Autodesk to Buy Softimage for $35M
It started with a press release from AVID stating they were looking to restructure and cut staff, including the news that they intended to sell Softimage. “Plans to” sell Softimage was all they said. Moments ago an email was sent to Softimage customers saying that Softimage had in fact been sold to Autodesk. Click through for the various press releases and the letter sent to Softimage customers.
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fxguidetv #41 – John Dykstra
This week’s fxguidetv continues our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with vfx legend John Dkystra. He sits down with Mike Seymour and chats about how he got started in the industry, the building of motion control systems, working on the first Star Wars movie, and how the digital age compares to the […]
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the vfx show #56: Heroes – The Second Coming
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_056_heroes_64kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, John Flowers and Kristin Martin discuss the visual effects in Heroes Season 3 opener, “The Second Coming”. Download here. If you’d like to follow along, get the Heroes episode, “The Second Coming” from iTunes.
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Welcome to the vfx show site!
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxshow-020-64Kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Stay tuned for more information about upcoming shows and more!
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fxguidetv #40 – John Knoll Interview
fxguidetv episode #40 is now available. We continue our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with ILM vfx supervisor John Knoll. He covers his early days at ILM, the creation of Photoshop and Knoll Light Factory, and more….it’s a fun conversation outside of his usual work on films. The end of the episode […]
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red centre #018
Plenty of RED news this week. The guys get the scoop on Adobe’s RED plans and discuss the future of FCP and Color. Then Jason catches up with XL Films in the RED Room.
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fxpodcast: Heroes vfx @ Stargate Digital
A new fxpodcast is out, and this week it is an interview with VFX Supervisor Eric Grenaudier from Stargate Digital about their work on the U.S. television series ‘Heroes’. The show recently started its third season in the United States, having been nominated for a visual effects Emmy in 2007 and 2008. Visit the fxpodcast […]
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The Visual Effects of Heroes, Season 3
Mike Seymour chats with VFX Supervisor Eric Grenaudier from Stargate Digital about their work on the U.S. television series ‘Heroes’.
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Ron Brinkmann Interview
In this week’s fxpodcast we speak to Ron Brinkmann about his new book The Art and Science of Compositing Ed. II and take time to both look back on the formation of Shake and also into what the future holds with regards to keying, roto and stereo workflow. Ron discusses his early days at Sony […]
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Conversation with Ron Brinkmann
Mike Seymour chats with Ron Brinkmann, author of The Art and Science of Digital Compositing.
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Autodesk Files Lawsuit Against Assimilate
Google alerts and several readers have let us know that Autodesk has filed a lawsuit in Canadian courts alleging that Assilimate is using intellectual property related to 5D’s Cyborg product, now owned by Autodesk (see justia.com). Autodesk purchased the IP related to Cyborg and three other 5D products in 2002 during liquidation proceedings in the […]
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Hollywood
The 2nd installation of the Visual Amalgam Art Show was an enormous success, with an estimated eight hundred people attending the event at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. The semi-annual event features the personal artwork of film industry and visual effects professionals. Show organizers and artists, Patrick Finley and Evan Jacobs, were thrilled with the […]
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He Sees Dead People: Ghost Town
In the comedy Ghost Town, Rhinofx provided visual effects, but two effects in particular made us curious here at fxguide: a non motion control timelapse helicopter shot and the principle ghost passing through effect. We figured it would be interesting to find out how these two special visual effects were achieved, so we spoke to the team at Rhinofx.
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the vfx show #55: Eagle Eye
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_055_eagle_eye_mix_64kbps.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Matt Graham and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in Eagle Eye. There is additional coverage of Eagle Eye on fxguide.com in the article “Eagle Eye: What if HAL dated Skynet?”
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RED HYPE – RED BULL Round table
Around the Red community there was a strong reaction to an article posted about the RED and the HYPE vs the Reality of 4K, RAW and it valid use for Feature film production. To discuss the article we have recorded a round table discussion with film makers and geeks. This week’s special podcast finds Jason […]
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red centre #017
In response to recent postings on the net, the guys have a special round table discussion on RED, Genesis and the F23. Featuring Stu Maschwitz of the Orphanage, and Independent Film Maker John Flowers.
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red centre #016
We discuss the epic news about Scarlet as well as talking fish eyes and shooting cars in the RED Room with Mark Toia.
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the vfx show #54: Battlestar Galactica
Mike Seymour and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in the 2008 Emmy-winning episode of Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth in Me.
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