fxguidetv #153: SIGGRAPH 2012 – Part 1
John and Mike are in LA for SIGGRAPH 2012, and in this episode they take a look at what’s on at the computer graphics conference, and talk to Thinkbox Software and Shotgun Software about their recent releases.
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fxguidetv #152: The design of SSX
This week we chat to Electronic Arts development director TJ Galda about the design behind the latest incarnation of winter sport game SSX.
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the rc #116: Canon M, optical viewfinders
This week Tom sits in for Jason who is returning from filming a doco in the USA. Tom and Mike discuss the New Canon M, old school film processing, the new OLED BOMB from RED, the need for optical viewfinders and much more.
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fxpodcast #224: Jim Blinn – the full interview
Here is the audio interview with Jim Blinn (see also our fxguide story for images and more background).
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the vfx show #152: The Dark Knight Rises
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond and TyRuben Ellingson discuss the visual effects in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises.
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fxguidetv #151: Emmy-Nominated Game of Thrones
This week we chat to Pixomondo VFX supe Juri Stannosek about the Emmy nominated effects in Game of Thrones – Season Two. And we look at a killer reel from The Marmalade with their high-speed robotic motion control slo-mo camera rig called SPIKE.
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH 2012 – Animation Physics
This week we speak to Alejandro Garcia, a professor at San Jose State University, about how an understanding of physics can help achieve believable animation.
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the rc #115: Redrock, Spider-Man, Rode audio & more
This week the guys discuss the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, the Canon Cinema EOS C500, the RED EPIC firmware update, Ikonoskop’s A-Cam dII Panchromatic and RØDE Microphones’ Rockumentary comp. Guests in the RED room are Brain Valente of Redrock Micro and Imageworks 3D VFX supe Rob Engle about The Amazing Spider-Man.
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the vfx show #151: The Amazing Spider-Man
Mike Seymour, Matt Leonard and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects in The Amazing Spider-Man.
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fxpodcast: Alvy Ray Smith
It is a real pleasure & honor to offer you this in-depth interview with Dr Alvy Ray Smith, the man who jointly or personally: Invented Paint, Alpha, Dir. the Genesis seq., worked at XEROX PARC, NYIT, Lucasfilm, PIXAR, Microsoft and a multiple tech Ocsar winner.
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fxguidetv #150: The Amazing Spider-Man
This week on our 150th ep we’re at SPI to discuss their incredible visual effects for The Amazing Spider-Man, and we preview the July 2012 vfx training courses available at fxphd.
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the vfx show #150: Snow White and the Huntsman
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond talk about the visual effects in the film Snow White and the Huntsman.
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the rc #114: Catch up
This week, Jason Wingrove is back (just…before heading off to film a documentary) and he and Mike Seymour chat about Canon, Apple/Dells, Smoke, Red, China’s new RAW camera, and Tom Lowe’s great Timescapes film and much, much more…
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fxpodcast: Brave Simulations
This week on the fxpodcast we speak to Pixar’s Claudia Chung, simulation supervisor on Brave. In this in-depth and engaging discussion we look at the complex ground breaking simulation work in Pixar’s newest animated feature. Warning: this podcast contains plot spoilers.
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fxguidetv #149: Prometheus visual breakdown
The last of our Prometheus coverage – and some may say the best! We visually breakdown the film with VFX sup. Richard Stammers, and VFX supes from MPC, Fuel & Weta Digital. This ep also includes exclusive VFX breakdowns of the spacecrafts, holograms, star map room and the Engineers.
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