the vfx show #75: Dark City
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_075_darkcity_64kbps.m4a Play in new window DownloadMike Seymour and Mark Christiansen discuss the visual effects in the 1998 classic feature film “Dark City”. Producer’s note: A big thank you to Lori Apthorp for research and show notes, and to Todd Scholton for review. Download vfxs075 here Show Notes: The Crow The Matrix Ross Emery Andrew Lesnie […]
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A Frantic Evolution of Dragonball
Ian Failes returns to fxguide and in this his first new interview he speaks with co-visual effects supervisors Chad Wiebe and Mike Shand of Frantic films about the lava lake and final battle sequences in the new Dragonball: Evolution.
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fxguidetv – Episode #56 NAB 2009 wrap-up
A new episode of fxguidetv is available for downloading. In this episode we talk monitors with a look at Cine-tal and HP DreamColor, discuss RED and 16k with da Vinci, see the latest from Matrox and visit with our friends at Eyeon. We also get an update from Ted Schilowitz at the RED user party. […]
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red centre #032
Jeff Heusser joins the guys for our coverage of the announcements from NAB2009.
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fxguidetv – Episode #55 more from NAB 2009
A new episode of fxguidetv is available for downloading. It features a look at an R&D project from The Foundry that removes rolling shutter artifacts, a preview of Trapcode Particular v2 (you can see a new features list in this PDF), we talk global production and on set data pipeline with Sohonet and a look […]
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RED Rocket Announced, update on RED Pro Primes
RED started out announcing they would not have a booth at NAB, then announced an event to be held in Las Vegas, but not on the show floor. That event has grown to an all day affair (REDUSER ’09 NAB PARTY) with various presentations, you can view the schedule here. Jim Jannard posted to REDuser.net […]
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The Foundry announces Nuke 5.2 and 6/6x
The Foundry announced new versions of their Nuke compositing software at NAB this week. The first, Nuke 5.2, has workflow improvements with Python scripting, stereo workflow, overhaul of the UI, performance improvements, bug fixes and artist/pipeline efficiency enhancers including disk cache, pre-comp, and 3D LUTs in the GPU. The release is expected to ship in […]
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eyeon Unveils Generation 1.1 at NAB
Eyeon announced a new version of Generation at NAB. The release builds upon version 1.0 with tweaks and workflow enhancments including 3D LUT support and more. Click through to read the release from Eyeon.
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NAB09 fxguide fxphd meetup
We talk with friends as well as fxphd post grads and professors about what they saw on the first day of the show. Recorded live at a party sponsored by The Foundry, Sohonet and da vinci.
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red centre #031
Our workflow roundup continues as we discuss Red Dwarf in depth with Deane Thrussell then head into the video village with QtakeHD and Conduit Live.
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fxguidetv – Episode #54 Flare and Flame 2010
A new episode of fxguidetv is available for downloading. It features an exclusive and in-depth interview with Autodesk lead product designer Philippe Soeiro, who chats with John Montgomery about the new software only Flare product as well as the new .R3D support, normal mapping and other improvements in Flame 2010. Watch for more fxguidetv eps coming out […]
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fxguidetv – Episode #53 Knowing
A new episode of fxguidetv is available for downloading. It features an interview with Animal Logic vfx supervisor Andrew Jackson, who chats with Mike Seymour about the film Knowing shot entirely on the RED One camera. Also, we have a look at the new up coming term of fxphd. Watch for new fxguidetv eps coming […]
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Red Dwarf : Red on Red & the vfx
The Red Dwarf: Back to Earth mini-series recently debuted on the UK Dave Channel to a record 2.6 million viewers, almost triple the channels previous highest ratings, placing it as the highest-rated commissioned show on a digital network ever. This week we speak to one of our own as John Montgomery interviews Mike Seymour on fxphd’s involvement with this classic and beloved Sci-fi comedy.
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the vfx show #74: The Abyss
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_074_the_abyss_64kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Jason Wingrove and Kristin Martin discuss the visual effects in the 1989 classic feature film “The Abyss”. Producer’s note: A big thank you to Lori Apthorp for research, show notes and review. Download vfxs074 here Show notes: The Abyss Alien ILM Dream Quest Images John Bruno Hoyt […]
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red centre #030
We discuss Red’s ‘No News’ news, kick off our workflow roundup month, and hit the deep blue with DEEP RED
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sgi sold to Rackable Systems
Rackable Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage products for medium to large-scale data centers, announced its agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) for approximately $25 million in cash, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, plus the assumption of certain liabilities associated with the acquired assets. sgi […]
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red centre #029
We chat with DP Rodney Charters on shooting ’24’, digital cinema, on and off set workflows, and traveling the world with RED.
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the vfx show #73: Battlestar Galactica Finale
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_073_bsg_finale_64kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, David Stripinis and Jason Wingrove discuss the visual effects in the finale of the TV series “Battlestar Galactica”. Download vfxs073 here Show Notes: Battlestar Galactica Red Dwarf FIN Design Ron Moore Lightwave Zoic Dan Curry Star Trek: The Next Generation Fusion SynthEyes Camera Tracker Digital Domain Maya […]
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