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From Siggraph 2008, a look at some cool facial scanning and reconstruction from Image Metrics.

A conversation with Paul Debevec about his recent research, as well as highlights of the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2009.

Mike Seymour visits with Richard Chataway of animation company Anifex to discuss stop motion. Flame batch tip of the week.

From NAB, a look at the new Informer workflow spark and a visit to the DaVinici booth to check out the new features in Resolve.

In the first of our fxguidetv NAB 2008 reports we get the inside scoop direct from RED's Ted Schilowitz and present a preview of some tools the Foundry is working on for stereoscopic workflow.

A conversation with digital stereo colourist Jeff Olm about the role of a colourist in the post process.

Glenn Melenhorst and Simon Rosenthal from Iloura discuss the making of a fully animated TV commercial.

Part two of a special series on RED camera workflow in post, including keying and camera lens data.

Part one of a special two part series on RED camera workflow in post.

From Sundance, an interview with Spencer Susser the director of "I Love Sarah Jane". This was one of two fxphd affiliated short films shown at the film festival.

An interview with members of the ILM vfx crew from "Transformers" and an After Effects tip of the week from fxphd prof Mark Christiansen.

Theo Bialak, CG Supervisor for Sony Pictures Imageworks, talks about their work on Beowulf. Our fxphd.com tip of the week covers a very useful greenscreen keying tip.

A visit with Jayant Hadke and Sabu Joseph of Prime Focus in Mumbai, India and a look at their Silver Lion winning spot "Happy Dent Palace".

Method Studio's Alex Frisch covers their work on Miller Lite's 'Break from the Crowd'. A look at the new term at fxphd.com.

Interview with Grzegorz Jonkajtys, director of the animated short film "The Ark", which was SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival Best of Show.