Nuke Presentation in Manila, 30 July 2009

The Media Village and The Foundry were proud to present, for the first time in Manila, a presentation and demonstration of Nuke. The event brought together the industry's leading post production houses and vfx artists.

Held at The Columns, the event attracted a great crowd and Matt Plec from The Foundry kept them enthralled as he went through the various features of Nuke.

We held private demo sessions at some of the leading facilities in Manila, including Underground Logic (above)

At Post Manila, Matt does his demo next to a coffee machine in a pantry. Great stuff!

Roadrunner Network is one of the first Nuke users in Manila.

welovepost may be Manila's newest post facility but are set up by a team of industry veterans. Their vfx platform of choice is Nuke.

Giant Sponge Digital is a stylish up and coming boutique post house and have also just purchased their first Nuke license!

Lowry Digital Restoring Apollo 11 Footage

Studio Daily Blog » Lowry Digital Restoring Apollo 11 Footage

In July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar landing module and walked on the moon. Those iconic B&W images are now being restored at Lowry Digital, which was commissioned by NASA to do so as part of the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary. The on-going restoration is scheduled to be completed in September.

Quest for Fire: Look for Searing Visual Effects on the Next Harry Potter

Movie studios spend billions to morph strings of code into giant robots, flying superheroes, and apocalyptic mushroom clouds. Still, the toughest f/x challenge turns out to be the most elemental: re-creating Mother Nature.

8mm film scanner made out of Lego Mindstorm!

Homemade 8mm film scanner made out of Lego Mindstorm, Epson flatbed scanner and Vuescan software...brilliant idea.


More info here...

Weta Digital buys Nuke site licence

Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced that Weta Digital, New Zealand’s premier multi-award winning VFX studio, has purchased a site licence of Nuke to enhance its in-house pipeline.

More info here

Broadcast Asia

Broadcast Asia kicked off on Tuesday and we've been pleasantly surprised by how busy we've been over the last few days. Here are some highlights from the show:

Warren Eagles demonstrated a da Vinci Resolve R350 with the new Digital Powerhouse option. Note, he's using the new and highly impressive Impresario panel. Warren is a freelance colorist based in Brisbane, Australia. He's also the co-founder of the International Colorist Academy, an organisation that creates customised colorist training courses.




Nuke proved to be a big hit, with Matt Plec of The Foundry being kept busy throughout. A lot of visitors were really impressed with the depth of features and the power that Nuke has to offer.


Peter Lambert, VP Worldwide Sales at Bright Systems with Dave Hukom, COO of Post Manila catching up on things at the stand.


Dave McClure of MTI Films takes a breather between demos and looking like he needs some good, strong coffee.


The Blackmagic Design setup, showing their entire range of cards, routers and converters. Probably the busiest stand at our booth.

HDCAM, XDCAM & DVCPRO HD: Some Questions Answered

A great article explaining the various recording technologies and compressions used by them.
Read about it here