DV Rebel with a Cause
In this podcast we speak with Stu Maschwitz, author of The DV Rebels’ Guide. Maschwitz is one of the founders of The Orphange and has a been a huge proponent of bringing desktop tools such as After Effects to the high end post market. We also get his thoughts about the current compositing software market.
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Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel with a Cause
This week, we speak with Stu Maschwitz, author of “The DV Rebel’s Guide” and one of the co-founders of The Orphanage.
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Framestore CFC : Digital Intermediate
This week, we speak with colourist Asa Shoul and Executive Producer Jan Hogevold of Framestore CFC
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DI: Framestore CFC
James Bond, The Queen and Hannibal Lecter have all been through Framestore CFC’s Digital Lab. We caught up with senior Colourist Asa Shoul, and Executive Producer Jan Hogevold in London to discuss the role of DI in the London film market.
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Spiderman – The Technical Web we Weave
Spider-man 3 delivers on its promise with three sensational CG villains and new side to the web-slinging superhero. Bill Dawes and Kelsey Brookes go behind the scenes with the Sony Pictures Imageworks VFX and animation team of what is reported to be one of the most expensive movies ever made.
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Sunshine
MPC was given over 750 shots to kick start the sun and bring to life the mission to save the world. As the sun is a major ‘character’ of the film, it’s visual development was a key aspect of the effects work. VFX supervisor Tom Wood headed up a team that produced some of the most stunning images of the sun ever put on film.
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ILM, Computers, and that Pirate movie
What does it take to win an Oscar? For a start, be part of a VFX team at a company that has already won 15 best visual effects awards. Then work on a film that is both entertaining and also pushes character animation, large scale compositing and digital environments to a whole new level. Oh, and being nice guys also helps, as we found out.
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NAB Podcast Number Four
Wrap up of the week at NAB, including news from the Foundry about Nuke, the search for non-CRT broadcast monitors, After Effects CS3, and more
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NAB Podcast Number Three
For today’s podcast we invited various guests as well a fxphd professors and postgrads to join us in a sort of bar camp where everyone reports back on what they saw on the show floor and discusses. We then collected the best of this exercise and bring you the results.
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NAB Day 4 – NAB Wrap Up Roundtable
The fourth and last podcast from the fxguide suite in Las Vegas. Yesterday in our podcast we mentioned that Ron Brinkman had left Apple. Today we have exclusive interviews with both Bill Collis from the Foundry and with Ron Brinkman about Ron advising the Foundry on Nuke. Also our final roundtable discussion from NAB 2007.
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NAB Day 3 – Roundtable
For today’s podcast, our third from NAB 2007, we have a wide ranging roundtable to discuss what’s new at NAB for compositing and visual effects. Topics include Adobe, After Effects, Apple, Speedsix, Shake, Nuke, The Foundry, Compositing software marketplace, DPX files in QT with Glue Tools and more.
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NAB Podcast Number Two
Our second podcast from NAB, with guests Emery Wells and Scott Brook. We cover lots of items including Apple, Motor, the Red Camera, and a new joint venture between fxguide, Wells, and Brook.
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NAB podcast: RED camera at NAB & roundtable
Just two and a half weeks ago Oscar winning director Peter Jackson shot a short film shot on the RED 4K camera in NZ, which premiered this morning on the RED booth at the NAB trade show in Las Vegas.
UPDATE: Now with our second NAB podcast, a roundtable discussion of Monday at NAB 2007.
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Autodesk User Group and Party Podcast
Wrap up of Sunday’s user group and our first NAB 2007 podcast, a “Live” podcast from the Autodesk Pool Party at Caesar’s Palace. Let me tease you with these words – Standard Filesystem Volume. Not enough? How about batch in Smoke… or multilayer timeline in batch?
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Autodesk User Group and Party Podcast
Wrap up of Sunday’s user group and our first NAB 2007 podcast, a “Live” podcast from the Autodesk Pool Party at Caesar’s Palace. Let me tease you with these words – Standard Filesystem Volume. Not enough? How about batch in Smoke… or multilayer timeline in batch?
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fxguide state of the union
A roundtable with Mike, John, Tahl Niran, and Rose Draper about fxguide, fxphd, and what’s coming at NAB
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Live Blogging from Apple Event
We have an fxguide team attending the Apple Event and plan on bringing you live updates as announcements are made.
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fxphd one year old and growing strong
Having launched just one year ago, fxphd is about to start a new term. fxphd is the sister site of fxguide providing professional training for artists who want to lift their careers to the next level. Classes this term include character design/drawing, flame, Matte painting, Maya, Max, toxik AE , Photoshop – 15 different classes in total.
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