fxpodcast #233: Flame 20th Edition
We speak with Autodesk lead product designer Philippe Soeiro about the brand new 20th Anniversary Edition release of Flame.
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fxpodcast #232: Cloud Atlas and Rise FX
This week we talk to Rise FX visual effects supervisor Florian Gellinger about his studio’s work for Cloud Atlas, including the Lidar scanning services provided by sister company pointcloud9
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the rc #120: Sony Week
This week, Jason and Mike discuss some new Sony cameras – the A99, the F5 and F55 – plus Sony monitors. In the Red Room, we talk to Jerome Thelia and David Mclain about their short ‘The Calling’ shot with the A99.
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the vfx show #157: Looper
Mike Seymour, Matt Leonard and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in the feature film Looper.
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the rc #119: New GoPros, shooting on film, light meters & more
This week, Jason and Mike discuss the new GoPro announcements – the Hero3, CineForm, Protune, WiFi – shooting on film, light meters, Duclos lenses, the Leica M, Canon EOS 6D, and more.
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fxpodcast #231: PDI co-founder Richard Chuang
This week we talk to Richard Chuang, one of the co-founders of pioneering graphics, VFX and animation studio PDI. Chuang is now a founder of media collaboration company Cloudpic Global. He’ll also presenting on the rise of computer graphics in Asia at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore.
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fxguidetv #159: 32TEN Studios
This week we go behind the scenes of our fx2012 practical and digital effects workshop at 32TEN Studios in San Rafael, and we preview the October 2012 vfx training courses available at fxphd.
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fxpodcast #230: The Dark Knight Rises
We speak in depth with VFX supervisor Paul Franklin from Double Negative about the effects in Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Paul will be presenting the visual effects of the film at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 on Friday 30th November.
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fxguidetv #158: Foundry-Luxology merger, and Hotel T
This week, a special double episode going behind the scenes of The Foundry-Luxology merger and behind the scenes of Sony Pictures Animation’s new film Hotel Transylvania.
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fxpodcast #229: Foundry/Luxology roundtable
We gather experts from the VFX and gaming fields to discuss the possible implications of The Foundry and Luxology merger. Mike Seymour talks to Kim Libreri (Senior ILM and LucasArts VFX supervisor), Rob Bredow (CTO, Sony Pictures Imageworks), Sebastian Sylwan (CTO, Weta Digital) and Tim Crowson (lead CG artist, Magnetic Dreams).
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the vfx show #156: King Kong
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and TyRuben Ellingson discuss the visual effects in Peter Jackson’s King Kong.
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fxguidetv #157: How MARI was used on Battleship
This week we have a tutorial from Image Engine lead texture painter Justin Holt about his work on Battleship using The Foundry’s Mari tool. This session was recorded at SIGGRAPH 2012 in LA.
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fxpodcast #228: ICT’s Abhijeet Ghosh
This week we talk to Abhijeet Ghosh from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies about a range of issues relating to polarized light, surface normals, Brewster’s angle and the reproduction of human skin, which he spoke about recently at SIGGRAPH 2012 in LA.
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the rc #118: Everyone gets a new camera
This week, Jason and Mike discuss new cameras from Sony, Canon, Red, Nikon and BlackMagic plus new camera kit from IBC trade show in Europe.
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fxguidetv #156: Flame 20th Anniversary Edition
At IBC, Autodesk is showing a dramatically redesigned Flame, which will be the next version which ships to customers. We visited Montreal and spoke with lead product designer Philippe Soeiro about the changes and got a first hand look at the new workflow.
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