Vote
If you are in the USA – VOTE. We don’t care care who for, ok we may care, but don’t listen to us.. exercise your democracy.
Clearly we are aren’t the only ones saying this, New Deal Studios teamed with Leonardo DiCaprio, Will.I.Am, Tobey Maguire and Forest Whitaker to make these viral historical PSA spots.
Seriously cool as they are – the message is the thing… V o t e
New fxguidetv, red centre and XSI fxpodcast
Well it has been a busy couple of days at fxguide. We have a new Episode of fxguidetv focused on RealFlow, with our 7 fave dumb FCP tips ! There is also a new fxpodcast looking at XSI version 7 with Bill Roberts, and finally Mike and Jason discuss grips and loads more on the […]
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SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7
A conversation with Bill Roberts from Softimage about version 7 of XSI, which was released earlier this year.
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red centre #019
Plenty of RED News this episode. REDsupport with Nucoda, OConnor kicks off our tripod roundup and we get a grip on grips.
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Assimilate Responds to Autodesk Lawsuit
When we first learned of Autodesk filing a lawsuit against Assimilate in early October, we asked both companies to comment on the litigation. ASSIMILATE CEO Jeff Edson promised the company would provide fxguide with a statement regarding the suit, and now they have. (note: Autodesk declined to comment regarding pending litigation) It probably comes as […]
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the vfx show #57: Night Watch
https://media.fxguide.com/vfxshow/vfxs_057_nightwatch_64kbps2.m4a Play in new window Download Mike Seymour, Matt Graham and John Flowers discuss the visual effects in “Night Watch”. Download here. Get the vfx show each week! Free iTunes Store subscription.
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Interviews: Autodesk’s Purchase of Softimage
In 1998 Avid bought Softimage from Microsoft for $285 million. Today, Softimage has been sold to Autodesk for $35M. Admittedly back then the deal included DS, but has Autodesk just done the deal of the year? To find out more about how this deal came about and what it means to the 3D visual effects community we spoke to Marc Stevens, GM of Softimage and Marc Petit, Sr. VP, Autodesk Media & Entertainment.
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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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