In this episode, Bela Beier (Editor-in-Chief, Digital Production Magazine) and Christoph Zapletal (Compositing Artist & Instructor) discuss the benefits of Open Industry Standards, but also the hurdles and processes in establishing these. They are joined by Software Developer Jonas Kluger and Compositing Artist Arne Palluck. They also discuss the E.O.L of Modo, the World VFX Day, FMX 2025 as well as the latest releases of Resolve, Final Cut and Blender. You can reach us at letsfixitinpod@gmail.com
Segments:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:40 The End of Modo
00:08:16 Why Software should support Open Standards
00:15:43 Standards of the Past 00:22:17
Why Artists are reluctant to adopt Open Standards
00:27:51 Who is actually establishing and maintaining Open Standards
00:40:35 Why implementing Open Standards takes time
00:44:53 Interview Jonas Kluger
01:01:57 Interview Arne Palluck
01:09:14 World VFX Day and FMX 2025
01:10:46 Resolve 19.1 and Final Cut Pro 11
01:15:53 Blender 4.3
01:17:16 Outro
Links mentioned in the show:
Modo End of Life License: https://campaigns.foundry.com/modo-eo...
Academy Software Foundation: https://www.aswf.io/
Das Element: https://das-element.com/
Garlic VFX: https://www.garlicvfx.com/
World VFX Day: https://worldvfxday.com/
FMX 2025: https://fmx.de/en/home