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. This time Peter explains how he creatively created key looks.
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the vfx show #128: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mike Seymour, Ian Failes and Mat Graham discuss the story and visual effects of the final film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
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the rc#94: Sony OLED & Weisscam
The guys cover the new Sony OLED monitors, the Red Room hosts Weisscam’s T-cam, and more.
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Framestore’s heavens and horcruxes
Part 3 of our Potter Week Series: Framestore artists discuss their water sims and heavenly VFX for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Includes a great behind the scenes clip.
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Tippett’s treasure trove of effects
POTTER WEEK: Tippett Studio visual effects supervisor Matt Jacobs takes us through his studio’s work on the treasure vault sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
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MAXON announces C4D R13
Maxon has announced CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next version of the 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. Scheduled to ship in September, the release includes all new character tools, stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering. More from SIGGRAPH next week, but click through for new feature highlights.
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Rango’s ‘Holodeck’ – a look at ILM’s virtual set
Gore Verbinski’s Rango was recently released on Blu-ray and DVD, so Mike Seymour talked to the guys at ILM to see the virtual set work on the film first-hand.
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DNeg’s Gringott’s Dragon and Digi Hogwarts
As part of Potter week at fxguide we speak to Double Negative VFX supe David Vickery and executive producer Dominic Sidoli to discuss their great work for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
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Technicolor buys LaserPacific; sells NY assets
More changes in the film post-production world, with Technicolor announcing it is purchasing LA-based LaserPacific, but also selling its New York post assets.
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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.
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Rising Sun’s Green Lantern hi-jinks
We talk to VFX supe Dennis Jones about Rising Sun Pictures’ work on the dogfight sequence in Green Lantern.
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Dark of the Moon: ILM’s magic, in 3D
Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar and digital production supervisor Nigel Sumner discuss key scenes from Transformers: Dark of the Moon, including Bumblebee catching Sam and the Chicago battle, and working in stereo.
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Case study: how to make a Captain America wimp
Director Joe Johnston rejected notions of having a separate actor play the wimpy Steve Rogers in Captain America, as we discovered when we spoke to Edson Williams, visual effects supervisor for Lola VFX.
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Zookeeper: An animal get together
Imageworks visual effects supervisor Pete Travers delves into the challenging world of working with real animals and creating CG ones for Zookeeper. Includes a making of clip.
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How ILM destroyed Chicago
Check out this video from our friends at The Daily in which ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ ILM vfx supe Scott Farrar and digital production supervisor Nigel Sumner explore the destruction of Chicago.
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SIGGRAPH GPU Power Panel
At SIGGRAPH 2011, on Monday 8 August at 1:45pm to 3:00pm, fxguide’s own Mike Seymour is moderating a panel hosted by NVIDIA with leading CTOs and R&D experts from some of the world’s greatest facilities. We speak to Dominick Spina, Sr. Product Manager of NVIDIA, about the great panel from WETA, DNeg, Blue Sky, ILM and SPI.
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the vfx show #127: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Matt Wallin head into the Dark of the Moon and discuss Transformers 3.
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