zyz studios Paint the Town Yellow
Mike Seymour talks with artists involved with the creation of a yellow pages tv commercial done at xyz studios.
the vfx show #13: Flags of Our Fathers
Alex Lindsay, Ron Brinkmann, Mike Seymour, and Jon Labrie review Flags of Our Fathers.
the vfx show #12: Battlestar Galactica
Alex Lindsay, Ron Brinkmann and Mike Seymour discuss the visual effects in Battlestar Galactica.
Fincher’s all digital feature: Zodiac
Andreas Wacker and Angus Wall discuss techniques developed for the first major motion picture produced without using compressed tape formats or film.
the vfx show #11: Flyboys
Mike Seymour and Jon Labrie discuss the visual effects in Flyboys.
IBC Redux: Red, Blackmagic, Foundry, Gridiron and more
Podcast recapping IBC 2006, including sound bites from Ted Schilowitz and Graeme Natress of RED and Grant Petty of Blackmagic Design.
Double Negative and Flyboys
We speak with Alex Wuttke and Jody Johnson from Double Negative about the 3D and 2D approaches and solutions to the film.
Company 3 – DI Workflow
We speak to Erik Rogers at Company 3 in Los Angeles about their use of DaVinci color correctors for transferring and DI.
the vfx show #10: Snakes On A Plane
Ron Brinkmann, Jon Labrie and Mike Seymour discuss the visual effects in Snakes On A Plane.
MATRIX compositing
We speak with Dan Tatu of CHROME Imaging about their MATRIX compositing product, which provides color grading, compositing, painting, and more
the vfx show #9: World Trade Center
Ron Brinkmann, Jon Labrie and Mike Seymour discuss the visual effects in World Trade Center.
the vfx show #8: Siggraph 2006
Alex Lindsay, Ron Brinkmann and Jon Labrie discuss the events an announcements at Siggraph 2006.
Online vfx training: fxphd
In this week’s podcast we take a look at our sister site fxphd.com, which provides online training for vfx artists.
World Trade Center – Being Faithful
We speak with Pete Bebb, CG Supervisor, and Ryan Cook, Dynamics Supervisor, about Double Negative’s work on the film.
Object tracking : PFtrack
PFTrack, already established as a great 3D tracker, moved to provide a new level of functionality when it provided added object tracking in version 3.0. Now with version 3.5 this is refined even further. With Version 3.5 is due out soon, fxguide sat down with Richard Spöhrer Managing Director of PixelFarm to discuss the product in this week’s podcast.