Who’s the fairest Beast of them all?
We feature a breakdown clip of Tippett’s Studio’s work for the Beast in Tarsem Singh’s ‘Mirror Mirror’.
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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.
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NAB 2012: What we are talking about
fxguide will be LIVE all day April 17th from The Foundry booth (#SL9724), streaming from 1700GMT – 2300GMT. Here are some of the announcements that have been made already, embargoed until this morning, or cool stuff we expect to be talking about tomorrow.
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fxguide nab twitter feed
Our NAB coverage this year includes a combined twitter feed from the fxguide crew. You can see our tweets from events and the show floor by visiting our NAB live page.
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Science of fluid sims: part 2 – RealFlow
In an accompanying piece to our earlier coverage of fluid sims, we look at how Fusion CI Studios use RealFlow for their simulation work.
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Flame/Smoke 2013 New Feature Videos
Autodesk’sFlame/Smoke product designer Philippe Soeiro shows off the new features of the 2013 releases in a series of overview videos.
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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.
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The art of rendering (updated)
As part of out ‘Art Of’ series, we explore the world of renderers by looking at GI, and speak exclusively to Pixar (RenderMan), Solid Angle (Arnold), Chaos Group (V-Ray) and many more.
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fxguidetv live from NAB: April 17th
On Tuesday, April 17th, fxguide will be streaming live at The Foundry booth (#SL9724) from 1700GMT – 2300GMT (1800 London). This was made possible thanks to the generous support of fxinsider members as well as leading sponsorship from The Foundry.
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First look: Imagineer’s mocha v3
Scheduled to be released on April 16th, Imagineer’s new version of mocha Pro is shaping up to be their biggest release ever. We have an exclusive first look at the software, including some background on the development and tech as well as a hands-on review by fxphd prof Ben Brownlee.
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F65: Road test
With the help of Tony Gardiner, co-founder of 3rd Gear, we have one of the first serious test drives of the Sony F65 camera.
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the vfx show #145: The Hunger Games vfx review
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Jason Diamond talk about the story and visual effects in The Hunger Games.
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Titanic stories
Revisit the visual effects of James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ with personal stories from several members of the VFX crew.
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The making of L’Odyssée de Cartier
We go behind the scenes of L’Odyssée de Cartier with Digital District.
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the rc #109: New Phantom camera and new 4K-ready Sony cam
We discuss the new Phantom Miro camera and the new 4K NEX-FS700 Sony camera and in the Red Room we speak to filmmaker Jim Geduldick about his recent Phantom shoot.
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For Example: Scott Metzger and Mari v1.4
In our continuing For Example series, we talk to lead texture artist and vfx supervisor Scott Metzger about The Foundry’s Mari. Scott will also be joining fxguide live from the Foundry booth at NAB.
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Comic effects: 21 Jump Street
Effects veterans Richard Edlund, ASC and Helena Packer break down duMonde’s VFX for ’21 Jump Street’.
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FMX 2012 program announced
Find out more about the exciting FMX 2012 program with presentations from all the major VFX and animation houses, and how you can support fxguide as the official FMX podcast.
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