Interview: Lead Compositor @ Ubisoft, Charles Granger
Ubisoft was established in 1986 by 5 brothers, the Guillemot’s brothers. At first, the company was specializing in the distribution of games and educational software. In 1992, Ubisoft expanded its activities and started producing its own products. Today, the company has 15 studios of development throughout the world.
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Interview: Albedo's VFX Producer Maile Daugherty
Gone are the days when visual effects artists, supervisors and producers say they work in “post production”. As The Tattooist proved to us once more, the VFX contribution to a film can start as early as when the project is still in development. VFX an essential for The Tattooist.
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Interview: Blur's Sebastien 'Zeb' Chort
Blur’s acclaimed short, Gentlemen’s Dual, was considered for an Academy Award nomination. Composited solely in Fusion, this project was produced by Blur to have fun without the constraints of client needs and directions. Take a look at this in-depth interview to see how Blur used Fusion’s scripting capabilities to stream-line the production of Gentlemen’s Duel.
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Interview: eyeon interviews Bug's Theodor Groeneboom
With spots that are both intensely funny and extremely practical, Bug, from Norway, is quickly becoming a powerhouse with their work in the broadcast market. Find out what they have been up to and why they use Fusion, especially when they have a 'tough job' to do.
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Interview: eyeon interviews Dave School's Jeff Scheetz.
"The DAVE School was set up in June of 2000 with the specific goal of teaching the incredible ideas, techniques, and creative approaches that you could only learn working at a studio", says Jeff Scheetz at The DAVE School. See what sets this Universal Studio-based education facility apart and why they made the change to Fusion.
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Interview: Frantic Films Work on Superman.
The calibre of work coming out of this international Fusion house continues to amaze. It's no surprise that they are considered by many to be a major player in the visual effects community. Also read how Frantic's RnD department developed their Crystal Management Software.
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Interview: Digital Dimension's work on Talladega Nights.
Digital Dimension continues to help set the pace for seamlessly believable VFX as the lead visual effects studio on the new NASCAR-themed motion picture “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” eyeon sits down with Benoit Girard and Erik Bruhwiler to see how Fusion helped out with this latest project.
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Interview: Joe Raasch speaks about CORE Digital and Seneca College
Fusion compositor at C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures and program coordinator at Seneca College, Joe Raasch is responsible for training many Fusion artists. With a focus on the development of compositing skills and a complete program, Seneca grads get hired. Listen to Joe talk about the future of compositing and specifically why Seneca chose Fusion.
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Interview: Rainmaker's work on the movie Garfield
eyeon takes a look at the skill of Rainmaker artists and their talent for working with animals. On one of their latest films, Garfield, Rainmaker show how using Fusion made it possible to make 10 different animals speak. With work like this, it is no reason why Rainmaker is a leading Canadian visual effects house.
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Interview: Origami Digital's Oliver Hotz's work on various Gatorade ads
eyeon speaks with Oliver Hotz of Origami Digital and gets the inside scoop on how they completed the shots for Gatorades newest advertising campaign. Check inside for answers, shots and other information on both the project and the artists behind it.
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Interview: Rainmaker's extraordinary work on Da Vinci Code
Opening as one of the most anticipated movies of all time, Da Vinci Code has it all, action, suspense and a complete digital recreation of the Saint Sulpice Church in France. eyeon catches up with Rainmaker's VFX Supervisor, Mark Breakspear and Matthew Krentz who was the Lead Compositor on the film to tell us how they completed the largest VFX sequence in the movie.
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Interview: Digital Dimension's Charles Granger
eyeon talks to Charles Granger, Lead Compositor of Digital Dimension Montreal, about their award-winning special effects work on ABC's hit television series, Lost. Find out how this VFX power house used Fusion's Camera Shake and Particle Suite to rip a plane in half and create chaos in mid-air. Read more.
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Interview: Flash Film Works' Dan Novy
eyeon got the chance to catch up with Dan Novy of Flash Film Works based in Hollywood, California. Flash Film Works has worked on such pictures as: The Last Samurai, Deep Blue Sea, Red Planet, White Chicks, Dark Water. Join Dan as he describes how Fusion 5 is integral to their compositing and visual effects pipeline. Click here. to watch this interview.
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Interview: 12Forward's Terry Wester
eyeon sits down with Terry Wester of 12Forward in Dallas, Texas, in an interview that reveals just how forward this owner and operator can be. Describing himself as a 'Fusion fanatic', Terry shares his philosophy on being a small-business owner, and how Fusion has been an integral part of his post-production pipeline. Read more.
