fxguidetv #148: Men In Black 3
This week we sit down with Sony Pictures Imageworks to discuss their impressive visual effects in the hit: Men In Black 3.
Listenfxguidetv #147: FMX – Virtual production
In our second fxguidetv report from FMX 2012, we talk to Autodesk’s David Morin about the new wave in virtual production and to Digital Domain’s Erik Nash on how it was used so successfully on Real Steel. And we speak with Glassworks Amsterdam’s Rüdiger Kaltenhäuser about a CG origami commercial.
Listenfxguidetv #146: FMX – The Third Floor & RealFlow
This week we are at FMX and we talk to Chris Edwards, CEO & creative director of The Third Floor and Gustavo Sanchez-Perez, RealFlow product manager, at Next Limit.
Listenfxguidetv #145: AE and Adobe CS6
John Montgomery heads to Adobe HQ, where fxguide was given exclusive access to the After Effects development team in Seattle for the CS6 release.
Listenfxguidetv #144: NUKE and OCULA in action
This week we have a stereo shot correction tutorial on NUKE and OCULA from Mr. X visual effects supervisor Aaron Weintraub based on his studio’s work for TRON: Legacy.
Listenfxguidetv #143: Flame 20th anniversary – the recent years
After 20 years, flame is still going strong. To celebrate the anniversary, we visit with Autodesk’s Philippe Soeiro for a discussion on the renaissance of Flame, as well as highlight some of the new features in the 2013 release.
Listenfxguidetv #142: NUKE Skies for Happy Feet 2
Continuing our popular series of artist breakdowns in NUKE, VFX Supervisor Alex Fry takes us through the pipeline used to create the skies for Happy Feet 2.
Listenfxguidetv #141: Cinesite and John Carter
Cinesite production director Courtney Vanderslice discusses the moving mining city of Zodanga in ‘John Carter’ and Cinesite’s stereo conversion work.
Listenfxguidetv #140: Future parkour, by Mirada
We go behind the scenes with Mirada on their work for the Wrigley’s 5 Gum ‘Choose Your Energy’ TVC – a futuristic parkour-inspired piece directed by Jon Favreau.
Listenfxguidetv #139: COPA’s Turn Me On music vid
We talk to COPA co-founder and VFX supervisor Alex Frisch about ‘Turn Me On,’ a music video for David Guetta and Nicki Minaj, and about how the new virtual studio used collaboration tools to complete the work across the globe.
Listenfxguidetv #138: CVMP Conference
Coverage from CVMP, a conference that brings together image science researchers and creatives in production and post. Excerpts from papers on Automatic Object Segmentation from Calibrated Images and HD Stereoscopic Free Viewpoint Video.
Listenfxguidetv #137: This Means War
This week we’re at Method Studios in LA talking to VFX supe Mitchell Drain and Flame artist Ian Holland about their work for This Means War. Some of the 400 shots included full 3D rendering of effects objects and props – and a car – in Flame.
Listenfxguidetv #136: John Knoll on Stereo
In this week’s episode we are at ILM talking to John Knoll about stereo. John supervised the conversion of Star Wars – Episode One: The Phantom Menace, and Mike sits down with him to discuss this and stereo 3D in general.
Listenfxguidetv #135: Sci-Tech Oscars 2012
In this week’s episode we are at the 2012 Scientific and Technical Oscars in Hollywood. We have an in-depth discussion with industry veteran Douglas Trumbull about the technical possibilities of future cinema, and catch up with ARRI to talk Master Primes and the new Alexa Studio and Alexa M cameras.
Listenfxguidetv #134: 10th Annual VES Awards
We report from the 10th Annual VES Awards hosted by Patton Oswalt this week in Los Angeles and speak to many of the award winners, plus Rob Legato, Stan Lee and Douglas Trumbull.
Listenfxguidetv #133: Pixar’s La Luna
We talk to Pixar director Enrico Casarosa and producer Kevin Reher about their Oscar-nominated animated short La Luna.
Listenfxguidetv #132: Red Tails
Mike Seymour sits down with Animation Supervisor Paul Kavanagh to talk about ILM’s work on Red Tails.
Listenfxguidetv #131: MI4 Ghost Protocol
In this killer episode, we speak to MI4 director Brad Bird and ILM vfx supervisors John Knoll and Mohen Leo. We discuss risking Tom Cruise, blowing up Moscow without any cast, and wrecking one-off BMW concept cars. Plus, we preview the January term at fxphd.com.
Listenfxguidetv #130: SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 – Pt 2
In our second fxguidetv ep from SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong, we talk to vfx artists from ILM and Lucasfilm Singapore, explore video face replacement tech and check out the emerging technologies exhibit.
Listenfxguidetv #129: SIGGRAPH Asia 2011
From SIGGRAPH Asia 2011, we look at rendering CG objects into legacy photos and get a demo of a panoramic ball camera.
Listenfxguidetv #128: Hugo and New Deal Studios
New Deal Studios discuss their miniature train crash effects for Martin Scorsese’s latest film ‘Hugo’.
Listenfxguidetv #127: Arthur Christmas
We go behind the scenes of Arthur Christmas with the team at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Listenfxguidetv #125: Anonymous
Uncharted Territory discuss their impressive visual effects work for Roland Emmerich’s ‘Anonymous’, including great before/after shots, their OGEL system, deep compositing, Fusion, Alexa and massive greenscreen work.
Listenfxguidetv #124: Canon and RED announcements
Complete coverage of the November 3rd Canon and RED announcements. Details on the new Canon EOS C300 and RED Scarlet .
Listenfxguidetv #123: The Thing
We talk to Image Engine about their creature and environment VFX for director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s The Thing.
Listenfxguidetv #122: Promos in Nuke & Oct term at fxphd
In this episode we look at a Nuke promo breakdown by MPC’s VFX Supervisor Michael Gregory for
Channel 4 “Street Summer” plus a look at the new term at fxphd.com
fxguidetv #121: The Bakery & Engine
We talk to Engine who recently completed a fun spot for local telco Telstra. Increasingly we have seen a shift to improving productivity in lighting by speeding up the responses to the artist, rather than just trying to speed up renders. Enter The Bakery, which has an end-to-end solution for interactive lighting design.
We also have a further Q&A with The Bakery’s CTO Arnauld Lamorlette.
Listenfxguidetv #120: Eyeon, Adobe/IRIDAS, and SGO Mistika
Our second IBC 2011 episode covers Eyeon’s announcement, the Adobe acquisition of IRIDAS, and an intro to SGO Mistika.
Listenfxguidetv #119: The Foundry’s new HIERO
IBC 2011 Episode #1 – An exclusive look at The Foundry’s new vfx workflow and conform tool, HIERO.
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