Hasta La Motion!

Jan 15

RE:Vision Effects :: Content, Training and Support Manager

POSITION: Content, Training and Support Manager – CTSM

LOCATION: : RE:Vision Effects is located in San Francisco Bay Area, California. The company prefers someone located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The position would necessitate telecommuting (that is, most of the work must be accomplished off-site).

COMPANY BACKGROUND: RE:Vision Effects is a world-class video and effects software company that sells its products to several markets. Its products help create special effects used by video editors, image compositors, motion graphic designers, and animators. The companys products plug into many software hosts including Adobe Production suites, Apple Final Cut Studio, Avid editing systems, Autodesk media and entertainment tools, and other video, effects and animation tools platforms. The Company wishes to continue to offer a high-quality support to its current and future customers and to improve the quality of their demo and training material.

POSITION SUMMARY: The CTSM will be responsible for preparing and presenting content related to the documentation, presentation and support of RE:Vision products and technology.

Complete job description here:
http://www.revisionfx.com/company/jobs/

Jan 15

Motion Theory Conducts A Natural Symphony

Posted in: General

Inspired by the “Sorcerers Apprentice,” Motion Theory and Director Mathew Cullen just completed “A Natural Symphony” for McCain’s chips. This poetic tale of a farmer’s relationship with his land shows him conducting the elements to grow the perfect crops.

The piece’s rich cinematography and subtle effects have become a staple in Motion Theory’s work. Its dynamic choreography should also be no surprise — from the director and studio that brought you the best of the HP Hands campaign and other choreography-driven pieces like Adele’s “Chasing Pavements”.

Yes, I know this isn’t too far from tails of Maestro. But, I think there are enough conceptual and visual differences for the glory of this piece to remain untainted.

Credits

Agency: Beattie, McGuinness & Bungay
Creative Directors: Trevor Beattie, Bil Bungay
Creative: Pat Burns, Gavin McGrath
Producer: Lucy Swallow

Production Company: Motion Theory, Rokkit
Director: Mathew Cullen
DP: Claudio Miranda
Executive Producers: Javier Jimenez (Motion Theory), Luke Jacobs (Rokkit)
Line Producer: Tracy Hauser

VFX Company: Motion Theory
Senior Art Director: Kaan Atilla
VFX Supervisor: Bryan Godwin
Producer: Amber Ventris
Compositing Supervisor: Stuart Cripps
Lighting Lead: Charles Paek
Lead Technical Director: John Tumlin
Rigging, FX Lead: Jesse Carlson
3D Artists: Ben Grangereau, Na Song, Jeffrey Arnold, Michael Clarke, Mauro Contaldi, Shiv Dholakia, Chris Logan, Hector Ortiz, Sam Sparks
Designers: Angela Zhu, Leanne Dare, Jenny Ko, Peggy Oei
Compositors: Andrew Ashton, Matt Motal (1.1 VFX), Deke Kincaid, Danny Koenig, Mario Peixoto, Rob Winfield
Matte Painters: Amy Paskow, Ram Bhat, Alan Sonneman
Post Production Manager: Sheri Patterson
Post Production Assistants: Rebecca Lindberg, Allyssa Allain

Editorial Company: String
Editor: Mark Hoffman
Assistant Editor: Greg Kim
Editorial Coordinator: Peter Nelson
Finishing: Danny Yoon (1.1 VFX)
Colorist: Siggy Ferstl (RiOT)

Music: Adrian Sutton
Producer: Blaze Music

Posted on Motionographer

Motion Theory Conducts A Natural Symphony

Jan 15

one more rotation problem

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry

i ofseted my card3d for new position and then rotated it few times
rotation goes not along the axis

(i know i need set rotation order, and translation order, but i do not get a logic behind that)
some body can make small explanation:(

pls dont send me to manual

Jan 15

New Virb Interface

Posted in: news

A sneak peak at the new Virb interface

Jan 15

Introduction to Expressions in XSI

Posted in: 1

Learn the basics of expressions, linked parameters, and custom property sets in Softimage/XSI

Jan 15

Making of the Incredible Hulk

Posted in: 1

In this making artist will show you common workflow used in the game and movie industry while creating characters

Jan 15

Z depth info doesn’t show on viewer??

Posted in: Apple Shake

Totally newbie here… (well, own shake for a long time, but ……).

This might be too simple to ask… but…

I have rendered openEXR file with z channel.
I FileIn the file(s) (as a sequence), however, it doesn’t seem to show the Z information. (view Z shows all black).

Shake do see it has channel of RGBZ. (it says it on the bottom when your cursor over the file)

I tried to use reorder and set channel as RGBnZ and even tried 0000z, but still when I switch viewer to "z", it just show all black.

Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Jan 15

Spark FX ’09

Posted in: 1

Spark FX ’09 is the second annual Vancouver visual effects film festival, presented by Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH and the Vancouver International Film Centre. The 6-day programme looks amazing.