Interviews

Interview with Hugh Macdonald

We're here with Hugh Macdonald of Nvizible to talk about pipelines, their use of Nuke, custom development, the thrills and spills of open sourcing tools, relighting, particles and more. So kick off a render, grab a cuppa and let's get stuck in. Tell us a little bit about yourself Hugh.…

Interview with Jonas Kluger

It is obvious that you put a lot of thought, know-how and experience into “das element”.…

Interview with Jon Wadelton

Tell us a little bit about your background So I’ve been in software development around 20 years, which makes me pretty old now! I started off working life as an audio engineer back in Australia, but found myself increasingly moving towards a more TD like role, building tools for mastering and so on.…

Interview with Mike Romey

Hi Mike. Tell us a bit about yourself. Prior to joining Zoic Studios I worked in the industry as a CG supervisor, effectsTD, art director and broadcast real-time graphics artist. I came to Zoic with a broad set of skills and quickly gravitated to our pipeline.…

Interview with Bill Spitzak

Whats your background? I studied Computer Science at MIT, then worked on Personal Computer software for a few years. Then I went to the USC film school, where I first worked on production design, which is something I felt I was able and wanted to do, but soon was doing animation.…

Interview Jonathan Egstad

Whats your background? I have a mixed background in technology and media from a young age.  Like other motion-picture enthusiastic children I gravitated towards visual-effects early on, but didn't really find a path for my creativity until the video revolution in the '80s allowed greater access to movie-making tools.…

Interview with Paul Van Camp

Whats your background? I have a very diverse background starting with a degree in Electrical Engineering way back in ’79. I worked on theme park attractions with Disney before getting into film with the movie “Brainstorm” where I wrote camera controller software and then became the night-shift motion-control operator.…

Interview with Colin Doncaster

Can you tell us a bit about yourself and Peregrine? Peregrine is a small company, actually a few companies, located in Dundas, Ontario just west of Toronto.  Peregrine Visual Storytelling Ltd.…

Interview with Jack Binks

Morning Jack, let's start with a bit of history. Good to see you Ben! So I studied engineering up in York, and during my time there started playing with AE, plus later on a bit of Shake.…

Interview with Artixels

Who is behind Escher/Artixels? Hello Nukers, this is Mike Wong, I am the owner of Artixels and the developer of Escher.  We are a small boutique based in my home town, Hong Kong and we are founded in 2011.  My colleague Kachi Chan joined a few months ago and he takes care of technical support, promo vids and documentation.…

Interview with Frederich Munch

What did you do before Geo tools? I'm really all over the place. The last two years I've been working with a lot of artists building either animations or custom electronics for a variety of gallery shows.…

Interview with FX Elements

Who is FX Elements and what services do you provide? FX Elements is a small company created and managed by myself, Brad Hawkins, and my wife Lucie.…