the vfx show #131: Captain America: The First Avenger
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond discuss the visual effects of the new Marvel Studios and Joe Johnston film release, Captain America: The First Avenger
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fxguidetv #118: Rise of the Apes & Nuke plugins
We speak to Weta about the use of deep color on Rise of Planet of the Apes and Peregrine Labs about their cool Nuke production plugins.
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the rc #95: UnderBelly, Jobs, ET, & learning to blow stuff up
The guys discuss the weeks news and look at NZ UnderBelly series in the Red Room
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fxpodcast: Final Destination 5
We discuss the bridge collapse sequence in Final Destination 5, with vfx by Prime Focus. Recorded in Vancouver, we talk first with VFX supervisor Chad Wiebe and then CG supervisor Todd Perry.
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the vfx show #130: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Mike Seymour, Mark Christiansen and Matt Wallin discuss what they liked and disliked about the visual effects and story around the latest Planet of the Apes Film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
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fxguidetv #117: Cinesync, Shotgun, & Thinkbox
We round out our Siggraph coverage with interviews talking to Cinesync, Shotgun, and Thinkbox.
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fxpodcast: Rise of the Planet of the Apes – The eyes have It
Dan Lemmon, vfx supervisor (WETA Digital) discusses their brilliant animation work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
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fxguidetv #116: Adobe, Alembic and OpenColorIO
From Siggraph 2011 in Vancouver we get a technology preview from Adobe and cover two major open source initiatives, Alembic and OpenColorIO
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fxpodcast: SIGGRAPH 2011 roundtable
Ian Failes, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour cover SIGGRAPH 2011. Plus, interviews covering Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, and the upcoming release of Houdini 12.
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the vfx show #129: Cowboys and Aliens
Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Ian Failes meet face-to-face at the SIGGRAPH 2011 conference in Vancouver. The guys recorded a LIVE episode of the vfx show to discuss the visual effects of Jon Favreau’s latest film, Cowboys and Aliens and what they loved at SIGGRAPH this year.
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fxpodcast: Ken Perlin Beyond the Noise
In this show we speak to NYU professor Ken Perlin, Oscar winner, researcher and educator about his development of Perlin Noise and about his work today in computer user interactions.
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fxguidetv #115: Flame/Smoke 2012×1 Exclusive Preview
We travel to Montreal to get an exclusive look at the new features in the upcoming releases of Flame and Smoke 2012 Ext 1.
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fxpodcast: The Art of Grading Harry Potter – Peter Doyle
Mike Seymour has a frank discussion with Peter Doyle, Senior Supervising Colorist, about Harry Potter 7: Part 2. Mike had spoken to Peter in 2009 about his work on the Potter series, and it was one of our most popular fxpodcasts. This time Peter explains how he creatively created key looks.
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fxguidetv #114: Nuke 6.3
A tour of the new features in Nuke 6.3 with Jon Wadelton, Nuke Product Manager for The Foundry. We’ll look at Particles, the Planar Tracker, new Denoise, improved Warpers, Deep Compositing tools and more.
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the vfx show #128: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mike Seymour, Ian Failes and Mat Graham discuss the story and visual effects of the final film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
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