the vfx show #171: Pacific Rim
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in Guillermo del Toro’s film, Pacific Rim.
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the rc #133: RED DRAGON in the field
The guys ask Red’s Ted Schilowitz the tough questions and we also speak to director Mark Toia who is one of the first shooting with the 6K DRAGONs out in the field right now.
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fxpodcast #258: SIGGRAPH 2013 – final report UPDATED
Mike gives a final rundown from SIGGRAPH 2013 and talks to The Foundry’s Katana product manager Andy Lomas about an NVIDIA OptiX / Katana lighting preview demo presented by Pixar.
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fxpodcast #257: Pixar’s Ed Catmull
As a SIGGRAPH special: an interview with Ed Catmull. Pixar’s RenderMan is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary (see Main story) and Catmull helped develop and protect the renderer that has had such a key impact on the vfx and animation.
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fxpodcast #256: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Tuesday Report
Mike and Jeff report from the SIGGRAPH 2013 show floor on Tuesday.
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fxpodcast #255: SIGGRAPH 2013 – Monday Report
A special fxpodcast from SIGGRAPH 2013, Mike Seymour and Jeff Heusser report from conference sessions and an exclusive announcement from Pixar and The Foundry about Katana and RenderMan.
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fxguidetv #175: Pacific Rim Pipeline Special
We visit ILM to discuss the Pacific Rim production pipeline with John Knoll, Eddie Pasquarello, Lindy De Quattro and Hal Hickel. The pipeline uses NUKE, Houdini, KATANA, Modo, Alembic, Arnold/RenderMan and ILM’s 3D and fluid destruction and muscle sim tools.
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fxpodcast #254: Fabric Engine’s Creation Platform
EXCLUSIVE: From SIGGRAPH 2013, we talk to Fabric Engine CEO Paul Doyle and investor Marc Petit about Creation Platform, an application framework for building 2D & 3D apps suitable for VFX.
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fxpodcast #253: Feasibility Study on Subsidies
David Yocis, an attorney who worked on the “Feasibility Study on Subsidies to Film Production and Visual Effects” commissioned by anonymous blogger VFX Soldier is our guest. We discuss what the study revealed as a plan of action for addressing subsidies.
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fxpodcast #252: DigiPro preview – Dneg’s fluid sims research
We chat with Double Negative’s Harry Biddle about the render-time manipulation and generation of levelsets, which allow for the art-direction of fluid sims. Biddle will be presenting at DigiPro on the 20th of July.
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the rc #132: What camera to shoot with overseas, new Canon cameras and more
This week the guys discuss Jason’s travels shooting around the world, talk new Canon cameras, and more of the latest tech.
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fxguidetv #174: Man of Steel and fxphd’s July term
We visit Weta Digital to discuss the liquid geo displays and Krypton comm systems from Man of Steel. Plus, we preview the new term of VFX training courses at fxphd.com.
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the vfx show #170: Man of Steel
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects of Zack Synder’s Man of Steel.
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fxpodcast #251: Man of Steel and the tech of Krypton
This week as part of our extensive MOS coverage, we talk to Weta vfx supervisor Dan Lemmon about Man of Steel.
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the rc #131: Cine Gear, Odemax and Jason in Prague
This week Mike and Jason talk all the latest camera tech. Jeff Heusser is at the recent Cine Gear Expo looking at the Novo. And in the RED Room, we interview Scott Poarch from Odemax re REDRAY delivery.
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