Episodes

  • Industry Societies and Associations with Sonja Langhans, Agon Ushaku and Stefan Albertz

    Industry Societies and Associations with Sonja Langhans, Agon Ushaku and Stefan Albertz
    Jan 6 2025
    In this episode, Bela Beier (Editor-in-Chief, Digital Production Magazine) and Christoph Zapletal (Compositing Artist & Instructor) discuss means of staying connected - from informal groups and meetups to the Societies and Associations that define our industry. They are joined by three guests representing their distinct associations. First off, Agon Ushaku (Chairman of the Board, German Section) talks about the VES - Visual Effects Society. After that, Stefan Albertz (Professor of 3D Animation and Visual Effects at Hamm-Lippstatd University of Applied Sciences) represents the SMPTE (Society of Motion Pocture and Television Engineers). Completing the trio is Sonja Langhans, who is on the Board of the FKTG (Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft. In the News Segment they discuss Vray for Blender, Nuke 16 and Mocha 2025. You can reach us at letsfixitinpod@gmail.com Segments: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:56 The local VFX community 00:06:16 Staying connected outside of VFX Hubs 00:09:58 Using industry enets to stay connected 00:16:22 Communities around a specific software 00:22:00 Socialising at big industry events 00:25:33 Societies and organisations in the VFX industry 00:31:58 Interview Agon Ushaku 00:53:28 Interview Stefan Albertz 01:15:58 Interview Sonja Langhans 01:25:29 News 01:34:26 ILM looking for a face swap artist 01:36:40 Tooltip: Movieprint 01:38:36 Outro Links mentioned in the show: https://www.vesglobal.org/ https://www.smpte.org/ https://www.fktg.org/ https://www.movieprint.org/
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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Open Industry Standards with Jonas Kluger and Arne Palluck

    Open Industry Standards with Jonas Kluger and Arne Palluck
    Dec 2 2024
    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 letsfixitinpod@gmail.com 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
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Jobs and A.I. with Benjamin Wild

    Jobs and A.I. with Benjamin Wild
    Nov 4 2024

    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 letsfixitinpod@gmail.com

    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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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Control Surfaces with Mazze Aderhold

    Control Surfaces with Mazze Aderhold
    Oct 10 2024

    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 letsfixitinpod@gmail.com

    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
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    1 hr and 17 mins