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  • Open Industry Standards with Jonas Kluger and Arne Palluck

    Open Industry Standards with Jonas Kluger and Arne Palluck

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    In this episode, Bela Beier (Editor-in-Chief, Digital Production Magazine) and Christoph Zapletal (Compositing Artist & Instructor) discuss the benefits of Open Industry Standards, but also the hurdles and processes in establishing these. They are joined by Software Developer Jonas Kluger and Compositing Artist Arne Palluck. They also discuss the E.O.L of Modo, the World VFX Day, FMX 2025 as well as the latest releases of Resolve, Final Cut and Blender. You can reach us at [email protected]

    Segments:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:00:40 The End of Modo

    00:08:16 Why Software should support Open Standards

    00:15:43 Standards of the Past 00:22:17

    Why Artists are reluctant to adopt Open Standards

    00:27:51 Who is actually establishing and maintaining Open Standards

    00:40:35 Why implementing Open Standards takes time

    00:44:53 Interview Jonas Kluger

    01:01:57 Interview Arne Palluck

    01:09:14 World VFX Day and FMX 2025

    01:10:46 Resolve 19.1 and Final Cut Pro 11

    01:15:53 Blender 4.3

    01:17:16 Outro

    Links mentioned in the show:

    Modo End of Life License: https://campaigns.foundry.com/modo-eo...

    Academy Software Foundation: https://www.aswf.io/

    Das Element: https://das-element.com/

    Garlic VFX: https://www.garlicvfx.com/

    World VFX Day: https://worldvfxday.com/

    FMX 2025: https://fmx.de/en/home

  • Jobs and A.I. with Benjamin Wild

    Jobs and A.I. with Benjamin Wild

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    In this episode, Bela Beier (Editor-in-Chief, Digital Production Magazine) and Christoph Zapletal (Compositing Artist & Instructor) tackle the possibilities and challenges that Machine Learning and A.I. are offering to the vfx industry. They are joined by Benjamin Wild, Creative Director at Raumkontakt, to discuss how A.I. affects the work of our clients. In the current affairs segment the discuss Inkscape 1.4, the latest A.I. tools from Adobe MAX, the MX Creative Console from Logitech and the Chris Mayne Job List

    You can reach us at [email protected]

    Segments:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:02:12 Machine Learning vs. generative A.I.

    00:09:56 Why generative A.I. isn't there yet

    00:15:00 How is generative A.I. impacting our jobs?

    00:19:16 The quality divide

    00:24:07 Breaking into the industry in the age of A.I.

    00:29:47 Is the current model of A.I. sustainable?

    00:37:09 Interview Benjamin Wild

    00:45:55 Is A.I. changing our viewing habits?

    00:52:18 Use of A.I. outside of a visual medium

    00:58:41 News Recap and Updates from Adobe MAX

    01:05:23 The MX Creative Console

    01:12:24 The Chris Mayne Job List

    01:16:24 Outro

    Links mentioned in the show:

    The Chris Mayne Job List:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1eR2oAXOuflr8CZeGoz3JTrsgNj3KuefbdXJOmNtjEVM/htmlview#gid=0

    The MX Creative Console:

    https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/buy-mx-creative-console.html

    Comfy UI GitHub:

    https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI

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  • Control Surfaces with Mazze Aderhold

    Control Surfaces with Mazze Aderhold

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    In their very first episode, Bela Beier (Editor-in-Chief, Digital Production Magazine) and Christoph Zapletal (Compositing Artist & Instructor) talk about control surfaces for an artist's workstation. They are joined by Angry Face founder Mazze Aderhold for an in-depth discussion of new and refurbished grading panels and the upgrades you can apply to a panel. They finish the show by discussing the latest news from IBC 2024.

    You can reach us at [email protected]

    Segments:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:01:06 Why Control Surfaces Matter

    00:04:55 Choosing the correct Mouse

    00:09:09 The Space Mouse Wireless

    00:11:02 The Contour Shuttle Express

    00:13:36 The Loupedeck Story

    00:19:37 Gotchas with Control Surfaces and their Software

    00:22:21 The Pros and Cons of small Grading Panels

    00:25:04 The Democratization of Grading

    00:32:00 Introduction Mazze Aderhold

    00:33:01 Recommendations for Generalists

    00:34:58 Keyboard Mapping Software

    00:37:28 Grading Panel Costs

    00:38:26 Control Surfaces on the second Hand Market

    00:39:48 Panels for Cross-Software Use

    00:44:39 Substituting a Grading Panel

    00:48:25 Pimping your Grading Panel

    00:53:47 Customizing the Rings

    00:56:08 Used Panel vs. 5 Star Rodent Hotel

    00:57:48 News from IBC

    00:58:49 Blackmagics 17K Camera

    01:06:13 Electric Sheep ML Powered Roto

    01:11:09 ZBrush for iPad

    01:15:54 Outro

    Links mentioned in the show:

    https://www.angry-face.com/

    https://3dconnexion.com/

    https://contourdesign.com

    https://loupedeck.com/

    https://www.tangentwave.co.uk/

    https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

    https://electricsheep.tv/

    https://www.maxon.net/en/zbrush-for-ipad