Apr
02
Making of the Prince
Posted in: 1A frog is not a complicated character and it has it’s certain charm and I modeled using Maya and ZBrush
Apr
02
Smoke Operator
Posted in: The Job LotA London based studio is currently looking for a senior Smoke operator who has a wealth of experience in commercials especially with time line editing, DVE effects, keying, titling, audio and colour correction as well as clocking and laying commercials off to digi SD and HD formats.
http://www.smoothdevil.com/index.php?page=job&job_id=865
closes: 31 May 2009
Apr
02
Demo Reel 2009 – Pixtation.com
Posted in: Demo Reels!http://vimeo.com/3981140
Here is the demo reel of Pixtation.com, please check it out.
Comments are very welcome and email to dante@pixtation.com if you have any question.
Apr
02
hey guys,
i have a TIF sequence which i am trying to "ping pong" so that when it gets to the end, it will begin to mirror itself backwards again. Under the "Timing" tab for the fileIn node, I am using the timeshift to offset the sequence, but when i try to get the sequence to mirror, it doesn’t work – in fact, none of the options seem to work (mirror, freeze etc…). Is this a function of shake that simply doesn’t function properly or am i missing something?
thanks for any help,
Apr
01
tiff, targa,png or Open EXR?
Posted in: Beginners TalkHi guys i have animation that i did in xsi, its color intensive. My question is whats the best format to render. I am looking for best possible deal here tiff 16b 32b, targa,png or Open EXR? i will be aslo using after effects.
Thanks
Apr
01
Three Legged Legs for Wrigley’s
Posted in: cg, characters, ddb, evolution, fur, General, green dot films, miniature, three legged legs, wrigley's
The Three Legged Legs have been busy the past few months as they drop two spots for Wrigley’s: Evolution and Universe. Although the evolution concept is nothing new (see Saturn and Guinness) the Legs brought the humor and unique aesthetic flavor that we’ve come to know and love. Their attention to detail, from miniature environments to CG characters, is worth a second watch.
However, the thing that all of us at Motionographer HQ can’t get enough of is Three Legged Leg’s amazing behind-the-scenes pages. Like most of their projects, they share every step of their creative and technical process. So, if you’ve got some time to kill or are a student looking to demystify some inspiring work — get lost in it.
Credits
CLIENT – Wrigleys
“Evolution”
DIRECTOR – Three Legged Legs
PRODUCTION COMPANY – Green Dot Films
MANAGING DIRECTOR – Rick Fishbein
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Darren Foldes, Rich Pring
PRODUCER – Steven Steiner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – Tim Angulo
AGENCY – DDB Chicago
CHIEF CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Susan Pranica
ART DIRECTOR – Nikki Baker
COPYWRITER -Travis Parr
CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Dick Tracy
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Marion Lange
PRODUCER – Melissa Barany
POST PRODUCTION – Three Legged Legs
CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Greg Gunn, Casey Hunt, Reza Rasoli
POST PRODUCER – Mary Ann Cabrera
DESIGN – Tuna Bora, Monica Grue, Matt Nava, Thomas Yamaoka
CG ARTISTS – Grace Lee, Dan Qureshi
COMPOSITING – Thoma Horne, Tyler Nathan, Yanko Sanchez
CHARACTER ANIMATORS – Jameson Baltes, Regev Gamliel, Matt Nava, Robin Steele
LIGHTING/FUR – Bill Dorais
FAITHFUL INTERNS – Anne Her, Max Song
MINIATURE FABRICATION – Merritt Productions
EDITORIAL – Three Legged Legs
“Universe”
DIRECTOR – Three Legged Legs
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – Rebecca Baehler, Nathan Nebeker
PRODUCTION COMPANY – Green Dot Films
MANAGING DIRECTOR – Rick Fishbein
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Darren Foldes, Rich Pring
PRODUCER – Steven Steiner
AGENCY – DDB Chicago
CHIEF CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Dick Tracy
ART DIRECTOR – Alex Zamiar
PRODUCER – Marion Lange
COPYWRITER – Jonathan Richman
POST PRODUCTION – Three Legged Legs
CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Greg Gunn, Casey Hunt, Reza Rasoli
POST PRODUCER – Rebecca Blankenship, Mary Ann Cabrera
ANIMATION – Marco Campobasso, Chin Fu, Matt Nava, Tyler Nathan
DESIGN – Tuna Bora, George Fuentes, Mark Kulakoff
CG ARTISTS – Grace Lee
PHOTOGRAPHY – Teri Fisher, Christine Peters
FAITHFUL INTERNS – Anne Her, Max Song
EDITORIAL – Three Legged Legs
Posted on Motionographer
Apr
01
A very weak shake rumour.
