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fxguide: fxpodcast

Mike Seymour, John Montgomery

fxguide covers the visual effects industry and software from a high-end professional vfx artists’ perspective.

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Yesterday · 47 min
fxpodcast: Wētā FX brings the ocean, lava and islands of Moana to life
The ocean has comic timing. The volcano has a temper. Wētā FX has some explaining to do on our latest fxpodcast.
October 26 · 56 min
Project Hail Mary: FPS giving Greig Fraser the controls
A detailed deep dive with Framestore Pre-production Services on putting virtual cameras, lighting and live composites into the cinematographer’s hands for Project Hail Mary.
October 8 · 50 min
DNEG on making cartoon logic work in Coyote vs. Acme
Alexander Seaman, VFX Sup and Keith Roberts, Animation Director discuss Coyote vs. Acme: the physics are optional, but the falling piano is non-refundable.
August 31 · 40 min
Crafty Apes CEO Alana Newell
From compositor to CEO: Alana Newell on the future of Crafty Apes.
August 24 · 29 min
Nikola Todorovic on Autodesk Flow Studio’s new 3D Editor + Canvas
Go with the Flow—AI filmmaking just got directable, with a system that combines interactive 3D scene construction with the visual power of generative 2D video models.
August 3 · 49 min
Vecna, Demogorgons and Young Will: Inside the VFX of Stranger Things S5
VFX Supervisor Betsy Paterson breaks down Stranger Things season 5. The best visual effects don’t replace reality, they convince reality to play along.
July 13 · 27 min
Jamie Hearing on how Clear Angle is scanning the future of VFX
From LiDAR to Gaussian splats, Clear Angle is capturing the real world so the best VFX teams, in the world, can rebuild it: one scan, one face and one lava field at a time.
July 7 · 30 min
The VFX power of lens metadata
Cooke’s Jordan Thistlewood joins us to explain why lens /i Tech may be the missing link between what was shot on set and what VFX needs to finish the shot, and we should now be demanding it.
June 25 · 43 min
John Knoll and the handmade Star Wars of The Mandalorian and Grogu
Our latest fxpodcast with ILM's John Knoll on miniatures in a tiny LED cube, the Star Wars style, and why the practical and the digital still need each other.
June 22 · 1 hr 5 min
Geriatric parkour: ILM’s creature work for The Boroughs
From brain-sucking horror to heartbreaking empathy, for this fxpodcast we go inside the creature work of The Boroughs with VFX Supervisor Tara DiMarco and ILM’s Steve Ellis.
June 16 · 42 min
Man on Fire: Kevin Lingenfelser on collapse, chaos and invisible VFX
We talk with Man on Fire VFX Supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser about the explosive building collapse, chaotic rubble aftermath, and high-octane Learjet sequence.
June 1 · 28 min
Union VFX on production-ready Gaussian splat crowds
Union VFX and Clear Angle are turning Gaussian splats from a tech demo into a crowd-pleasing production pipeline. Literally. We speak with David Schneider, VFX and Technical Supervisor at Union, in this fxpodcast episode.
May 28 · 1 hr 1 min
Paul Debevec: a history of lighting the future of VFX
We talk with Academy Technical Achievement Award recipient Paul Debevec about HDR image-based lighting, Fiat Lux, virtual production, NeRFs, 3DGS, machine learning, and why now is a great time to do research.
May 28 · 1 hr 1 min
Paul Debevec: a history of lighting the future of VFX
We talk with Academy Technical Achievement Award recipient Paul Debevec about HDR image-based lighting, Fiat Lux, virtual production, NeRFs, 3DGS, machine learning, and why now is a great time to do research.
May 6 · 24 min
ComfyUI with co-founder Yannik Marek (ComfyAnonymous)
From hacky Stable Diffusion experiments to production-ready pipelines, ComfyUI is shaping how AI fits into VFX.
May 6 · 24 min
ComfyUI with co-founder Yannik Marek (ComfyAnonymous)
From hacky Stable Diffusion experiments to production-ready pipelines, ComfyUI is shaping how AI fits into VFX.
April 30 · 27 min
Jordan Nounnan – Visualization Supervisor on Stranger Things S5
Find out how Stranger Things season five deployed previs and real-time storytelling using Unreal Engine & splats, from Proof's VFX Supervisor Jordan Nounnan.
April 30 · 27 min
Jordan Nounnan – Visualization Supervisor on Stranger Things S5
Find out how Stranger Things season five deployed previs and real-time storytelling using Unreal Engine & splats, from Proof's VFX Supervisor Jordan Nounnan.
March 17 · 57 min
fxpodcast: going underground with Hijack
In our latest fxpodcast, DOP Ed Moore breaks down the massive stage builds, clever virtual production, and the 2,000+ VFX shots that keep the world’s unluckiest commuter racing in another high-stakes season.
March 17 · 57 min
fxpodcast: going underground with Hijack
In our latest fxpodcast, DOP Ed Moore breaks down the massive stage builds, clever virtual production, and the 2,000+ VFX shots that keep the world’s unluckiest commuter racing in another high-stakes season.

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