Ep 249: Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

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Luis Miranda is here to tell us what it was like working for Networks, the Denver Broncos, and how he jumped off into freelance. We also chat about the new 30-series Nvidia cards and VR.

Links

Luis Miranda
FBX and Mixamo Data // Cinema4D to Unreal Engine
FBX and Mixamo Data // Cinema4D to Unreal Engine // PREVIEW
Painting Practice on being the bridge between traditional and digital art departments for high-profile TV and films.
Antibody’s Patrick Clair on the making of the titles for HBO’s Westworld season 3, including visuals generated by an AI neural network.

Ep 248: Tom Coben

Tom Coben

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Tom Coben joins us to talk about his many daily animations that have gone viral.

Links

Cobendioxide.com
Frozen 2 - Houdini FX

Ep 247: Brandon Clements

Brandon Clements

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Brandon Clements is here for our yearly recap of Siggraph.

Mograph Special // Many Hues of Mograph II

Ep 246: Willie and Jill Russell

Willie and Jill Russell (Advntr)

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Designer and animator couple Willie and Jill Russell (Advntr.co) join us for a fun look at their symbiotic, mograph relationship. Dave also shows us his new studio office he designed in Cinema4D.

Links

Advntr.co
Nature Will Prevail
Real-time tracking in Blender
Quick tutorial showing how you can turn a single png photo into a 3d model!!

Ep 245: Blake Kathryn

Blake Kathryn

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We kick it with Blake Kathryn and talk about her amazing style, use of color palettes, and inspiration. We also talk gaming computers, ACES, and yes even a Beeple’s People!

Links

Blake’s Instagram
Blake’s 360s/short films
Blake’s process streams
Blake’s mobile game
3DMotionshow.com
LEO builds into the CONSOLE KILLER PC case - SilverStone RVZ03 ARGB Raven!
ACES linear workflow using OCIO in After Effects
Cinema4D Mobile
Introducing Kits 4.0 | Unreal, Unity & Houdini Native Files
Virtual Production: Exactly Where to Start

Mograph Special // Sarofsky's FITC Titles Revealed

Ep 244: Nick Denboer aka Smearballs

Nick Denboer aka Smearballs

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Nick Denboer aka Smearballs is here to tell us how he managed to create the “Pomegranate” music video for Deadmau5 in such a short amount of time.

Links

Pomegranate Official Music Video
Smearballs.com/
Brigade - Daylight System Test
CAN ROLL C4D XPRESSO RIG (Graham Bucknell)
Cascadeur
Realtime rendering in Cinema 4D without plugins or external render engines
OSC/PILOT Demo

Ep 243: Rolando Barry

Rolando Barry

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Rolando Barry, aka Honear joins us to talk about his dailies, cinematography, and roaming the world as a photographer. We also recap Maxon’s Siggraph presentations and discuss their announcement of Neutron.

Links

Nuke Indie
Half a Mllion to Learn UE4 Virtual Production
I Won an EPIC MEGA GRANT!
Veritasium
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - opening credits recreation

Ep 242: Jonathan Winbush

Jonathan Winbush

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Whatup! Whatup! Jonathan Winbush joins us to talk about his interesting career path and of course Unreal Engine. We also talk Black Magic cameras, Octane X, Embergen, and Siggraph 2020.

Links

SCULPTRON ALPHA2
Star Wars Unreal Quixel
Winbush on Youtube
Unreal Engine for Next-Gen Games | Unreal Fest Online 2020

Ep 241: The French Monkey

The French Monkey

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We finally get to sit down with Renaissance man, The French Monkey. We talk photography, #Cinema4D, #dailies, music production, music videos, plugins, and everything else he somehow has time to create.

Links

The French Monkey
Matt and Dave play Halo
New Live Link Face iOS app now available for real-time facial capture with Unreal Engine
Dave’s UE4 iPhone Face Tracking Test
Studio Binder
Aharon Rabinowitz as Moe

Ep 240: David Ariew

David Ariew

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David Ariew is here and it’s just like old times. Octane, Deadmau5, and silly antics as usual.

