fxguidetv: Pablo Helman and Matte Painting Tip
We hope you’ve been enjoying the Masters of the Craft series as much as we had doing it. Getting to sit down and talk visual effects with people at this level has been a treat and this week was a true pleasure as we got to talk with Pablo Helman from ILM. The fxphd.com tip […]
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the vfx show #60: Quantum of Solace
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_060_qos_64kbps2.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in the new Bond film “Quantum of Solace”. Download vfxs060 here Get the vfxshow every week! Free iTunes Store subscription
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Red Centre Special ep.- Stu, Jason & Mike
This week in we have a special Red Centre episode that discusses the plans for Scarlet and Epic – but from the point of view of DSLR, mounts and just what is likely to be possible. Joining Jason and Mike is special guest Stu Maschwitz of the Orphanage and the blog site ProLost.com. Listen before RED […]
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red centre #022
Stu Maschwitz joins the guys, who talk about the recent “announcement about more announcements”. Also, a bit of geek out on lens mounts and more.
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The Bonds that unite us
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxshow-020-64Kbps.m4a Play in new window Download We have just recorded the 007 James Bond vfxshow – it will be posted the day after Thanksgiving. Coming up on the show is hosted by Mark, John and myself. It was a fun show to record… also coming up are being planned, including more Russian Cinema with DayWatch […]
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fxphd live Inferno/Smoke Master Class in Seoul
On November 26th, there will be an fxphd live master class in Seoul covering Flame and Smoke. fxphd co-founder John Montgomery and flame/smoke artist CE Raum have joined up to teach these classes. Two years ago, they did a multi-city tour in Asia which was incredibly well received by the artists taking the classes. For […]
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Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Softimage
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Nov. 18, 2008 – Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Softimage – a developer of 3D technology for the film, television and games markets – for approximately $35 million. On October 23, 2008, Autodesk announced it had signed a […]
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General Update
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Red Centre : Ted interview
With the new EPIC and Scarlet camera launched, we have a special new Red Centre episode that takes you behind the scenes of the launch as we interview Ted Schilowitz to explore some of the detail of the plans. He explains both more about the intended market, the new REDCODE, audio and the concept of what […]
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CS4 RED on Nov 20th
The Adobe support for .r3d files: Next week Adobe will ship a full native workflow for RED in Premiere Pro CS4, After Effects CS4 and even Encore CS4. Adobe claims the .r3d implementation has come along way since the IBC demos “more performance, more stability, more options, and tuning it to CS4 which is architected […]
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red centre #021
An interview with RED’s Ted Schilowitz about this week’s announcements. Also, Michael Scott’s impressions of Thursday’s RED event in Los Angeles.
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Interview with RED
Today RED announced their new plans for Epic and Scarlet. We examine the implications of this plan, the viability of the company and speak one on one with Ted Schilowitz to find out a lot of the missing information that fleshes out todays plans and answers a wealth of questions we had as to how this would all work.
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the vfx show: Next episode in late November
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New RED Brains
Red announced today their new approach to both stills and moving digital capture. The new Red system will is based on a massively configurable system of modules, extending from a 2/3″ sensor to a newly announced 28K (yes 28K) 617. Earliest new cameras are scheduled to be the 5K Scarlet S35 in Spring/Summer 09. Then the […]
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14 Animated Features Submitted for 2008 Oscar
Beverly Hills, CA — Fourteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 81st Academy Awards®. See the list after the jump…
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red centre #020
We look at the recent Epic and Scarlet sneak peeks, discuss camera movement, Autodesk Red Support and visit Miller Tripods for the Australian leg of our tripod roundup.
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the vfx show #59: Ghostbusters
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_059_ghostbusters_64kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, David Stripinis and Jason Wingrove discuss the visual effects in the feature “Ghostbusters”. (1984). Download vfxs059 here Get the vfxshow every week! Free iTunes Store subscription
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