{{italic title}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} right|thumb|''Fxguide'' logo '''''Fxguide'''''{{efn|Trademarked as ''fxguide'', and marketed variously as ''fxguide'' and ''fxGuide'', sometimes rendered ''FXGuide''.}} is a visual-effects and post-production community website founded by three visual-effects artists, Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour.
==History== ''Fxguide'' began in 1999 as a website to expand on tips, tricks, and frequently asked questions arising on the email mailing list "flame-news", which related to the compositing application Discreet Flame. ''Fxguide'' was founded by Mike Seymour, John Montgomery, and Jeff Heusser. Initially, the focus was on high-end compositing, but the site evolved over the years to encompass visual-effects news and training on the Web. It has since been split into the free ''fxguide'' website for news and interviews, and the membership-based ''fxphd'' visual-effects training site.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.fxguide.com/faq/?topic=general-questions |title=fxGuide FAQ |work=fxguide.com |date=8 November 2010}}</ref>
On 27 June 2005, the site began a podcast titled "fxpodcast", featuring interviews with artists as well as manufacturers. On 18 July 2007, "fxguidetv" launched as an HD-video podcast featuring film-scene reviews and industry coverage as well as interviews. The show is hosted by Angie Dale ({{née}} Richards). On 2 April 2008, ''fxguide'' added another regular podcast, "red centre", which started focused on the RED camera and has grown to cover all aspects of digital cinematography. Hosted by Mike Seymour and Jason Wingrove. In 2010, show's title was changed to "the rc".<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.fxguide.com/podcasts/ |title=Podcasts |date=28 October 2010}}</ref> While "the rc" has now stopped, the "VFXshow" podcast continues with regular hosts Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin, and Jason Diamond, with a range of guest hosts.
Jeff Heusser died in 2018; ''fxguide'' continued with John Montgomery and Mike Seymour.
From 2011 to 2012, ''fxguide'' did special video segments for ''The Daily'' titled "Behind the Scenes".<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40E71F4F766CD994 |title=Blockbuster Behind the Scenes Featurettes - YouTube |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> The team has since done another webseries for ''Wired'', "Design-fx".<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/video/series/design-fx |title=Design FX |department="Videos" department |work=Wired.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/tag/fxguide/ |title=tag: fxguide |work=Wired.com}}</ref>
Mike Seymour also founded the Motus Lab at the University of Sydney, having got a PhD in digital humans,{{clarify|date=July 2025|reason=That does not sound like a real PhD.}} and having been involved in the Epic Games MeetMike project at SIGGRAPH.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.fxGuide.com/|2=Official ''fxguide.com'' website}} *{{official website|http://www.fxPhD.com/|2=Official ''fxphd.com'' website}}
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