GenArts is a pivotal player in the image processing plug-in market, but are they happy to stay on the sidelines as a plug-in supplier? With the Foundry’s move into full products such as NUKE, could GenArts be looking at some major expansion? It certainly seems so. fxguide spoke to the new company CEO Katherine Hays about her first 100 days at the helm of one of the most successful plug-in and spark companies in the world.

After seeing the papers and Electronic Theatre – we turn our attention to the serious courses and classes. Plus, we’ve got to catch up with senior members of the gaming and film industry, including Rob Cook from Pixar.

This week in Singapore marks the first Asian Siggraph. More than 3,200 artists, researchers, developers, gaming experts, filmmakers, as well as academics gathered over four days to discover new techniques, technology and approaches in the graphics. In all, a total of 49 countries were represented in an array of amazing animation and breakthrough ideas presented at the show.

Kids show with very adult tech. Sid the Science Kid from Jim Henson Studios is a remarkable project for the complexity and simultaneous simplicity of its motion capture. fxguide spoke to Steffen M. Wild, Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Supervisor at Jim Henson Co. for this week’s fxpodcast.

The Anim-FX conference was recently held in Wellington. New Zealand has transformed its industry over the last 10 years and in conjunction with the VES, this conference provided a great platform for the local post and vfx industry.