The Road to IBC, an exclusive look at the new releases for Flame and Smoke from Autodesk.

We talk to Ben Grossmann from The Syndicate about The Stones, Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Champagne and Radiohead !

Ian Hunter and Matthew Gratzner of New Deal Studios discuss their work on The Dark Knight. Also the scoop on PFTrack 5.0 from Siggraph.

A look at Pixar’s Renderman as it turns 20, interview with Gamma and Density’s Bob Currier, and the Australian premiere of WALL-E.

SIGGRAPH coverage continues with a focus on motion capture. We visit House of Moves in Los Angeles and the Organic Motion booth on the show floor.

Coverage from SIGGRAPH 2008 continues with a look at announcements from Autodesk and eyeon, as well as having fun killing time in the new technologies exhibit.

From Siggraph 2008, a look at some cool facial scanning and reconstruction from Image Metrics.

A conversation with Paul Debevec about his recent research, as well as highlights of the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2009.

Mike Seymour visits with Richard Chataway of animation company Anifex to discuss stop motion. Flame batch tip of the week.

From NAB, a look at the new Informer workflow spark and a visit to the DaVinici booth to check out the new features in Resolve.

In the first of our fxguidetv NAB 2008 reports we get the inside scoop direct from RED’s Ted Schilowitz and present a preview of some tools the Foundry is working on for stereoscopic workflow.

A conversation with digital stereo colourist Jeff Olm about the role of a colourist in the post process.

Glenn Melenhorst and Simon Rosenthal from Iloura discuss the making of a fully animated TV commercial.

Part two of a special series on RED camera workflow in post, including keying and camera lens data.

Part one of a special two part series on RED camera workflow in post.

From Sundance, an interview with Spencer Susser the director of “I Love Sarah Jane”. This was one of two fxphd affiliated short films shown at the film festival.

Theo Bialak, CG Supervisor for Sony Pictures Imageworks, talks about their work on Beowulf. Our fxphd.com tip of the week covers a very useful greenscreen keying tip.

A visit with Jayant Hadke and Sabu Joseph of Prime Focus in Mumbai, India and a look at their Silver Lion winning spot “Happy Dent Palace”.

Method Studio’s Alex Frisch covers their work on Miller Lite’s ‘Break from the Crowd’. A look at the new term at fxphd.com.

Interview with Grzegorz Jonkajtys, director of the animated short film “The Ark”, which was SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival Best of Show.

An interview with the Emmy Award winning crew from Stargate Digital. The fxphd quick tip is a handy cheat for sky replacements.

IBC Coverage. Autodesk’s Philippe Soeiro about the new flame/smoke 2008 and Matt Plec from The Foundry about the tech preview of the new version of Nuke.

RED’s Ted Schilowitz, The Foundry’s Bill Collis, and an interview with vfx art director Doug Chiang.

Check out our SIGGRAPH2007 coverage at http://www.awntv.com/channel/fxguide

Interview with Activision’s Steve Pearce and Phillippo Costanzo about 3D in the gaming industry. Photoshop matting techniques is the tip of the week.

A conversation with Ken Ralston and Dennis Muren from the recent VES Festival of Effects. Also, a look at greenscreen footage shot with the new Sony F23 Cine-Alta camera.

A follow up on the fxguide story about the shrinking deadlines in post and how it impacts vfx artists and houses. The fxphd tip of the week takes a look at vanishing point and 3D integration in Photoshop and After Effects CS3

The premiere episode of fxguidetv. Mike Seymour interviews Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Chuck McIlvain about Spider-Man 3 and John Montgomery takes a look at shape layers in After Effects CS3.