The VFX power of lens metadata

The VFX power of lens metadata

[https://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fxg-featured-cooke-400x200.jpg]https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/the-vfx-power-of-lens-metadata/ Cooke’s Jordan Thistlewood joins us to explain why lens /i Tech may be the missing link between what was shot on set and what VFX needs to finish the shot, and we should now be demanding it.

John Knoll and the handmade Star Wars of The Mandalorian and Grogu

[https://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fxg-featured-Mando_Knoll-400x200.jpg]https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/john-knoll-and-the-handmade-star-wars-of-the-mandalorian-and-grogu/ Our latest fxpodcast with ILM's John Knoll on miniatures in a tiny LED cube, the Star Wars style, and why the practical and the digital still need each other.

Geriatric parkour: ILM’s creature work for The Boroughs

[https://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fxg-featured-boroughs-400x200.jpg]https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/geriatric-parkour-ilms-creature-work-for-the-boroughs/ From brain-sucking horror to heartbreaking empathy, for this fxpodcast we go inside the creature work of The Boroughs with VFX Supervisor Tara DiMarco and ILM’s Steve Ellis.

Man on Fire: Kevin Lingenfelser on collapse, chaos and invisible VFX

[https://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fxg-featured-ManOnFire-400x200.jpg]https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/man-on-fire-kevin-lingenfelser-on-collapse-chaos-and-invisible-vfx/ We talk with Man on Fire VFX Supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser about the explosive building collapse, chaotic rubble aftermath, and high-octane Learjet sequence.

Union VFX on production-ready Gaussian splat crowds

[https://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fxg-featured-Union-400x200.jpg]https://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/union-vfx-on-production-ready-gaussian-splat-crowds/ Union VFX and Clear Angle are turning Gaussian splats from a tech demo into a crowd-pleasing production pipeline. Literally. We speak with David Schneider, VFX and Technical Supervisor at Union, in this fxpodcast episode.