeling tool. | 2/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On Set with Deaths of Ian Director Dario Piana | We speak on set with Director Dario Piana for an update on the production of the feature film Deaths of Ian. | 2/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversation with Director/VFX Artist Jon Hollis | This week we talk to legendary London FX artist and director Jon Hollis of Nice Shirt Films, who was a co-founder of Smoke and Mirrors. | 2/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with Autodesk’s New Systems Team | We speak with key individuals from the newly re-organized systems team in Montreal. They are involved in the development of Flame, Smoke, Lustre, Toxik and other applications. Bruno Sargeant, Jean-Luc Dery, Philippe Soeiro, Mark Jaszbereny, | 1/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Letters from Iwo Jima : Digital Domain Delivers | We speak with Darren Poe and Jeff Kim about Digital Domain's work on Letters from Iwo Jima. | 1/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ascent Media’s Digital Media Data Center | Maximizing content lifespan with guest Tyler Leshney | 1/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Children of Men : Hard Core Visual Effects | We speak with David Vickery of Double Negative and Tim Webber of Framestore CFC about their work on the film. | 1/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charlotte’s Web and Digital Pictures Illoura | We speak with Digital Pictures Illoura about their work on the recent animated film Charlotte's Webb. | 12/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On Set with the VFX Supervisor of The Deaths of Ian | We speak with the on-set vfx supervisor of The Deaths of Ian, Dennis Michelson. | 12/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversation with REALVIZ’s Luc Robert | We chat with Luc Robert, co-founder of REALVIZ, about their recent release of Stitcher Unlimited DS. | 12/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Ever AFI Visual Effects Award Goes to Hunt Angels | The first-ever Australian Film Institute awarded its first-ever Visual Effects Award to Rose Draper and Mike Seymour for their work on Hunt Angels. Seymour and Draper talk about their work on the film. | 12/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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zyz studios Paint the Town Yellow | Mike Seymour talks with artists involved with the creation of a yellow pages tv commercial done at xyz studios. | 12/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fincher’s all digital feature: Zodiac | Andreas Wacker and Angus Wall discuss techniques developed for the first major motion picture produced without using compressed tape formats or film. | 10/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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IBC Redux: Red, Blackmagic, Foundry, Gridiron and more | Podcast recapping IBC 2006, including sound bites from Ted Schilowitz and Graeme Natress of RED and Grant Petty of Blackmagic Design. | 10/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Double Negative and Flyboys | We speak with Alex Wuttke and Jody Johnson from Double Negative about the 3D and 2D approaches and solutions to the film. | 9/24/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Company 3 – DI Workflow | We speak to Erik Rogers at Company 3 in Los Angeles about their use of DaVinci color correctors for transferring and DI. | 9/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MATRIX compositing | We speak with Dan Tatu of CHROME Imaging about their MATRIX compositing product, which provides color grading, compositing, painting, and more | 9/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Online vfx training: fxphd | In this week's podcast we take a look at our sister site fxphd.com, which provides online training for vfx artists. | 8/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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World Trade Center – Being Faithful | We speak with Pete Bebb, CG Supervisor, and Ryan Cook, Dynamics Supervisor, about Double Negative's work on the film. | 8/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Object tracking : PFtrack | PFTrack, already established as a great 3D tracker, moved to provide a new level of functionality when it provided added object tracking in version 3.0. Now with version 3.5 this is refined even further. With Version 3.5 is due out soon, | 8/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Superman Returns | Superman Returns thanks to director Bryan Singer, Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Stetson, and a large number of visual effects artists around the globe who worked to make the man of steel fly, see through walls, repel bullets and save the world. | 7/3/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shake 4.1: Interview with Apple | Dion Scoppettuolo, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Apple's Shake, talks about the rumours and reality regarding the recent Shake announcement. | 6/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Deaths of Ian: Stan Winston Studios at fxguide | We chat with Mike Pryor, Head of Digital Production, about The Deaths of Ian. | 6/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Xmen 3 : Extreme Makeover | We talk to Greg Strause of Lola and Hydraulx, as well as visual effects supervisor John Bruno, about work on Xmen 3 | 6/12/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The DaVinci Code and Double Negative | -- | 5/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mr. X Scares up Effects for Silent Hill | A conversation with Evan Jacobs about the visual effects done by Mr. X for the feature filme Silent Hill. | 5/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Poseidon’ Fluid Simulations and ILM Visual Effects | A look at some of the visual effects behind the blockbuster 'Poseidon' movie. | 5/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Red Camera : A Peak Behind the Curtain | Following up from last week's very successful podcasts is the rest of the interview with Red Camera's Ted Schilowitz - so called Leader of the Rebellion. | 5/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB2006 Report – Wednesday April 26 | In our final podcast from NAB, we explore some of the less obvious gems of the show and discuss the relevance of NAB as an event. | 4/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB2006 Report – Tuesday April 25 | Roundtable and interviews covering: The Red Camera, Apple developments and SDK DVD produced by fxphd, Plug-ins, Filmlight, Gum... | 4/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NAB2006 Report – Monday April 24 | Coverage of the annual Autodesk user group meeting and information about our new sister site, fxphd. | 4/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digital Intermediate Colour Grading | Mike Seymour covers the ins and outs of digital grading with colourist Warren Lynch. | 4/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Autodesk Master Classes at NAB 2006 | We speak with Jake Parker and Michael Ruzicka about their presentations at the flame and smoke master classes being held at NAB this year. | 3/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Job Search | We speak with Teresa Hall of Muse recruitment about how vfx artists can best present themselves to prospective employers. | 3/21/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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After Effects 7 32-bit Workflow | A conversation with Stu Maschwitz of the Orphanage