Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this fxpodcast, we speak with Jamie Hearing, Digital Effects Supervisor at Clear Angle Studios, following a visit to the company’s Pinewood facility in the UK. The conversation looks at the broad range of capture work Clear Angle now undertakes, from full-body scanning and facial performance capture through to large-scale exterior LiDAR, drone and photogrammetry work.
The discussion quickly moves beyond traditional scan pipelines. Jamie explains how the same capture expertise is now being extended into radiance fields and Gaussian splatting. Rather than producing a cleaned-up mesh for a conventional CG workflow, these approaches use neural rendering to reproduce what the cameras actually saw. This can be especially powerful for complex visual features such as hair, reflections and transparency, which have historically been difficult to reconstruct convincingly.
Enjoy!
0:00 Intro
0:57 Scanning Rigs
1:40 Full Body Rig
5:12 Volumetric Capture Rig
7:40 Scanning Rigs
8:24 Full Body Rig
11:56 Volumetric Capture Rig
15:08 Exterior Work
16:15 Iceland
17:14 Data Hangling
18:37 Camera Equipment
20:29 The Demand on Resolution
22:06 Trends
25:02 How Did You Get into This?
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In this fxpodcast, we speak with Jamie Hearing, Digital Effects Supervisor at Clear Angle Studios, following a visit to the company’s Pinewood facility in the UK. The conversation looks at the broad range of capture work Clear Angle now undertakes, from full-body scanning and facial performance capture through to large-scale exterior LiDAR, drone and photogrammetry work.
The discussion quickly moves beyond traditional scan pipelines. Jamie explains how the same capture expertise is now being extended into radiance fields and Gaussian splatting. Rather than producing a cleaned-up mesh for a conventional CG workflow, these approaches use neural rendering to reproduce what the cameras actually saw. This can be especially powerful for complex visual features such as hair, reflections and transparency, which have historically been difficult to reconstruct convincingly.
Enjoy!
0:00 Intro
0:57 Scanning Rigs
1:40 Full Body Rig
5:12 Volumetric Capture Rig
7:40 Scanning Rigs
8:24 Full Body Rig
11:56 Volumetric Capture Rig
15:08 Exterior Work
16:15 Iceland
17:14 Data Hangling
18:37 Camera Equipment
20:29 The Demand on Resolution
22:06 Trends
25:02 How Did You Get into This?
Facebook: facebook.com/fxguide
Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fxguide
Follow on X: https://x.com/fxguidenews
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/fxguidevfx
Follow on Threads: threads.com/@fxguidevfx
Visit our web site: fxguide.com
Subscribe to the fxpodcast: fxguide.com/fxpodcasts
