fxguidetv #166: Weta Digital’s Tissue system
We sit down with two Weta Digital artists who will this year be the recipients of a Sci-Tech award for Weta’s Tissue physically-based character sim framework used on such films as Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Prometheus and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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the vfx show #162: 2013 Oscar Preview Show
Mike Seymour, Todd Vaziri and Matt Wallin discuss the five 2013 Academy Award nominated films in the VFX category and Todd Vaziri’s VFX Predictinator!
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fxpodcast #241: Sci-tech winner: Mocha
We speak to Imagineer Systems CEO John-Paul Smith about the development of the amazing tracking / roto software mocha. John-Paul and his colleagues will be awarded a Scientific & Engineering Award at the upcoming Sci-Tech Oscars.
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the rc #123: ‘The year of 4K’ & Cooke’s SciTech win
This week, Jason & Mike discuss the RED Dragon sensor, The Hobbit & 48fps, new cameras, fan plates and more. And in the RED Room we have Cooke Optics Chairman Les Zellan to discuss Cooke’s SciTech award.
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fxpodcast #240: VES Award nominee Eran Dinur
Visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur, from Brainstorm Digital, is part of the team nominated for a VES Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program for Men Who Built America.
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fxguidetv #165: Scott Metzger on MARI and HDR
VFX Scott Metzger demonstrates how he used a special build of The Foundry’s MARI tool to project HDR set-captured environment data onto geometry. The work was done for director Richard LaGravenese’s Beautiful Creatures, coming out in 2013.
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fxpodcast #239: KATANA SciTech Oscar, Steve LaVietes
A conversation about the development of KATANA with Steve LaVietes, back end pipeline architect from Sony Pictures Imageworks. The developers of KATANA will receive a Scientific and Technical Technical Achievement Award from the Academy this year.
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the vfx show #161: Life of Pi
Mike Seymour, TyRuben Ellingson and Matt Wallin discuss the story and visual effects in the Academy Award nominated masterpiece film by Ang Lee, Life of Pi.
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fxguidetv #164: Revisiting The Avengers
Hot on the heels of the VFX Oscar bake-off, we talk to The Avengers ILM visual effects supervisor Jeff White and animation supervisor Marc Chu about the film, one of the 10 in consideration. And we also showcase the new January 2013 term of effects training courses at fxphd.
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the vfx show #160: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the epic Peter Jackson film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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the rc #122: The Hobbit, HFR, new lenses & REDRAY
This week, Jason and Mike discuss stereo, high frame rates and RED cameras with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, new lenses and REDRAY.
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fxpodcast #238: Creature Animation: Gollum, Goblins & 48fps
In this podcast we talk to Weta Digital animation supervisor David Clayton about his work for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, covering Goblins, Gollum and working at 48fps.
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fxguidetv #163: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
fxguide is in New Zealand to sit down with Weta Digital’s senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri to discuss The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – visiting Gollum and the world of Middle-earth, this time in stereo and at 48fps.
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the vfx show #159: Flight and Cast Away
This week we delve into two Robert Zemeckis live action films – Flight (2012) and Cast Away (2000) – both of which feature a dramatic plane crash and invisible/seamless visual effects.
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fxguidetv #162: SIGGRAPH Asia 2012
This week we report from SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore. The guys see how EA Sports use Side Effects Houdini in their game creation, and go behind the scenes at the fun Emerging Tech exhibition.
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