about using a 32-bit linear color workflow in AE. Maschwitz has been an evangelist for using After Effects for high end projects. | 3/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matte Painting Part 4: The Future | A conversation with Alp Altiner. | 3/6/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversation with Bill Collis of The Foundry | Mike Seymour talks with Dr. Bill Collis, Head of Research at the London-based Founrdy. The Foundry develop the Furnace, Keylight, Tinder, and Anvil plugins. | 2/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Look at After Effects 7.0 | We talk with Steve Kilisky and David Simons of Adobe about the recent release of After Effects 7. | 2/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matte Painting Part 3 : The Art | Examining the art and beauty of matte painting with senior matte painter Wayne Hagg | 2/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matte Painting with Gerhard Mozsi | We speak with matte painter Gerhard Mozsi about his craft and his use of Adobe Photoshop to create both photoreal as well as concept art. | 2/6/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visual Effect Society’s Eric Roth | Discussion of credits, shows, awards, and the growing importance of the VES | 1/29/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversation with Mark Ruff | This week, we speak with Mark Ruff, a photographer who specialises in frozen moment multi-camera time splices. After many years with a film rig and then a digital rig, Mark has developed a near real-time system. | 1/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing for Effects: Red Dwarf | As it is almost Christmas we figured we'd explore a different side of visual effects and talk to someone who creates the scripts and characters that we daily need to film and composite. We decided to talk to an entremely successful writer and producer. | 12/22/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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NUKE in a state of FLUX | Nuke 4.5 in production. In this week's podcast we talk to Jonathan Egstad, visual effects supervisor for the Paramount release "Aeon Flux" starring Charlize Theron. For our online story we chatted to Gary Meyer, | 12/5/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Checking in With Toxik 1.1 | In this week's podcast, we check in for an update on Toxik with Autodesk's Chris Vienneau, who is the product manager for the application. | 11/27/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Primatte Primer | We interview Scott Gross of IMAGICA Corporation of America, developers of the Primatte keying plug-in. | 11/21/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Flame and Inferno on Linux | We speak with Bill Roberts of Autodesk about he recent Linux product announcements. | 11/16/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fusion Cooking with Version 5 | After more than a year of development, Eyeon Software's Fusion 5 began shipping over the last several weeks. The new version boasts numerous improvements, the highlight of which is a new 3D compositing environment in the procedural workflow. | 10/31/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mr. X and The Greatest Game Ever Composited | We speak with Aaron Weintraub from Mr. X in Toronto, Canada. The facility completed over 150 visual effects shots for the film. | 10/24/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shake 4.0 SDK | A look at the Apple 4.0 Shake SDK with Dion Scoppettuolo, Senior Product Marketing Manager of Shake and Motion. | 10/17/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cinefex: 25 Years | In this week's podcast we talk to Don Shay, the publisher of the world's leading authority and publication of record for the visual effects industry: Cinefex. | 10/11/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Smoke 7 Roundtable | In this week's fxpodcast, we discuss the recent release of Autodesk's Smoke 7 editing product. Our two guests were beta testers for the release and are able to provide insight into the product as they have been using the product for months. | 10/4/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Motion 2.0: fxPlug and More | We concentrate on the fxPlug SDK in Motion 2, as well as highlight a new set of Motion DVD templates. Guests are Ben Syverson - developer of DVMatte Blast, Sean Safreed -- partner at Red Giant Software, and Simon Maziak -- creator of MotionVFX DVD temp... | 9/26/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digital Film Tools Plugins | Marco Paolini is a compositor and president of Digital Film Tools, a company that creates production proven plugins. Noteworthy for their digital simulation of optical filter, effects and camera effects, they also include a range of compositing tools d... | 9/18/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ad | One of the most successful viral ad campaigns of recent times is Carlton Draught's Big Ad. In this weeks podcast we discuss the spot with Andrew Jackson, the visual effects supervsior from Animal Logic in Sydney. | 9/6/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2005 Emmy Visual Effects Bakeoff | In this week's podcast we talk to one team from each of the two visual effects categories for this year's Emmys as well as discuss the first-ever bake off. | 9/5/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charlie and The Chocolate Factory | We take an over view of this great film and then burn down on one sequence for an in depth look. Interviews with people at MPC, Framestore-CFC and Cinesite. | 8/28/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sohonet – Dedicated to Connected Post | London-based Sohonet has targeted the the media and film industries by providing tools and a network that can carry massive files, quickly and at very low cost. In this week's fxpodcast, Mike Seymour gets the details from Dave Scammel, | 8/10/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art of HDR – A Conversation with Paul Debevec | Mike Seymour interviews the father of HDR imagery, Paul Debevec, to learn how he invented HDR and what his latest research is investigating - with amazing results. | 8/4/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Double Negative Breaks Down Batman Begins – Pt 2 | Mike Seymour talks with Paul Franklin from Double Negative about their work on Batman Begins. Part two of two. | 7/25/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Double Negative Breaks Down Batman Begins – Pt 1 | Mike Seymour talks with Paul Franklin from Double Negative about their work on Batman Begins. Part one of two. | 7/18/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A52 Shows How Just One Man can be Massive | Massive software is well known for its epic shots in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but with the release of Massive 2.0 - we asked just how practical is it to use Massive in a 'normal' TV Ad spot? In this week's podcast we talk to A52's 3D team leader... | 7/11/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with Marc Petit | We sit down with Marc Petit, Vice President Product Development and Operations, and discuss NAB, Toxik, the state of the current software, and his thoughts about Apple's recent moves. | 7/4/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Furious FX and Mr. & Mrs. Smith | In our first fxPodcast, Mike Seymour chatted with Scott Dougherty and David Lingenfelser about the company's work on Mr. & Mrs. Smith. | 6/26/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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