fxguide podcasts and articles round-up
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In addition to the articles I’ve been posting links to here, fxguide has also been featuring some incredible audio and video podcasts and other in-depth pieces, both from SIGGRAPH and from the latest Hollywood summer releases. Here’s a list of recents that I think are worth checking out.
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The Foundry’s new HIERO – An exclusive look at The Foundry’s new vfx workflow and conform tool.
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 Plugin.
Cinesync, Shotgun, & Thinkbox – We round out our Siggraph coverage with interviews talking to Cinesync, Shotgun, and Thinkbox.
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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Computational photography – Mike Seymour talks to Dr Kari Pulli at NVIDIA about the area of computational photography, what we have learnt from mobile device cameras and what we might expect if DSLRs embrace this new area of cutting edge research.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Killing ‘He who shall not be named’ – Mike Seymour has an in-depth discussion with Greg Butler, visual effects supervisor at MPC London, about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Other highlights
Also, fxguide hosts the podcasts, the rc and the vfxshow, plus there are regular in-depth visual effects articles, like Mike Seymour’s art of digital color story.
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