Episode 381 - Eddie Smith - Visual Effects Artist, Digital Domain

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eddie Smith is a MacGyver of the VFX industry. Over his career, he’s figured out how to unveil the president as the bad guy for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, explode characters into cubes for</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tron: Legacy</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, destroy planets in</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ender’s Game</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, all the way up to some spoiler-ific effects for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eddie’s weapon of choice for VFX is Houdini, SideFX’s versatile node-based effects software. Eddie breaks down some of his favorite work and reveals how he’s often charged with figuring out the best way to tackle complex scenes. He also talks about how effects software has changed in his 14 years at Digital Domain, and the future for the industrious effects studio.</span></p>