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Join us for a vibrant chat with colorist veteran, Warren Eagles. Broadcasting from a nice diner in Burbank, California, we get into the nitty-gritty of color grading and its evolution from film to digital. Warren paints a picture of his career progression, highlighting his move from London to Australia, how he  got started with his role as an online professor at FXPHD. Grab a good cup of coffee (or tea), sit back, and enjoy this insightful conversation with one of the industry's finest! Links:Warren's FXPHD CoursesGuest Links:IG - https://www.instagram.com/warreneagles/iColorist / ICA - https://icolorist.com/Website - https://www.warreneagles.com.auLike the show? Leave a review! This episode is brought to you by PixelTools, Modern Color Grading Tools for Professional ColoristsFollow Us on Social: Instagram @colorandcoffeepodcast YouTube @ColorandCoffee Produced by Bowdacious Media LLC

This week's guest is co-founder of FXGuide, arguably the first and foremost podcast and blog in our field. He also co-founded FXPhd which was my route into the industry so this was a massive honor for me.We dive deep into Neural Rendering (which Mike has been involved with since 1999) machine learning and practical applications within visual effects and filmmaking.We then discuss the ethics of machine learning  and art, why there won't "a metaverse" and some of the most likely applications of AR and VR.This raises some general points about the application of new technology which it would be well of us to heed.Sometimes you want to see the artists work as they talk. You can watch all our episodes on our YouTube channel. Subscribe & Watch all episodes on our YouTube Channel Visit our website Thank you for your support! We appreciate you!

 This week we catch up with a rising star in the industry, Rishabh Laheja, a Junior Digital Compositor at MPC. Realizing that a career in IT was not for him. Rishabh began studying nights and eventually putting together a compositing showreel with the help of working industry teachers and mentors he reached out to via Linkedin.Launching his new career exactly in the middle of the Covid lockdowns. Rishabh won a remote role at MPC Bangalore and has already worked as a compositor on huge shows such as Prehistoric Planet and HBO's House of Dragons.As he says in the opening, "It's a rollercoaster ride, you may want to buckle up!"As always, if you liked this episode, please

Eran Dinur is VFX Supervisor, Composer and published author. His career in visual effects began with a fascination for creating 3D natural scenery. Through his early years, he became well known as a VUE expert and innovator. When he joined ILM Singapore, he created visual effects for films such as Iron Man, Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Terminator Salvation. After moving to New York, Eran worked at Framestore on Salt and Clash of the Titans. He joined Brainstorm Digital and became a VFX Supervisor in 2011. In this capacity, Eran won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Effects for Boardwalk Empire and two VES Awards for Outstanding Compositing and Outstanding Modeling (for Boardwalk Empire as well). Eran has been leading Brainstorm Digital on numerous films and tv projects, including The Wolf of Wall Street, The Greatest Showman, The Lost City of Z, Hereditary, Boy Erased and many more. In April 2017, Eran published The Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Effects, a practical guide to VFX for directors, producers, editors, cinematographers and other film professionals, as well as film students. He has also been teaching at the School of Visual Arts and online courses at FXPhD. In this Podcast, Eran talks about his latest book The Complete Guide to Photorealism and the topic of photorealism in VFX and other artforms. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/330/.  

So you don't think Alex and Trevor have all the answers???? Boy are you....right! In this episode, the intrepid duo share their favorite flimmaking learnin' sites, from editing, to VFX, to lighting, if you want to dive deeper into any aspect of filmmaking, Alex and Trevor will tell you their favorite sites to do so. Plus, what awesome new filmmaking gadgets were revealed at CES this year? In this episode, we discuss: Masterclass (https://www.masterclass.com)MZed (https://www.mzed.com/)Shane's Inner Circle (https://ic.hurlbutvisuals.com/join-the-inner-circle/)Mixing Light (https://mixinglight.com/)Color Grading Central (https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/)Cinema Sound (https://www.cinemasound.com/)Good In A Room (https://goodinaroom.com/)Hollywood Camera Work (https://www.hollywoodcamerawork.com/)Film Editing Pro (https://www.filmeditingpro.com/)Allan McKay (https://www.allanmckay.com/)Video Copilot (https://www.videocopilot.net)Gnomon (https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/)FXPHD (https://www.fxphd.com/)Stan Winston School (https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/)Film Specific (https://filmspecific.com/)Kodak Cinematography Courses (https://www.amazon.com/Kodak-Cinematography-Lighting-Comparative-McAlphine/dp/B00CLX0PYU - Free with Amazon Prime)   WHAT'S COOL Lexar 1 TB SD card (https://nofilmschool.com/1TB-SD-Card-Lexar)Sharp 8K video camera (https://nofilmschool.com/Sharp-8K-Video-Camera)Nvidia Max-Q Laptops (https://nofilmschool.com/Nvidia-Video-Editing-Laptops)Al Pacino Hunting Nazis in Jordan Peele's 'The Hunt' (https://www.slashfilm.com/the-hunt/)DJI Smart Controller (https://www.cinema5d.com/dji-smart-controller-built-ultra-bright-hd-screen-announced/)Sandisk 4TB Flash Drive (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/8/18174334/sandisk-prototype-4tb-flash-drive-largest-ever-ces-2019)     Talk to us! Join Fearless Filmmakers, a community of independent filmmakers taking the industry by the horns: https://www.fearlessfilmmakers.com     P.S. Don't forget to subscribe to our show on iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, or iHeartRadio  

