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Tools, 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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    • Jul 30, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Special note: You can now listen to all these podcasts at the befores & afters podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 1:12


    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

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    Paul Debevec on Light Stage 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 60:20


    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.

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    How the 'Harry Potter' miniature Hogwarts Castle was made

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 28:55


    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.

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    Shane Mahan on the practical Dilophosaurus in 'Jurassic Park'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 37:15


    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. 

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    Phil Tippett on RoboCop's ED-209

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 14:20


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

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    The alpha channel and Alvy Ray Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 45:03


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

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    Elastic Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 46:58


    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.

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    The Bullet Time rig from The Matrix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 54:15


    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'.

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    The Dinosaur Input Device

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 37:25


    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.

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