For Flame artists who haven't done a lot of grading, knowing where to start can be intimidating. Hardave Grewal is a Toronto based Colorist and Flame artist, working primarily in commercials and feature films. Hardave will be going through the process of color grading with a focus on maintaining the photographic intent created on set and “finding” the look. Using Davinci resolve, he will discuss how we go from capture to display, covering contrast, balancing shots, LUTs, color management, creating different looks and maintaining them over a commercial or feature film. This presentation is meant to give you a greater understanding of color grading and how these techniques can be used to make you a better colorist in Flame.

The heart, soul and voice of the Flame Learning Channel returns to Logik Live! Join us at 2pm ET on Sunday August 22nd as Grant Kay returns with his latest tips and tricks on how to get the most out of Flame!

The Summer of Flame continues! Software Manager Jasmin Frenette joins us to discuss Flame from the developer's perspective. Did you ever wonder how features are selected? What is the development cycle like? What is the process to go from feature idea to realization? We'll cover all this and more with this fabulous look at how our favorite VFX app is made.

I've had a blast experimenting with Nuke's Copycat, which lets you train your own Machine Learning models and use them as compositing tools. I'll show you Copycat from a Flame Artist's perspective: How it works, different use cases and how to setup Pybox so you can use your trained Copycat models from right inside of Flame!

The Summer of Flame Continues! Autodesk's Stephane Labrie returns to Logik Live for a deep dive into the new 2022.1 release!

My guest this week is Kirk Balden, a NY based Flame Artist and great friend to the Logik Community. Kirk is going to show off some great 3D tracking techniques that work better in the classic Flame 3D Analyzer: What to do when you can't get a solve, Lewis Saunders’ Find-a-Point and (quickly) make it work with the new camera analysis, using use FaP to get a perspective grid track on an irregular object for a bit of paint work, and how to use a 3D solve to track an extended bicubic for a handy 3D warp gag.

Logik Live is back and and the Summer of Flame continues! Autodesk's Fred Warren returns to continue looking at the new features in the Flame 2022 release. We look at “gotchas” that can help you with the new Camera Analysis node, improvements to the GMask Tracer and the new Color Management node in Image.

There's an epic thread on the Logik Forum called "Stories of Old Flame" and reading it made me so nostalgic! Our favorite VFX app has come a long way since 1993. Let's take a look at how it all began and talk with some of the people who were there and have been a part of the adventure along the way! My guests this week are Kirk Balden, Mb Emigh, Jean-Francois Panisset, Jake Parker, Sinan Vural and Wally Rodriguez.

Flame Family Product Manager Will Harris returns to Logik Live to talk about the new Flame 2022 Release! We'll cover the new S.L.A.M. Camera Tracker, NDI features, Tangent Arc Panel Support, New Color workflows and much, much more!

It's the Keying Show with my special guest, Richard Betts! Richard, based in Auckland, NZ, is going to take us through all the different types of keying in Flame:

• RGB/RGBCYMK “old school keyers”

• Difference keyer

• Modular Keyer

• 3D Keyer

• Diamond Keyer

• Colour Warper

• Master Keyer

Then Richard will deep-dive into the IBK keying technique and share a bunch of tips and tricks for how you can nail that perfect key!

It’s The 50th Episode of Logik Live! Logik Live was founded as a way for the community to share knowledge. For our 50th we’re gonna take that to a whole new level! LA-based Flame Artist Andy Brown has a list of 15 things in Flame that he can’t figure out. Are they bugs? Is he using them wrong? Is there a better way? It’s an excellent opportunity for everyone to learn!

Get ready for an action-packed Logik Live! My guests are Luke Thompson (COO) and Zac VanHoy (Lead Product Designer) from ActionVFX.com, makers of the best VFX Stock content anywhere: Smoke, Fire, Water, Explosions, Particles...and more! We'll learn how they acquire and produce their elements, see some shot breakdowns and hear about their latest project: People & Crowds.

The Ultimate VFX Challenge is BACK! Reigning champion Andy Dill defends his title against Sean Cochrane! Sunday, March 28th at 2pm live from the BorisFX Arena!

Fresh off his excellent 3-part Logik Academy series on Connected Conform, Jeff Kyle is joining us to give an overview of this incredible, time-saving workflow. Jeff is going to give an overview of the workflow and then dive in to some specific use cases: What to do when cuts change, when additional spots are added, or working with deliverables in different aspect ratios. Jeff's session is available at LogikAcademy.com.

Do you struggle with color management between apps (who doesn't 😀)? Curious about working with ACES? Do you comp a lot of multi-pass CG? Join us today at 2pm EDT for a session with Finn Jäger. Finn is a Nuke & Flame artist from Hamburg, and is going to share with us his insight on these ever evolving topics. After the show, Finn is hosted a Q&A for our Patreon Patrons.

We're doing another ML-themed Logik Live this Sunday, and it's going to be amazing! First up is Andriy Toloshny, who put together the python-based ML Timewarp Tool for Flame (link below). Andriy is going to tell us what lead to his search for an open-source ML tool and how he wrapped it up into Python. Then we are going to hear from Cristobal Valenzuela, founder of RunwayML. We've all seen Green Screen, their new ML Roto tool. If you haven't, check it out at http://runwayml.com. Cristobal is going to talk about Green Screen and how Runway is enabling creatives all over the world to develop their own ML tools.

Curious about running Flame in the cloud? What about other VFX apps? What are the pros and cons of cloud workflows and how much does it cost? Gunpowder has the answers. These guys are our newest sponsor, and have tailored their own home-grown fully-fledged virtual VFX facilities. After the show, they hosted an exclusive Q&A session for our Patreon Patrons.

Sean Cochrane from The Vanity in Toronto takes us through an amazing spot they did for WestJet. Hands down, one of the best shot breakdowns I have ever seen! After the show, Sean did an exclusive Q&A session for our Patreon Patrons.

In honor of the big game we're gonna talk about Super Bowl spots we worked on! Joining me will be Sean Cochrane from the Vanity, Marc Wellington from CMG, Andy Brown from Jogger and Tim Farrell from Lost Planet.

It's Logik.tv's first Renderdome Battle! Andy Dill and Andy Milkis meet for a live Flame Artist Battle in the Boris FX Arena! A huge thank you to Brian Fox & Boris FX for all their help and support!