Eran Dinur is VFX Supervisor, Composer and published author. His career in visual effects began with a fascination for creating 3D natural scenery. Through his early years, he became well known as a VUE expert and innovator. When he joined ILM Singapore, he created visual effects for films such as Iron Man, Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Terminator Salvation. After moving to New York, Eran worked at Framestore on Salt and Clash of the Titans. He joined Brainstorm Digital and became a VFX Supervisor in 2011. In this capacity, Eran won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Effects for Boardwalk Empire and two VES Awards for Outstanding Compositing and Outstanding Modeling (for Boardwalk Empire as well). Eran has been leading Brainstorm Digital on numerous films and tv projects, including The Wolf of Wall Street, The Greatest Showman, The Lost City of Z, Sons of Liberty, Hereditary, Boy Erased, and many more. In April 2017, Eran published The Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Effects, a practical guide to VFX for directors, producers, editors, cinematographers and other film professionals, as well as film students. He has also been teaching at the School of Visual Arts and online courses at FXPhD. In this Podcast, Eran talks about transitioning into his second career as a VFX Artist and Sup, the value of having a generalist's skills, great communication skills -- and the importance of constant learning. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/172/.   

Andy Needham is a freelance motion designer, editor, and compositor. He is also a Lynda trainer for 3D, motion, compositing, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Nuke, Illustrator, X-Particles & Octane. His clients include Google, Sony Ericsson, X Factor USA, and Coldplay.   Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd   00.40 - Andy introduces himself 01.00 - He has been making C4D training for Lynda.com since 2013 03.00 - Andy is intending to take the C4D training a step deeper for Lynda.com, in the areas of Mograph and VFX 05.00 - OctaneRender for Cinema 4D Essential Training on Lynda 05.30 - Discussion of the accessibility of GPU rendering, as made possible by Otoy’s subscription model. 06.00 - Michael Rigley courses on Learnsquared: Workflow and Animation. He uses eGPUs, because he’s a Mac guy 06.35 - egpu.io 08.00 - How Otoy were forced to up their game by the likes of Redshift 09.00 - If you want to work in 3d, it’s a good idea to have at least a basic understanding of all the major render engines: Octane, Redshift, Arnold etc. 11.30 - Discussion of the importance of finding quality sources of 3d training, eg: Lynda, Pluralsight, Helloluxx, Eyedesyn, Brograph, FXPHD, John Dickinson 13.00 - Tim Clapham’s approach to training. 16.00 - The difficulty of balancing work and family life 19.10 - Ditto for creative passion and professional life, and the boon of having a supportive family. 20.42 - How beta-testing can help accelerate your learning 21.55 - About Mocha, roto and tracking 25.00 - Using garbage mattes to help the tracking process 26.50 - How Andy freelances on top of producing training, and being a family man 29.00 - Why Andy chose to go freelance, and his advice to people just starting out in their careers 33.00 - Using Slack channels such as Brograph and ProVideoPodcast both to promote yourself and  to reach out to other freelancers, as Andy does when offered more work than he can do.   37.57 - Pro Video Picks Software/Tech: Notion 42.00 - Following Monday Meeting on Brograph Slack 43.35 - Inspiration and Influence Book: Design For Motion 45.50 - Inspirational Video C4D Live 44.27 - Follow Andy Online: web Instagram X-particles challenge   46.36 - Who should be on the show? Marc Knapton   Pro Video Podcast Online: Blair Walker - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Slack Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group Pro Video Podcast - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Website

