subscribe to fxpodcastsMike Seymour talks with visual effects supervisor Rob Legato about how they brought the world of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book to life. read more...
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fxpodcast #301: Lytro Cinema
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At NAB, Lytro has announced their revolutionary new Light Field camera for film and television, the Lytro Cinema camera. John Montgomery gets the details from Lytro's Jon Karafin. read more...
fxpodcast #300: Haarm-Pieter Duiker
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Mike talks with Haarm-Pieter Duiker, who has worked on amazing projects from the Light Stage 1 to the Matrix films, ..from ACEScg and to the latest EPIC Games GDC demo. read more...
the vfx show #206: Deadpool
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Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin get close-up with the merc with a mouth as they review the visual effects of Deadpool. read more...
fxguidetv #208: What’s Angie’s day job?
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Many of you know Angie as the host of fxguidetv, but do you know her other role in one of Australia's most successful reality TV shows? read more...
fxpodcast #299: Sci-Tech Awards – MARI
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We talk to The Foundry's Jack Greasley about the Sci-Tech Award for MARI to be awarded this year. read more...
fxguidetv #207: The Force Awakens + new term at fxphd
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fxguide goes in-depth with the team at ILM on The Force Awakens. Plus a peek at the January 2016 term at fxphd.com. read more...
the vfx show #205: The Force Awakens
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Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin head to a galaxy far, far away to discuss Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. read more...
the rc #152: The Ultimate RC podcast
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Jason joins Mike for the ultimate episode of the RC podcast... read more...
fxpodcast #298: Weta Digital on their digital Paul Walker
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Weta Digital senior visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri on the challenges of crafting a digital Paul Walker in Furious 7. read more...
fxguidetv #206: Flame 2016 X1
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The industry's venerable software Flame has been unchained from its hardware purchase requirement. We check out the latest 2016 release from the team in Montreal. read more...
fxpodcast #297: Masters of FX, the book!
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fxguide writer Ian Failes has written a book profiling 16 superstar effects supervisors, called Masters of FX. We find out what's inside. read more...
the vfx show #204: Spectre
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Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Todd Scholton decide whether the world is enough in the new Bond film, Spectre. read more...
fxpodcast #296: Real-time expression transfer – SIGGRAPH Asia preview
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We explore the algorithms behind this incredible video from SIGGRAPH Asia 2015. read more...
the vfx show #203: The Martian
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Mike Seymour and Zap Andersson discuss the visual effects in Ridley Scott's 'The Martian', in this special vfx show recorded in Stockholm, Sweden. read more...
fxpodcast #296: Scorched Trails: Maze Runner Director Wes Ball
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This week we speak to Director Wes Ball about his new film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, including VFX, Dolby Vision grading and sound mixing. read more...
the vfx show #202: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Wallin accept their mission to discuss the plot and visual effects in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and look back at the first Mission: Impossible film. read more...
fxguidetv #205: SIGGRAPH 2015 and Weta on rendering
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Follow the fxguide team from SIGGRAPH 2015 and hear from Weta Digital's head of rendering research Luca Fascione. read more...
the vfx show #201: Ant-Man
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Mike Seymour, Matt D. Leonard and Jason Diamond discuss the story and visual effects in the latest Marvel Film, Ant-Man. read more...
fxpodcast #295: DigiPro preview with DreamWorks Animation
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We preview the DigiPro event in a discussion with Sven Pohle on DreamWorks Animation's Facial Motion and Deformation System. read more...
the rc #151: Vision and sound
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Mike and Jason talk all the latest camera and film tech and news, including what they've been up to in terms of shooting, their latest camera preferences, and their views on all the new releases. read more...
the vfx show #200: The Digital Character
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Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and TyRuben Ellingson celebrate the 200th episode of the vfx show by deep diving into the creation, development and use of digital characters in film. read more...
fxguidetv #204: 40 years of ILM + July term at fxphd
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Inside stories from ILM's supervisors as the revered VFX studio celebrates its 40th anniversary. read more...
the vfx show #199: Jurassic World
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Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and Matt Leonard discuss the visual effects in Jurassic World. read more...
fxpodcast #294: Making the 360 degree short HELP
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How The Mill collaborated with Google ATAP and director Justin Lin on the Google Spotlight 360 degree Story ‘HELP’. read more...