Links

B.O.T. Teaser
Nvidia adds Windows 10 2004 GPU scheduling to GeForce drivers
Deadmau5 & The Neptunes - Pomegranate (Official Music Video)
Coat of Arms, Rough Cut
Playing basket in Virtual Production
Styleframes from motion graphics legend Zaoeyo
Environment Creation using Octane and Cinema 4D
Creating Rivers Using Octane and Cinema 4D
Modeling Sci-Fi Retro Electronics with Substance Designer - Part 1/6
Retro Computer Desk
Memories of Australia
EVANGELION 超•現實
Amazon Original Opener
Explorations ~ Amazon Original
Digital Timelapse - Peony
PYRAMID
EXCISION by David Ariew

Ep 239: Phil Roberts

Phil Roberts

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Phil Roberts joins us for a laid-back, unscripted episode. We find out about what he’s been up to, talk about TikTok, come up with fake segues, and shout old Simpson’s quotes into the mic.

Links

RaidZer0 Instagram
MoFractal
The French Monkey - Parlez-Moi Pas
Jessica Herrera @ SIGGRAPH 2019 | Maxon Cinema 4D
xpExplosiaFX - Sneak Peek
PIFuHD
Midas How-To: Install a Car Seat

Ep 238: Teddy Gage

Teddy Gage

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Teddy Gage is here to geek out with us on video, 3D, virtual production, and reminisce about the good ol’ days of VHS and Napster. Such a fun show!

Links

XpFlowField - Sneak Peek
Alternatino with Arturo Castro VFX Sizzle Reel
Adventure Hike
Making shows with puppet animation technology
Rolie Polie Guacamole "Avocado"
AnyList
the making of: Dog of Wisdom
Why Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality

Ep 237: Jesper Säther

Jesper Säther

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Jesper Säther joins us to talk about his work for Brickland and his winning XP Challenge entry. We chat about what it’s like to work in Sweden and the challenges of working remote for a studio in a pandemic.

Links

Brickland.se
Polestar
Bomper Studio Contest
Winbush MOBOX Interview
Paintable
Commercial Hackintosh
J. Balvin - Azul (Official Animated Video)

Mograph Special // Many Hues of Mograph

A Panel On Equality & Fairness In The Industry. Hosted by Mathias Omotola featuring Handel Eugene, Andre Ottley, Sekani Solomon, & Jonathan Winbush.

Ep 236: Eric Demeusy

Eric Demeusy

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Eric Demeusy, of Stranger Things Logo fame, joins us to talk about his new indie film called Proximity as well as his process in VFX and title creation.

Links

Eric Demeusy
Current status of the macOS Metal port of Redshift

Ep 235: Gavin Shapiro & Chris Vranos

Gavin Shapiro & Chris Vranos

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Gavin Shapiro & Chris Vranos join us to talk about looping animations, behind the scenes of Lockdown, and a bunch of other geeky stuff. We also talk about David Brodeur’s Deepfake and Liam Clisham’s new tutorial.

Links

Gavin’s Website
Lockdown
David Brodeur’s Animated Deepfake
Redshift Quick Tip: Create a Texture Transform Tool
How To Make Basic DeepFakes with Easy Steps - Simple DeepFakes Tutorial

Ep 234: Travis Ragsdale

Travis Ragsdale

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Our fellow Dallas friend Travis Ragsdale is here to talk about his awesome work including his unique and colorful Instagram animations. We also talk Reels, Nvidia Studio Drivers, and finally figure out what the best render engine is.

Links

The Best Render Engine
Travisragsdale.com
PREMIERE PRO Is Now 3x FASTER - NVENC Hardware Encoding
What's it Like Outside Again? The Game! Alpine Lake by Teddy Gage
MegaScans in Unreal
Houdini Mark’s 2020 Reel
Gavin Whelan CG/VFX Reel 2020

Ep 233: Lorcan O’Shanahan

Lorcan O’Shanahan

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Lorcan O’Shanahan is live from Tokyo where he recently moved for a new job. We hear about what it’s like to pick up and move so far, what it’s like to work there, and what it’s like adjusting to the culture… especially during a pandemic. We also talk about Unreal 5, Octane X Beta, and mograph community.

Links

Unreal Engine 5 Feature Highlights
So, looking at the UE5 demo, some thoughts...
Graphics Professional Reacts to Unreal Engine 5 Playstation 5
Mograph Artist take on UNREAL ENGINE 5
Octane X Beta
Huge destruction Sim With Houdini / Clarisse / Nuke
László Ede - VDB Lanscapes
Katy Perry - Daisies
Richard Feynman