Ben Buchanan and Matt Lloyd. Pivoting Careers, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Community, Education and more. Both Ben and Matt moved into Motion Design later in their careers. Host Blair Walker discusses the challenges and rewards of doing so. They share how they have done so to become successful freelancers.   Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd 01.00 - Ben and Matt introduce themselves 03.30 - Ben has been a TA for School Of Motions Design Bootcamp 05.00 - How Ben reached out to Rich Nosworthy for tips on what to learn 06.50 - How Ben’s brother’s connection to Matt Von Trott eventually landed him a meeting with Jonny Kofoed of Assembly 08.25 - Matt’s biggest mistake early on: not understanding the importance of connecting with people when building a career 09.20 - Motion designers seem to be “falling over themselves” to help each other. See Matt’s blog about this. 12.00 - How doing tutorials can boost your confidence in the early stage of learning motion design 14.00 - FXPHD students’ reels tended to stand out because of the emphasis there on creating your their work using techniques they’d learned. 17.00 - How Matt started out learning C4D: Vertex Pusher Hrvoje Srdelic 22.35 - How passion for animation is palpable to people doing the hiring 24.00 - School Of Motions Animation Bootcamp course 27.00 - Finding the time to work on motion design around having a family 29.10 - Ben’s latest reel 33.00 - Ben and Matt talk about their plans for the future 36.30 - Ben is looking to create something “scalable” for the future, so he doesn’t have to be seeking freelance gigs “at 55”   37.16 - Pro Video Picks: Blender which is undergoing a huge upgrade thanks to the Blender Codequest   For Ben’s picks, see below 39.15- Inspirational Video: Looking Out My Back Door by  Ariel Costa Forms in Nature Anchor Inside Out Cosmos Laundromat Jamie XX Gosh Official Music Video   41.07 - Sources of Inspiration: Vimeo Dribble Mimicry, accents, voices, language   45.06 - Who should we have on the show? Sean Kennedy Mathijs Luijten   43.04 - Follow Lee Online: Ben: Ben.buchanan.io Matt: twitter, inkmotor.com   Pro Video Podcast Online: Blair Walker - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Slack Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group Pro Video Podcast - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Website

Mike Seymour is the VFX Supervisor and Compositor. He is a also Co-Founder of -- as well as a writer and consultant for -- FXGuide, FXPhD and FXPhD Academy, the online resources for the visual effects community and innovators. Mike holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in CGI and Pure Math from the University of Sydney. He is currently doing his PhD on interactive realtime faces in new forms of Human Computer Interfaces. For the Wikihuman Project, he assembled a group of researchers and artists from Epic Games, Cubic Motion, 3Lateral, Loom.ai, Pixar, Tencent -- and many others -- to build a digital version of himself that could be directed and rendered in realtime by the real life Mike. That resulted in the MeetMike project that was presented at SIGGRAPH in 2017. In this Podcast, Mike talks about the challenges of current-day VR -- realtime rendering, the uncanny valley, neurological evolution -- his research in the field and the successful fruition of the MeetMike project, collaborated on by the Wikihuman Project. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/135/.

Mike Seymour of FXGuide and fxphd, shares the history of these highly respected sites. Host Blair Walker also enquiries about virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and deep learning to understand Mikes thoughts. Show Links: FXGuide fxphd Siggraph Real TIme Mike Two Minute Papers Mike Seymour - Facebook Mike Seymour - Twitter Mike Seymour - LinkedIn John Montgomery - Twitter Jeff Heusser - Twitter Jason Wingrove - Twitter Paul Debevec Epic Games BabyX   Pro Video Podcast Online: Blair Walker - Twitter Blair Walker - Instagram Pro Video Podcast - Slack Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Page Pro Video Podcast - Twitter Pro Video Podcast - Website

This episode is sponsored by Colorist Society International and Mixinglight.com. Veteran colorist and ICA instructor Warren Eagles joins me on this episode of the Colorist Podcast. Warren has been coloring for over 26 years. He’s graded a broad spectrum of projects from commercials, drama, and features. He’s best known for his work on Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels, and recently has colored two indie features: Blue World Order and Project Eden: Vol 1. I first came in contact with Warren 10 years ago when he created an FXPHD class for the da Vinci 2K plus. He drew back the curtain to the expensive color grading rooms that were almost impossible to gain access to. Fast forward to today, and Warren is still empowering his students with the knowledge to color through his own endeavor, the International Colorist Academy. Partnering with Kevin Shaw, they created a worldwide training program for colorists, by colorists. On this podcast, we talk about: His start in telecine and how it formed his grading style How daVinci systems have changed over the years Features that are still lacking from color grading systems Doing visual effects work as part of the color grade How color grading panels speed up his work Impressions of the new Blackmagic Mini and Micro Resolve Panels The differences in workflow with commercial, television and feature work Keeping your clients happy and the session flowing Making and keeping solid connections with DPs Why the Colorist Society International is an important part of our community His perspective on the reduced price of grading systems and its effect on the post production industry   Warren Eagles Website Warren Eagles IMDB Twitter  LinkedIn International Colorist Academy   This episode is sponsored by: Colorist Society International For more information on how you can become a member, visit, www.coloristsociety.com. and by: Mixinglight.com Use the coupon code josh10 for 15% off your first quarterly term or josh40 for 15% your first annual term.

While at NAB this year, I decided to interview some of my favorite people in the motion design industry and ask them a few questions. In this second part of the series, I talk with Tim Clapham. An outstanding Cinema 4D artist and teacher, Tim's work was the first time I saw art and design being made with Cinema 4D. Not only that, but he also put up project files and lighting setups for download. He taught me most of what I know of Cinema 4D though his site and training series on FXPHD. I was lucky enough to sit down and talk with him about how he got into 3D and making great motion design. Show Notes HelloLuxx FXPHD MILG Training Tim's Dynamics Training Subscribe to the Greyscalegorilla Podcast