VFX Artifacts

Hi 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

Ian 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.

Ian 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.

Looking 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. 

In this episode of VFX Artifacts, Phil Tippett discusses the stop-motion character work for ED-209 in 'RoboCop'.

Computer graphics pioneer Alvy Ray Smith and befores & afters' Ian Failes discuss the invention of the alpha channel.

Ian 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.

Ian 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'.

Craig 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.