VFX Artifacts
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTools, equipment, software and more that have shaped VFX history. Interviews with the developers and users by Ian Failes from befores & afters.
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Special note: You can now listen to all these podcasts at the befores & afters podcast
July 30, 2022 05:57 - 1 minute - 944 KBHi listeners, I've consolidated some of my podcasts (VFX Futures, VFX Firsts and VFX Artifacts) under the one name: "befores & afters podcast". Please search for that new podcast, where you'll also be able to find every single past VFX Artifacts podcast. Thanks so much, Ian
Paul Debevec on Light Stage 3
May 02, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBIan Failes from befores & afters and Paul Debevec, Director of Research, Creative Algorithms and Technology at Netflix and also an Adjunct Research Professor, USC Computer Science & USC ICT, discuss Light Stage 3 and its role in many Hollywood productions.
How the 'Harry Potter' miniature Hogwarts Castle was made
March 01, 2022 02:08 - 28 minutes - 20 MBIan Failes from befores & afters chats to model supervisor Robbie Scott from 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', to look back at the creation of the Hogwarts Castle miniature from the first film.
Shane Mahan on the practical Dilophosaurus in 'Jurassic Park'
December 08, 2021 04:57 - 37 minutes - 26.8 MBLooking back at the work of Stan Winston Studio for 'Jurassic Park', Legacy Effects co-founder Shane Mahan reflects on his work for the practical Dilophosaurus 'Spitter' dino in the film.
Phil Tippett on RoboCop's ED-209
October 13, 2021 02:33 - 14 minutes - 9.05 MBIn this episode of VFX Artifacts, Phil Tippett discusses the stop-motion character work for ED-209 in 'RoboCop'.
The alpha channel and Alvy Ray Smith
August 16, 2021 06:58 - 45 minutes - 24.8 MBComputer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith and befores & afters' Ian Failes discuss the invention of the alpha channel.
Elastic Reality
July 29, 2021 00:12 - 46 minutes - 25.7 MBIan Failes from befores & afters chats to software developer Paul Miller about the making of Elastic Reality, one of the 'hot' pieces of VFX software from the 1990s.
The Bullet Time rig from The Matrix
July 15, 2021 05:28 - 54 minutes - 31.2 MBIan Failes from befores & afters talks to Frank Gallego, who at Innovation Arts worked with his team, Manex Visual Effects and others to help design and manufacture the 121-camera bullet time rig used for 'The Matrix'.
The Dinosaur Input Device
June 23, 2021 05:15 - 37 minutes - 24.5 MBCraig Hayes, one of the original developers of the Dinosaur Input Device (DID), tells Ian Failes from befores & afters how it came about on Jurassic Park.