In this week's show Mike talks to ILM's Jay Cooper, compositing supervisor, about the comp pipeline on Star Trek: Into Darkness. read more...
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fxguidetv #172: Star Trek: Into Darkness at ILM
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This week we visit ILM in San Fran to talk to ILM's Roger Guyett (vfx supervisor), Pat Tubach (co-visual effects supervisor) and Paul Kavanagh (animation supervisor) about the blockbuster Star Trek: Into Darkness. read more...
the vfx show #168: Iron Man 3
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Mike Seymour, Ian Failes and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in the latest Marvel blockbuster superhero film: Iron Man 3. read more...
More than 5m views, with no spaceships in sight
by Ian Failes
The buzz surrounding Star Trek: Into Darkness is clearly apparent with the huge response to this Audi Spock vs Spock viral. read more...
fxinsider special – color for CG artists
by Ian Failes
In this special video for fxguide fxinsider members, we talk to senior lighting artist Tarek Elaydi, who discusses issues of color science, management and use in CG lighting and visual effects. read more...
The RC #129: Canon 5DMkIII RAW, new gear, & life after life
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New gear, questions about upgrade delays and Canon's Hacked Raw recording - plus in the Red Room is Jesse Dana, DOP of Life After Life - a 6 year documentary film nearing completion. read more...
fxguidetv #171: FMX 2013
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This week we report from the FMX animation and effects conference in Stuttgart where we look at Pixar's new short The Blue Umbrella, MPC's fx tools and see the upcoming releases of Shotgun and RealFlow. read more...
The tech behind the AdobeMAX sneak peeks
by John Montgomery
AdobeMAX is wrapped, but one of the killer sessions was Sneak Peeks where users get a glimpse of the future. We recap the presentations and speculate as to some image processing tech behind them. read more...
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen R.I.P 1920-2013
by Mike Seymour
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen Born: Los Angeles 29th June 1920 Died: London 7th May 2013. From the Harryhausen Family posted via Facebook: The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator. He was a multi-award winner which read more...
fxpodcast #249: Iron Man 3 – Erik Nash, DD
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This week we talk to Digital Domain's visual effects supervisor Erik Nash about the blockbuster Iron Man 3 from director Shane Black. read more...