Zap Andersson — Autodesk
Join the Shader Wizard for a journey through the history of ray tracing and a comprehensive guide to metalness.
Chris Nichols — Digital Domain
Chris Nichols of Chaos Group talks to Chris Nichols of Digital Domain to discuss digital humans, Thanos of Avengers: Infinity War, and how they used to get each other's emails.
Dave Macey — INK
Audi, McLaren, and Wired have turned to INK for incredible renders. Founder Dave Macey tells us how the company’s made a name for itself, and the importance of its passion projects.
András Káldos, Attila Cselovszki & Péter Sárhidai — Brick Visual
Communicating design and building apps for the future with Snøhetta and SOM visualization company.
Grant Miller — Ingenuity Studios
Look what Houdini made me do! Find out how V-Ray for Houdini powered Taylor Swift’s music video, and go behind the scenes of Get Out.
Bill Spradlin — Zoic Studios
Respected VFX supervisor on the pipelines and deadlines of Arrow, Iron Fist and Legends of Tomorrow.
Evan Buxton & Bryan Holmes — Neoscape
The principles of this cutting-edge creative agency join Chris and Lon for a hilarious podcast
Camille Lymer, Michelle Obayda & Zlatina Pancheva — Squint/Opera
BIG and Hyperloop One creative studio on making the world’s grandest architecture projects feel persona
Aaron Kupferman
The Meg and Avengers: Infinity War compositor on the relationship between CG artists and photographers.
Karim Mousa — Mozses
Talk like an Egyptian: Arch viz star on his stunning renders for Zaha Hadid, KPF, MVRDV and more.
Ken Ibrahim
From SEGA to Star Wars: The incredible origins story of a visual effects Jedi.
Ian Spriggs
“Portrait of Cassidy” is CG artist Ian Spriggs’ latest digital portrait. Listen to find out how he created this and many of his other masterpieces.
Andre Matos — Porsche AG
CG artist shares tricks of the trade for awesome automobile renders
Dean Niskota & Hrvoje Čop — Polymachine
Legendary Croatian arch viz firm Studio Niskota is no more — but something bigger and better is in the pipeline. Founders Dean and Hrvoje tell Chris what’s next.
Ondřej Karlík & Jaroslav Křivánek — Corona Renderer
The partnership between Corona and V-Ray is starting to bear photorealistic fruit. Find out how the companies are collaborating, and the exciting new features coming soon to Corona.
Dan Thron & Erick Schiele — Jaws and More
What can megabudget blockbusters learn from a 43-year-old movie about a rubber shark?
Darren Hendler & Ron Miller — Digital Domain
Digital Domain’s digital human experts discuss the incredible work which went into Avengers’ Thanos
Steve Blakey
VFX vets talks software, swimsuits — and Scott Ross
Jesse James Chisholm
After Black Panther and Ready Player One VFX supervisor tells you everything you need to know about working on set in the movies
Colin Green
The long history of how the art of Previs revolutionized the entire film industry
Sebastien Deguy — Allegorithmic
The happy accidents which have made Substance software a dream for CG artists
Rob Redman — 3D World Magazine/Vertex 2018
Making 3D Worlds: multi-talented editor talks magazine publishing, events organization — and guitar building
Josh Naylor, Brian Sharp & Agnus Mckay — Unity and Oculus Medium
Real-time engines and VR, it's not just for games anymore, it's actually for productivity. Just ask the guys at Unity and Oculus Medium
Boris Simandoff — V-Ray Cloud
The man behind V-Ray’s super simple cloud rendering tells Chris how it was done