The Perfect Storm with Habib Zargarpour | VFX Notes Podcast Ep 43

(chapters available) This week we talk about the groundbreaking VFX of Wolfgang Petersen’s The Perfect Storm with a special guest. We are joined by Habib Zargarpour, the associate visual effects supervisor of the film for ILM. We discuss the water simulations, the compositing, the software used at the time and so much more. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. A word from our sponsor @Ftrack is an Academy Award-winning project management, production tracking, and media review platform for the creative industry. Please visit ftrack’s website to know more: Chapters 👇👇👇👇👇 00:00 - intro 01:08 - sponsors 01:52 - podcast begins 03:59 - CG water 05:07 - the test shot 08:20 - filming reference plates with the coast guard 12:55 - state of play on fluid dynamics in 2000 18:16 - elements and AOVs in compositing 21:54 - names of elements pipeline 26:15 - resolution and render time 28:32 - match move and compositing 32:40 - what software where used at the time? 39:06 - Maya’s Secrets of the Pros book 42:25 - the Oscar nomination 48:02 - Patreon and Members credits If you like our podcast consider supporting the show on Patreon and get the show 3 days before everyone else. You can support us here: You can also support Hugo’s Desk by buying some products from my Amazon UK Storefront (all earned commissions go to the running of the channel): Or join this channel to get access to the perks: #vfx #theperfectstorm #ilm