Jul 09

Markerless facial performance Capture

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Maskarad uses state-of-the-art technology to automatically locates and tracks head motion as well as facial expressions and precis…div class=”feedflare”
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Jul 08

Cedric Battude reel 2010

Posted in: Demo Reels!
Hi everyone,

I am Cedric Battude and I just finished my studies at ArtFx at Montpellier. I specialized in compositing because this domain arouses my interest.

Here is my demoreel which mainly talks about “huracan”. Huracan is a short movie I have done with two friends during this year.
All shots was captured on Red One in front of a green screen where our dancer evolved.
Finally, they are all composited on Fusion 6.

Please comment.

Hope you enjoy !

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Jul 08

Head replacement with LCD screen

Posted in: Beginners Talk
hello people.i am participating in a local contest and for that i have to make a dell advertisement..
my idea is to replace heads of four people.and they are coming towards camera from different angles.
ill be starting this idea in next 4 5 hours.
so what’s the quickest way to do this? as the deadline’s today
i can only track 2d perspective.but how can do that? as in if one of the four guys tilt his head towards side ways and the lcd rotates the same way?

do i have to make it in a 3d first? or ae cs4 can make some 3d objects? i wonder if i can make 3d lcd screen.and the rotate it.if you guys have any link for a tut please help me.otherwise brief me with the procedure.i have been learning modelling from past 3 4 months.so i guess i can design it as well,and for some expression i can use taper effect?

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Jul 08

Noob Matte question

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Ive made a garbage matte for a figure in my scene, the matte is about 2 or 3 pixels too fat around the entire figure. Is there a way to eat away at the matte to get rid of that 2-3 pixels kind of like how "shrink selection" works in a lot of applications?
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Jul 08

Luke Gilford Photography

Posted in: Gallery

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Jul 08

3D Freelance Artist Required

Posted in: The Job Lot
Post production company seeks freelance work from home 3D artists with broad skill set to join the team for an initial 3 to 4 week trial period commencing late July.

As part of the digital VFX team, you will create assets, build and light shots to photo-realistic quality.

Successful working relationships with talented self-starters that have great people skills will lead to additional contracts for ongoing shows.

Candidates must have

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Maya and/or similar 3D software.
• General understanding of film production / post production techniques in a production environment.
• Ability to problem solve and predict potential problems with assigned tasks,
• Will work closely with other VFX artists and compositors to finish selected shots so that computer generated elements are seamlessly integrated with live-action plates
• Strong communication skills are critical. Candidate must be able to work within a team, taking direction and exercising attention to detail in a freelance production environment.
• Owns sufficient hardware and software system to complete and deliver assigned tasks.

Please send your resume, current salary requirements, contact info and link to your current reel to:
The Institution Post
info@the-institution.com

No calls for these positions, please.

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Jul 08

Comping techniques for background ?

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hi

I have a shot where there is a person facing camera. Its a medium shot. Behind the person are bars and behind the bars is the green-screen. I’m replacing the green-screen with a camera projection of a fancy hallway with chandeliers etc. The depth of field is pretty shallow so the background will be out of focus. Heres a pic I found that illustrates the general idea.

http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/success-through-bars.jpg

The background is going to be very moody so I’m looking for some techniques to sweeten the shot. For example, should the illuminated chandeliers have some glow to them that wraps around the foreground figures? Should there be some camera flare? How would this be achieved on what is essentially a tracked in still image?

Im fairly new to nuke and compositing so any ideas and a quick approach to achieving them would be super helpful.

Thanks!!

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Jul 08

Thomas Hooper / Metanoia

Posted in: Gallery

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Images by Thomas Hooper for the Metanoia exhibition. Other artists in the exhibition include Chris O’Donnell, Josh Egnew, Jason June and more.

METANOIA

July 15 through August 29, 2010

P.J.S. Exhibitions
238 W.14th St.
New York, NY
212-242-2427

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Jul 08

Need assistance to upgrade my PC

Posted in: Hardware & Tech Talk
Hi everyone :)……Im a newcomer to this world of animation/vfx, ive just started taking my training in the basics of vfx n 3d animation.
My PC is a 5 year old one n im sure it will not work for me now. I need to upgrade my PC, but im very weak regarding the hardware compositions of a PC.. Hence Please suggest me an ideal configuration that can succesfully run the softwares related to animation n vfx…
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Jul 08

Python qu again…..

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
hey guys,,
how do i link via expression the translate values to two different cameras..
i am able to do it directly by copying the link on x translate and then pasting it on the x of the other camera.then say ….edit expression

but i want to write the python code for it…
whats to be the syntax for it…
a=nuke.selctedNode()
b=nuke.toNode(‘Camera2’)
cam1=a[‘translate’].value[0]
cam2=b[translate’].value[0]

now i want to link them via expression ..(multiply the value of cam2 by -1.so it moves in the reverse x direction to cam1.)

help…

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