Posted in: Apple ShakeAlbeit about the weakest rumour on the net it is the first one in a long while; Hard Mac claim "Shake could be updated soon". This is simply here ’cause I thought you should know, don’t flame me.
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Apr
01
Here’s my scenario
I have a music video that is RED footage and was:
1. Edited in CS4 Premiere
2. Sent to After Effects – (this may not factor in to my challenge – I just want to get out of AE and Premiere land)
3. From here I can export a single Image sequence of my choice – Simple so far…
Ok, now I’d like to take the EDL from Premiere into Nuke and have Nuke split out separate read nodes for each shot and throw those into a switcher downline to the Write node for final output.
ONE Caveat though. I have all green and blue screeners that are layered in after effects. The plot thickens! ie: each band member is separately shot and comped in After Effects … So do I really need to look at an alternate export method from After Effects in conjunction with the simple timeline EDL from premiere (I do have the option of doing a preliminary layed comp in Premiere if need be to output an EDL with layerd information)
or
Do I have After effects write out separate image sequences to self contained folders and then import those in to Nuke and do this the old school way? Is there a completely different pipeline without buying more software.
Shake has an EDL to Shake python script. I just want to do this in NUKE
OR
Will Nuke 5.2 be the savior to my RED issues? I may be able to take the Premiere layered comp EDL right into Nuke and get to work with RED native – : )
Apr
01
Some LEDs and the Duality of In-Camera Effects
Posted in: balls, behind the scenes, bravia, bts, bunnies, General, honda, in-camera, LED, making of, paint, samsung, sheep, sony, ViralTwo LED spots have been dropped off the back of another. The first one, for Samsung, from The Viral Factory (director James Rouse) in London can be seen below:
We grabbed this one a few weeks ago. Since then, it has racked up a decent 4.7 million hits on Youtube. For those who may have missed it, it follows approximately 300 sheep covered in LED lights, a cast of local shepherds and their sheepdogs. The film features sheep being herded into a series of ever more improbable shapes. “The Viral Factory will not be drawn on what was real and what has been achieved in post, but a YouTube debate is predicted.”
This next, more recent, Honda spot is brought to you by W+K Amsterdam and Erik Van Wyk of Bouffant in Capetown. In this spot, the headlights of Hondas become the matrix in which to create simple animations. Most importantly, this was all captured in-camera.
Aside from the creative merits of the Honda ‘Lights’ spot, I’d like to shift the focus to the accompanying making-of video. Unlike the purely viral-format of the Samsung spot, W+K extracted their viral from the TVC shoot. Not only do they get a ‘free’ spot from it all, but they humanize the brand and introduce people to the innovation that goes on under the hood of it’s spots. By keeping it all in-camera, a BTS becomes something interesting enough to watch. Ramp up the scale of the actual shoot and you can do the same to the ‘wow’ factor.
The increase in creating supplemental BTS films seems to have hit a spike during the massive success of the Bravia Color Campaign. The BTS for the ‘Balls’ spot from Fallon/Juan Cabral and Fugslig is one of the more memorable. In preparation for the roll out of ‘Paint,’ Sony’s micro-site hosted a BTS with a countdown to the commercial’s premiere. And who could forget ‘Bunnies‘ and the making-of?
The price of a potential viral hype machine and a chance to show off your in-camera craftiness may not be more than a hand-held second unit. As ad dollars drop, web-content distribution grows and consumers become more savvy (and critical) of advertising, this practice seems like a multi-pronged solution to a few of the ad worlds evolving needs.
Posted on Motionographer
Apr
01
Hey,
This is our first short VFX film at NFTS, UK, made for a Barclays Bank waterslide competition.
The VFX part was pretty straightforward, just greenscreen(we made lots fo mistakes here) plus stills plus shake. Fur the tunnel and the setallite we used maya.
Some more effects were added at After Effects
From beginnig to end it took 2 weeks, with an avarage 1,5 of us worked on it each day.
Have a look on it it is quite fun(i promise)
to see it go for
http://www.youtube.com/user/Barclaycardcreate
on the main page click on the VOTE tab
find our film called
Aquawesome!
and if you liked it pleasevote for us.
cheers!
kicsirigo
ps: you might want to check out our blog too
http://nftsvfx08.wordpress.com/
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