Let's fix it in Pod

Plugins with Brian Fox

Broadcast on:: 09 Mar 2025

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