Hasta La Motion!

I need help trying to figure out what kind of computer rig I need to build for work. I work heavily in 3D Vfx and Film.

What I know so far.

Desktop vs Laptop
Why? SO I could change a customize parts if I need to. Plus it can hold more ram and other components. I could buy more ram and better components for much cheaper.

Also I already have a laptop. I have to disable the graphic card just so maya would work. It’s daul booted with mac but I can’t get programs like Final Cut to Work because the graphics card on it isn’t compatitble with the Mac OS X Operating system.

Mac Vs PC
First of all I want to be able to daul boot between both mac and windows operating systems.

Mac’s I hear have no problems having a windows os installed on it but I haven’t tested it out myself yet, but I don’t anything about Mac Hardware and if it’s even customizable. I read in 3D world a few months ago most 3D Artists choose Pc’s because Mac’s are very limited in graphics cards.

Pc’s I could daul boot, but I may be very limited with the hardware I could have on my computer. It doesn’t look like Nvidia Quadro Fx’s and FireGl’s graphic cards are compatible with Mac Os X.

Linux os I may want because I hear helps render times. But it would probably work either way. I’m not even really gonna look into that right now.

Processor
I need the fastest processor possible
why? sounds like most people say that. And I know it must help with render times because batch renders usaully ask for multiple processors.

Questions:
Does it basically help to work in realtime when working in heavy scenes in 3D apps like Maya?

Can multiple processors be installed into one computer?

Graphic Cards:
For graphics cards it looks like Nvidia Quadro Fx’s and FireGl’s work the best with 3D.

Question:
Is it basically for better hardware renders in 3D apps, Or is there other reasons?

Is it hard to switch between graphics cards?

Can multiple graphic card be installed into one computer?

Does it effects maya software render and mental ray renders at all?

Does it help with render times?

Does it help working in real time and working on Heavy scenes and renders?

Memory and Motherboards
I’ll probably start of with 8gb of ram. I think the ram helps with working on heavy scenes, and allows users to work in multiple apps at one time without there comp slowly down. As well as having more processes running. Is that right?

Questions:
How many ram slots can one motherboard have?

Is there a way to add more ram after the slots are full?

Does it help with render time

HardDrive
I’d get a hard draive with alot of storage but I don’t find it really necessary because I’m constantly buying external drives.

Question:
How important is the speed of the hard drive?

Ocula 2.0v1

This is a major new release of Ocula with many new features, improvements and bug fixes.Release Date
8 October 2009

Requirements

1. Nuke 5.1v3 (or higher) on Windows XP SP2, XP64; Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" (32-bit and x86 only); Linux CentOS 4.5 (32-bit and 64-bit).
2. Foundry FLEXlm Tools (FFT) (5.0v1 or later) for floating license support.

New Features

There are three new plug-ins in Ocula 2:

1. O_Solver – Some of the functionality from O_DisparityGenerator has been seperated out into this plug-in, to allow a more flexible workflow. O_Solver determines the geometrical relationship between a stereo pair of views by detecting feature matches. If you have more than one sequence that were filmed with the same camera rig, it is only necessary to do this calculation on one of them; the same O_Solver can then be reused for the other sequences. It also offers the following advantages over the old DisparityGenerator:
   • An Ignore input so you can tell it which regions to ignore when detecting features.
   • The ability to calculate the camera relationship over a temporal window, for greater robustness.
   • The ability to calculate the camera relationship at intervals and interpolate smoothly between them for better temporal stability.
   • A Camera input, allowing you to use pre-tracked cameras.
   • Interactive editing of feature matches in the viewport.
   • The features and camera relationship are stored as metadata, so they can be saved and reused further downstream.
2. O_DepthToDisparity – a new plug-in to generate a disparity field from a stereo pair of depth maps plus a camera set-up. This is intended for use with CG scenes.
3. O_DisparityToDepth – a new plug-in to generate depth maps from a disparity field, given the stereo camera set-up.

Release Notes

Product Website

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures located in downtown Toronto is currently looking for experienced Lighters to work on a dynamic new pre-teen animated series that will be aired on a major U.S. television network.

The company was founded in 1994 and is one of Canada‘s leading digital visual effects and animation studios. Over a decade later, C.O.R.E. has successfully built three divisions: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, C.O.R.E. Toons and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. Over the years, with the underlying philosophy that a studio designed by artists for artists fosters the best creative environment, C.O.R.E. has produced award-winning work for more than 55 Feature Films, 24 Television Series and 24 Movies of the Week.

C.O.R.E. offers an exciting work environment; our open work structure allows for creativity and fun at the same time. The continuous flow of interesting new projects that are awarded from major studios and production companies makes working at C.O.R.E. a unique and fulfilling experience.

Qualifications and Skills:
·Excellent ability to work in Maya
·Ability to work in a node based compositing package such as Shake
·Excellent ability to setup and render complex shots
·Ability to work with directory structures, databases, specific naming conventions and file management
·Knowledge of Hscript, Mel, Python, or other scripting languages/protocols
·Excellent knowledge of Renderman or Mentalray
·Post grad diploma in animation preferred
·Training/knowledge in 3D animation
·2-5 years of professional experience
·Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
·Create required quotas of finished shots per week
·Required to check in with Directors, review notes and instruction regularly
·Post completed work internally and communicate progress to managers
·Setup lighting rigs for sets and characters under tight deadlines
·Assist Lighting TD”s when needed
·Additional duties as required

Qualified applicants can email their websites to recruiting@coredp.com or send their resumes, demo reels in DVD-R format including shot breakdown to:

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Recruiting
461 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1K7

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest however only those under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.