Oct 12

FBX camera problems Maya>Nuke

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
I am trying to get my Maya cameras and objects into Nuke to do some projection stuff but I am running into a problem where my cameras in Nuke don’t obey FK (or parenting) like they do in Maya. For example if I parent a camera to a Null and animate the Null, and do not animate the position or rotation of the camera, that camera in Nuke won’t move.

Am I missing an export or conversion option to fix this parenting problem?

My solution has been to bake keys using edit>keys>bake simulation for the camera before exporting an FBX. This is kind of a pain and would hope for an easier way to get from Maya to Nuke.

Thanks
Aaron

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Oct 12

Maya 2011, and a logitech mouse problem… recommendations?

Posted in: Maya
Ok so it’s not as much of a ‘problem’ as it’s a pain in my ass, but my old logitech mouse just bugged out on me and now i’m trying to use this bad boy. http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/mice-p…e/devices/5845

As cool as it is, theres one problem, the awesome ‘scroll’ wheel doesn’t click ‘in’ so i can’t use the mmb in maya. Is there a way to format this in maya 2011 only so i dont have to change settings in my preferences for everything else? It allready just seems like more of a pain in the ass then just going out and buying the same mouse that i just had…

Is there a good mouse out there that you guys recommend, that works great with maya, and last long?

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Oct 12

Executing a secondary write node depending on if specific channels exist

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hey Guys,

i have an conversion nk-script which writes scanline exrs in 16bit half.

the write-node is named "Write"

We also sometimes have channels like world position or depth.Z which we like to keep 32bit, so i introduced another writenode called "Write32"

I only want to execute this Write32 if channels e.g named "depth.Z" are present. I have no problem finding out if these channels are there, but my problem is to execute the additional node.

Nuke won’t let me execute another node via:
nuke.execute(‘Write32’,nuke.frame(),nuke.frame(),1 )
when its in batch mode…i get the message:
"I’m already executing something else"

Does anyone have a workaround for this?

cheers
Oliver

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Oct 12

What render passes do I need to have full controlover the look of smoke in post?

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hi im trying to figure out what passes I need to render out of my 3d app to create and composite realistic smoke into a rendered animation im making. Im not thinking of the basic beauty and alpha channel, im thinking passes that will give me full control over the look of the smoke in post. I have been watching some Digital domain VFX breakdowns and it seems they are rendering out what looks like RGB passes, motion vectors and probably many more advanced data type passes to give the compostiers full control over the look of the smoke in there compositing app.
When looking at various VFX breakdowns it seems that hardly any FX passes have beauty type renders, is this observation true? are most FX passes mainly data based? It would be great to get some feedback on this..
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Oct 12

SHOWstudio: Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 Collection – Director: Ruth Hogben

Posted in: art, Audio, directing, fashion, Film

The SHOWstudio.com Shop is offering a unique preview of Gareth Pugh’s S/S 2011 collection – a silk-chiffon scarf featuring a key monochrome graphic print from the collection. A limited edition run of just 100 piece are only be available to purchase through the SHOWstudio.com Shop, a full six months before Pugh’s collection will appear in […]

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Oct 12

DCRAW in nuke 6.1 Mac

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hi, after upgrading to Nuke 6.1 on Mac DCRAW stopped working. No RAW files (canon 5DMII) can be recognized anymore. On the other hand all our PC workstations with 6.1 are working fine. I doubt there is any solution to this but before I hit the Foundry maybe someone has an advise?
Thanks in advance.
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Oct 12

Free Blood: Music video ~ Light, As A Feather

Posted in: Audio, Design, directing

Kamuflage launched an interesting animated-browser music video for John Pugh’s track Light As A Feather. The animated browser went viral several years ago (sorry can’t find the link at the moment), from what I remember it was more for the sake of controlling a browser whereas Kamuflage has used the animation to compliment the […]

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Oct 12

DixonBaxi: New projects

Posted in: audio design, cg, Design, directing, Motion, vfx

Two new projects from DixonBaxi, the first are idents for Diva Universal, the third channel they have created for Universal Networks International. Currently launching globally it is aimed at a female skewed audience. At its heart is the idea of celebration and expression. The idents and OSP system were produced by WeAreSeventeen. Music by Nikolai […]

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Oct 12

FX artist

Posted in: Freelancer Listings
I am currently looking for any kind of VFX Jobs. I have experience about 12 years in computer graphics. During long time I have involved in creating FX fof films, commercial and reels for games. I can use Houdini, Maya, Realflow, Z-brush, Mudbox, Renderman, Shake, Nuke, Photoshop, Painter, Boujou and so on …

My demo reel
http://vimeo.com/15019170

My gallery
http://andrewz.cgsociety.org/

e-mail: zavolokin_andrey@yahoo.com

Employment

2008 – present supervisor mmg tv and films
http://www.mmgfilms.com/

At present time I create modeling, shading, animation, FX for animated cartoons, films, commercial and musical reel. I was supervizor in the film “ Ottorzhenie “ (rejection ) http://www.ottorzhenie.com

2007 – 2008: Designer Kiev Post Produktion
http://www.kievpostproduction.com/
I created FX for commercial, musical reel and films.

2004-2006: Lead Designer – GSC Game World
http://gsc-game.com/

I was a supervisor of the team which makes intro and outro reel for the games. Our last work is reel for the game Heroes of Annihilated Empires
http://www.heroesofae.com/
I’m doing various types of work; such as pipeline designing, drawing sketches, modeling, shading, rendering and final compositing.

1999 – 2004: Lead Designer – GSC Game World
http://gsc-game.com/

I was the Lead designer in series of games Cossacks, American Conquest and Alexander
http://www.cossacks.com/
http://www.americanconquest.com/
I also acted as the historical adviser in these projects.

1992-1998:
I graduated National Academy of fine art and architecture (painting department)
http://www.naoma.edu.ua/index2_enN.htm

1986 – 1991
Kiev Industrial-Art College (design department), since 1999 Kyiv State Institute of applied art and design of the M. Boychuk
http://boychukart.kiev.ua.

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Oct 12

re-touching

Posted in: Photoshop
Hi guys i have two years experience re-touching, i am looking for a job in England, could someone please find me a job in re-touching(wire removal). thanking you.:(
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