Red Giant Software Acquires Digital Anarchy Plug-Ins
Red Giant, one of our favorite plugin vendors, has acquired the motion plugin portfolio of Digital Anarchy. The plugins include PlaneSpace (formerly 3D Assistant Lite/Pro), a 3D layer animation tool; Datamator (formerly Data Animator), which creates and animates charts and graphs in 3D space; Psunami (formerly Psunami Water), a photorealistic water and wave generator; ToonIt (formerly […]
red centre #011r posted
A revised Red Centre Episode #011 is up – we had some killer server issues this week, but it is all solved and we are sorry for the delay. This week we discuss workflow from a personal point of view. We discuss Jason’s recent baby TVC spot – which was shot all on RED. We […]
the vfx show #48: The Dark Knight
Mike Seymour and Kanen Flowers discuss the visual effects in The Dark Knight.
Labor Series Part One: Unpaid Artists
In part one of a new series on Labor issues we talk with Dave Rand who has taken on the role as spokeperson for about 100 artists who worked on a film in Canada at Meteor Studios who were not paid for the last few months of work as the company filed bankruptcy. This is an important story and a great conversation about the state of visual effects as a business.
red centre #011r
We discuss Jason’s recent shoot, deep dive into Avid workflows, then off to Europe for Swiss Stabilisers and an Austrian REDRoom
Labor Series Part One: Unpaid Artists
In part one of a new series on Labor issues we talk with Dave Rand who has taken on the role as spokeperson for about 100 artists who worked on a film in Canada at Meteor Studios who were not paid for the last few months of work as the company filed bankruptcy. This is an important story and a great conversation about the state of visual effects as a business.
fxguidetv is back!
After an early summer hiatus, fxguidetv is back on the net. We haven’t abandoned the podcast, but simply had a lot of other work to get done as well had a couple of interviews back out. We know our fxguide visitors love the netcasts and we simply want to keep them at a high level. […]
the vfx show #47: Wanted
Mark Christiansen and Kanen Flowers discuss the visual effects in Wanted.
The Dark Knight on the Really Really Big Screen
We chat with Double Negative vfx supervisor Paul Franklin about their work on the latest Batman flick, including special considerations for the IMAX release.
Dark Knight : Imax, Effects and That Bike
The Dark Knight is a masterful film. There are brilliant performances, great direction and some magnificent visual effects. This week we cover lead facility Double Negative about their impressive IMAX batpod shots and how their work fits so seamlessly into this powerful dark masterpiece.
the vfx show #46: Get Smart
Mike Seymour and Matt Graham discuss the visual effects in Get Smart.
60th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations
Early this morning Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) and Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”) announced the 60th Primetime Emmy® Awards Nominations at the Academy’s Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood. We have the visual effects nominees after jump as well as a link to a complete list of nominees.
red centre #010
We talk glass: when good lenses go bad, go deep with a working feature DIT, then off to Abu Dhabi for another great RedRoom.
The Animation Guild Blog
We have recorded an interview with Steve Hulett of The Animation Guild for an upcoming podcast and part of a series we are working on concerning labor laws. I thought it would be a good idea to introduce you to them in advance by providing this link to their blog post about some visual effects […]
VES releases “The State of Visual Effects” White Paper
The Visual Effects Society has released a document titled “The State of Visual Effects In the Entertainment Industry”. Written by Renee Dunlop, Paul Malcolm and VES president Eric Roth it covers topics like “Advances in Visual Effects Technology Drive Changes On and Off the Set ” and “Impact on the Bottom Line”. You’ll find the […]
Motion Theory
We speak with Nick Losq and Matt Winkel of Venice, California based studio Motion Theory.
fxpodcast: Motion Theory
In this weeks podcast we talk to Motion Theory in California. We speak with Nick Losq (VFX Supervisor) and Matt Winkel (VFX Producer) about their work and the powerful mini-studio concept that they have helped build in Motion Theory the company.
the vfx show #45: The Incredible Hulk
Mike Seymour and David Stripinis discuss the visual effects in The Incredible Hulk.