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Video Interview: CafeFX's David Ebner
Join David Ebner, one of the Co-Owners of CafeFX, located in Santa Monica, California. In this interview, David comments on how instrumental Fusion has been in producing many box office hits. "We just finished over 600 digital effects shots for Robert Rodriguez's Sin City...we've had a lot of success with Fusion over the years." Click Here to watch this interview.
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Video Interview: CafeFX's Jeff Goldman
Join Jeff Goldman, Visual Effects Supervisor of CafeFX. "The Fusion particle method saved on resources tremendously. It’s very artist friendly. If we needed to run a custom type of rain, we could quickly load up the flow, adjust a couple of parameters and render it out again." To find out why CafeFX had over 600 shots run through Fusion,
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Video Interview: Custom Film Effects' Mark Dornfeld
Join Mark Dornfield, Owner and Visual Effects Director, of Custom Film Effects. In its six years of operation, CFE has established itself as a well-respected post production, visual effects and title house creating work for every major studio and enjoying repeat business from satisfied customers that is growing exponentially.
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Video Interview: Eden FX's Eddie Robison
Join Emmy nominated Visual Effects Artist, Eddie Robison as he discusses Fusion's flexibility in a professional post environment.
Eddie's tenure at Eden FX has tested his understanding of Fusion and the compositing process itself, altering the way he works to
include more Fusion compositing then ever before.
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Video Interview: Visual FX Supervisor Boyd Shermis
Boyd Shermis is a leading Visual FX Supervisor, boasting credit on such films as Speed, Swordfish and Gone in 60 Seconds. The
demands of a VFX Supervisor are great and an intimate knowledge of the available tools and processes are essential to the successful
completion of individual shots, and the film itself. Watch Boyd breakdown the benefits of knowing the tools, and utilizing Fusion.
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Video Interview: The Syndicate's Dave Lombardi
The Syndicate is the commercial post/design arm of the ComputerCafe Group and uses superior design abilities, 3D art and shot composition
to garner credits on leading commercials and the hottest music videos. Join The Syndicates Effects Supervisor, Dave Lombardi as he
discusses the benefits of Fusion to a commercial post shop like The Syndiacate including taking advantage of Fusion in a client session.
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Video Interview: Frantic Film's Chris Bond
Chris Bond is the President of Frantic Films, known for their recent work on Films like Paycheck, X2 and Scooby Doo 2. Chris had
long know the advantages of the desktop compositing process to shot composition, and Fusion has always been his tool of
choice. Join Chris as he discusses the advantages of a Fusion compositing pipeline.
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Video Interview: Digital Dimension's Leandro Visconti
Digital Dimension is a leading film FX facility who is well known for their recent work on such films as The Last Samurai, Scooby Doo
Two and the soon to be released Blade 3. eyeon sat down with Leandro Visconti, a Compositing Supervisor at Digital Dimension as he outlined
some of the unique particle effects completed for the recent release of Scooby Doo 2.
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Interview: Charlex's Bryan Godwin
Bryan Godwin is the founder of the 3D department at Charlex, the New York City based commercial post facility well known for its decades
of premier brand-building. Charlex, with the help of Bryan have brought Fusion in to round out their pipeline, offering new options and
efficiency to their artists and their clients.
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Video Interview: Digital Dimension's Benoit Girard
Digital Dimension is a leading film FX facility who is well known for their recent work on such films as The Last Samurai, Scooby Doo Two and the soon to
be released Blade 3. Benoit Girard, President and Founder of Digital Dimension sat down with eyeon to discuss the benefits of highly integrating Digital
Fusion into their production pipeline.
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Video Interview: Blur's Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson is one of Blur’s premier Fusion artists, taking advantage of the 2D process to truly make his 3D art complete. Sit down with Dave and listen to
some of the benefits of integrating Fusion into a full production pipeline.
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Video Interview: Blur's Tim Miller
Tim Miller is Blur’s Creative Director, and also a long time DF advocate. The Blur army of DF artists have been utilizing DF’s extreme capabilities to quickly
and efficiently tweak their CG and compose their shots to help exceed their client’s expectations. Take a look at Tim’s commentary in regards to how DF
defines Blur’s pipeline.
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Interview: Odeon Film Studio's Nicolas Valencia
Nicolas Valencia is a 3D/FX director and an animator at Odeon Film Studios in Warsaw, Poland. Nicolas was kind enough to speak with eyeon about a
recent animation test and the integration of Fusion into OFS.
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Interview: Gregory 'T-Rex' Glezakos
Gregory Gelzakos is a very active member of the Fusion community and has recently completed work on a new commercial for Siemens, and was
more than happy to sit down with eyeon to share the finer points of this project.
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