In this episode of Let's fix it in Pod Christoph & Bela browse the FMX Programme and talk about their favorite picks. They are then joined by FMX project manager Mario Müller for a deep dive into what goes into planning an fmx and bringing it to life.

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:52 Mufasa: The Lion King

00:04:53 Nuke: From it's beginnings to today

00:06:14 Watch your language!

00:07:17 Fear and loathing in the age of A.I.

00:08:29 Next-gen procedural city design

00:09:00 Anamorphic Lenses in Witcher 4

00:10:15 Acting for Animators

00:11:22 Paul Debevec

00:12:30 Building a state-of-the-art VR stage

00:13:17 General recommendations

00:20:31 Introduction Mario Müller

00:22:39 The tasks of a project manager

00:24:41 How FMX changed over the years

00:29:59 Building a programme

00:33:38 How to deal with the hype train

00:42:24 The pros and cons of a hybrid FMX

00:46:56 Mario's recommendations

00:47:48 The role of Paul Debevec

00:50:50 The metrics of FMX

00:52:26 The connection to the Filmakademie

00:56:09 The Rhythm of change

01:00:09 The only constant is change

Links:

FMX Programme: https://fmx.de/en/program/program-2025/schedule

Schlesinger: http://www.schlesinger-int.de/

In this episode, Bela and Christoph glint and glow a little bit brighter than usual... Thanks to plugins. They talk about the history of plugins, their place among other software extensions like Gizmos and Shaders and ask themselves if OpenFX is really the API to rule them all. They are joined by Brian Fox, Chief Marketing Officer at BorisFX. Brian takes behind the scenes on a deep dive into what actually goes into making a plugin come to life. In the news section the guys discuss Datacolor, Nuke 16 and Syntheyes 2025. And in a special tooltip Blea explains the ins and outs of google Alerts and RSS Feeds.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:41 A good Artist doesn't need plugins

00:02:37 There's a dongle for that

00:03:35 Plugins on the masher

00:05:02 Every Flame needs a spark

00:07:52 The current state of plugins

00:13:43 Matchbox for Flame

00:17:13 Support from host applications

00:21:14 Nukepedia and the Gizmo community

00:24:28 Plugins in the 3D world

00:26:06 How to choose the right plugin

00:28:40 OpenFX and the Uber-plugins

00:34:12 Introduction Brian Fox

00:39:36 How to decide on a plugin

00:48:39 The difference between Sapphire and Continuum

00:56:06 Plugin vs. standalone

01:03:22 OFX - One API to rule them all?

01:11:08 How to depecrate a plugin

01:17:11 Training ML Tools

01:23:47 News Datacolor

01:25:03 News Nuke 16

01:26:08 News Syntheyes 2025

01:27:10 Tooltip: Google Alerts and RSS Feeds

01:37:38 Outro

Links mentioned in the Show

Once upon a time there was a Henry:

https://digitalproduction.com/2024/10/01/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-henry/

Nuke Survial Toolkit:

https://github.com/CreativeLyons/NukeSurvivalToolkit_publicRelease

Boris FX Discord:

https://discord.gg/RF2WxJwUC9

News Datacolor:

https://digitalproduction.com/2025/02/25/datacolor-lightcolor-meter-precision-in-light-and-color/

News Nuke 16:

https://digitalproduction.com/2025/02/28/nuke-16-compositing-without-the-copy-paste-circus/

News Syntheyes 2025:

https://digitalproduction.com/2025/02/27/syntheyes-2025-ml-powered-masks-batch-processing-and-more/

Digital Production RSS Feed:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/41p4v64epzrrh8r/Letsfixitinpod-feeds.xml?dl=0

In this episode of Letsfixitinpod we take a deep look into our crystal ball and share our predictions on what surely look like an interesting year 2025. In the Interview section, Bela turns from host to guest as he shares some big news in regards to digital production magazine. The news section brings us the latest from ARRI, Autodesk Flame, Re:Vision Twixtor and of course the latest from the AI hype train.

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:44 How politics influence our industry

00:05:36 Changing tax incentives

00:11:01 The fallout of the streaming wars

00:23:09 Rough times for software developers

00:29:22 The peak of the AI hype train

00:35:43 How studios need to reinvent themselves

00:40:01 Not everything will be in the cloud

00:45:19 Synergies between departments

00:48:04 Interview Bela Beier

01:03:59 The New Arri Alexa 35 Base and Premium

01:12:16 Flame 2025.2

01:19:06 DeepSeek and the NVidia shakeup

01:22:39 Twixtor stand-alone version

01:24:16 FMX tickets now on sale

01:25:32 Tooltip: Eizo monitor testing website

01:28:46 Outro

Links mentioned in the show:

digitalproduction.com

https://www.arri.com/en/company/press/press-releases-2025/arri-announces-new-alexa-35-entry-model-with-flexible-license-options-and-lower-cost-media

https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2025/ENU/?guid=whatsnew-2025

https://revisionfx.com/products/twixtor_ml/

https://www.eizo.de/monitortest/