fxguide covers Watchmen

fxguide interviews Imageworks’ Pete Travers about Dr. Manhattan fx in Watchmen.

Trouble with gizmo syntax…

I’m having some difficulty working out the syntax for an equation in a gizmo. Basically, I want to do this:

(a-b)/2

Using the root first and last frames, I can make the following work (this is in a read node, hence the "last" at the beginning):

last root.last_frame-root.first_frame

But when I add in the rest, it fails:

last (root.last_frame-root.first_frame)/2

Can anyone help me? I’ve been trying to find a solution using different types of brackets, using spaces, etc, and I can’t work it out.

Mirror Tech

Who would have thought that the world of mirrors was expanding. Apparently mathematician Andrew Hicks is fascinated by these reflective surfaces. His designs range from mirrors that don’t reverse the image to crazy cylindrical mirrors used for anamorphic paintings.

cylinder

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non-reversing

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Found over at New Scientist.

Is this a good video for VFX people?

3D Artist Needed.

Hello.

We currently seeking artist to help us in a big project for Corona. We need to create several cg animals. An Eagle, a hawk and one parrot. The look need to be photorealistic.

We are a small studio in mexico. Our reel can be found here:
http://www.thefilterfx.com

For more information you can contact me at the following email:
ivan@thefilterfx.com.

Matthew Tischler Screen Series

Matthew Tischler gets a lot out of mesh. His images look like wet pixel impressionistic miniature color studies. Although his work looks like it is digitally manipulated, Tischler says he prints everything traditionally from negatives with no fancy enhancements. He uses the screens to obscure the identity of his subjects, ultimately isolating and integrating his subjects into their environment. Check out more  here.

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ventilate – orthographic

We have launched a new site and wanted to share; www.orthographic.tv. Who are we? Currently, Michael and Yuko Brown. What is Orthographic? A start-up collective. What do we aim to become? A group of talented creatives from around the world that serve client’s digital design needs. We are looking […]

Post Panic : KPN

PostPanic co-Founder Mischa Rozema, was asked by TBWA /Neboko to direct a 120 second commercial together with a series of print advertisements for KPN highlighting their new fibre-optic digital service. A mixture of live action and animation, combining hand crafted background elements with foreground light effects to illustrate the fibre-optic technology capabilities. […]

PSST!3 : Screening

Its official, the fist UK screening of PSST! Pass It on 3, on Thursday March 26 , at 7:00PM, at the Bodhi Gallery which is comprised of 2 floors, a bar upstairs anda screening room (screening at 8PM) in the basement, right in the heart of Brick Lane. This will become a bi-monthly event, […]

London Mograph/Animation Meeting: March 26th

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Thiago Maia
and Motionographer contributor James Wignall have organized SeeNoEvil, a free bi-monthly meet-up/screening series in London.

The next meeting will be at Bodhi Gallery on Thursday the 26th of March, at 7:00PM, featuring an official screening of the eagerly awaited release of PSST! Pass It On 3, among other visual and social delights.

Keep your eye on the SeeNoEvil site for future meetings.

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London Mograph/Animation Meeting: March 26th