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Listenthe vfx show #24: SIGGRAPH
Alex Lindsay and Mike Seymour discuss the Comouter Graphics Confenrence, SIGGRAPH.
Listenthe vfx show #23: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alex Lindsay and Mike Seymour discuss the visual effects in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
ListenHarry Potter: The Magic of Double Negative
Harry Potter is one of the great publishing stories of our time and the Warner Brothers films have consistently produced Muggles gold. We provide our own Patronus to explain the true wizards behind Privet Lane, giants, and charms, as well as go inside the Ministry this week in our fxpodcast with Double Negative’s Paul Franklin. We also have notes from some other vfx shops involved in the movie.
Listenfxguidetv #004
Interview with Activision’s Steve Pearce and Phillippo Costanzo about 3D in the gaming industry. Photoshop matting techniques is the tip of the week.
Listenthe vfx show #22: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Alex Lindsay and Mike Seymour discuss the visual effects in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
Listenthe vfx show #21: Spiderman 3
Mike Seymour and Kenji Kato discuss the visual effects in Spiderman 3.
ListenSiggraph 2007
Get the inside scoop from Conference Chair Joe Marks on how to get the most out of the Siggraph 2007 conference in San Diego.
Listenfxguidetv #003
A conversation with Ken Ralston and Dennis Muren from the recent VES Festival of Effects. Also, a look at greenscreen footage shot with the new Sony F23 Cine-Alta camera.
ListenFF2 – Part 2 of our story on Fantastic Four
Mike Seymour interviews Jake Morrison, Visual Effects Supervisor for Hydraulx about Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Listenfxguidetv #002
A follow up on the fxguide story about the shrinking deadlines in post and how it impacts vfx artists and houses. The fxphd tip of the week takes a look at vanishing point and 3D integration in Photoshop and After Effects CS3
ListenKiller Schedules: Behind that Variety Story
“Blockbusters Take Toll on f/x Shops” was the headline of a Variety article that has stirred much conversation in the visual effects world. In this week’s fxpodcast we talk to the author of that article, David Cohen from Variety, about the role of vfx and death of post schedules.
ListenWeta Surfers
With Silver Surfer, Weta continues its amazing run of effects projects. The company consistently delivers year in and year out. While they were sharing the work load on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, as is the pattern these days, their current slate of production is nothing short of jaw dropping.
Listenfxguidetv #001: Spider-Man 3
The premiere episode of fxguidetv. Mike Seymour interviews Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Chuck McIlvain about Spider-Man 3 and John Montgomery takes a look at shape layers in After Effects CS3.
ListenA Look at Design with Picture Mill founder William Lebeda
Mike sits down for an indepth discussion on design issues, the role of titles and the nature of film trailer design with Picture Mill founder William Lebeda.
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