Viewer stops updating when there is a missing frame

Hi Everyone,

I’ve run into this ‘problem’ today. I was wondering if there was anyway to keep viewer updating even if there is a missing frame. Currently it just shows an error message and doesn’t update. It just holds on the last frame it found a file for.

It’s a pretty big comp but it’s not done rendering yet and I’m just trying to put everything together. It gets hard when you can’t really see anything because two or three read nodes are missing frames across the whole framerange.

I asked a few nuke guys in the studio and they didn’t seem to think it was an issue (and they might be right). I haven’t been using nuke for long so I tried doing some searches and looked through the manual but I couldn’t find an answer.

If that wasn’t clear enough, I mean how in After Effects it just shows color bars during a missing frame, but continues to update the viewer with the frames that are there.

Thanks

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Beginner Advice – Please Help!

Hi all,

My name is Sreenath, I am a CG Generalist based in India. I started out by obtaining a Diploma in 3D Animation (Maya, 3DS Max, After Effects & Premiere) specializing in Lighting & Rendering, which eventually lead me to CG pass compositing in Fusion. I know my way around Fusion, and After Effects as well. I come from a photography/photomanipulation background (Hence, the lighting specialization), if you guys have the time, you can check out:

www.dark-awakening.deviantart.com, for most of my photomanipulations.

(End of rather stereotypical intro :D)

I am based in a small town here which doesn’t have too many studios/VFX houses (2 large animation studios + some small VFX houses that come and go). Just got started in compositing, I was wondering if someone could point me to a resource where I can get some footage to practice compositing with? Green Screen Footage, Backplates etc. Is there even an online free resource for this? I tried googling it, got a few results but the videos turned out to be bad to horrible quality (<–Low-res samples I guess).

Anyway, I would really appreciate any help on this. Also, I have a question…. Is there any online job-board like mandy.com that a Compositing fresher can go to and find some (paid/unpaid not a problem) online work in exchange for experience?

Thank you for any help on the matter. 🙂 Cheers.

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Synheyes 2011 in beta

In case everyone missed this…http://www.ssontech.com/index.html

Very interesting improvements and accelerators.

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Fixing Locked Grain!!!!

I created a clean plate for my footage and roto/paint the area to get the wire out. But when I check the values of R, G, and B. It seems with "B" you can see this grainy white line.

How do I fix this? I know I should use the Grain Node, but should I have some other sort of setup of nodes??

Brand New School Work Their Design Magic For The BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms Trailer.

[NEWS=”http://www.cgnews.com/wp-content/uploads/bbc-proms.jpg”]28134[/NEWS]Production company and design studio Brand New School London is very proud to announce its role in designing and directing a 30″ promo trailer and additional visual content for advertising agency Fallon’s campaign promoting the BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms. Radio 2’s Electric Proms is dedicated to creating new moments in music.

Created under the direction of Fallon’s executive creative director Augusto Sola, art director Gary Anderson and copy writer Tony Miller, the innovative stop-motion trailer directed by BNS’s Jonathan Notaro and Mario Stipinovich debuted on Thursday 21st October, on the BBC. The trailer promotes this year’s Electric Proms performances from Elton John, Robert Plant and Neil Diamond, taking place from Thursday, 28 October, until Saturday, 30 October at the Roundhouse in London.

BBC “Electric Proms” from Brand New School on Vimeo.

“This is always such an exciting event, and we are always really thrilled to be part of it,” said Fallon CEO Gail Gallie. “The campaign captures all of that excitement in a really fresh and original way.”

“We were thrilled to be asked by Fallon to submit a treatment for this amazing, high-profile project, and then to be awarded the job” began Kayt Hall, executive producer for BNS London. “The main idea behind the script was creating the faces of these iconic artists from actual pop memorabilia. We could not be happier with the results: It plays to all our strengths – strong design, great animation, and an end product that everyone is delighted with.”

As Notaro explained, “In keeping with the agency’s sentiments, we proposed producing the content practically through stop-motion animation, knowing that making physical objects move together to create readable portraits would give the idea the payoff and spectacle it deserved.”

Planning for the ambitious production involved gathering, and in some cases, producing, props of the proper scale, anticipating that each face would be approximately 6 metres wide when assembled. Over the course of six days on a set in East London, in close collaboration with director of photography Toby Howell and using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Milo and Juno motion control rigs, the crew hand-animated the prescribed actions in reverse order (beginning with the final collages), capturing each sequence completely in-camera with single takes. The project was finished in Adobe After Effects at BNS London’s studio.

In addition to Notaro, Stipinovich, and Hall, credits for BNS London also include producer Kat Harrison, lead animator Andy Biddle, art director Andy Kelly, editor Jamie Foord, compositors Cassiano Prado and David Pocull, and rotoscope artist Rebecca Clay. Audio post is courtesy of Wave.

More information on Electric Proms is available online at www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms.

About Brand New School
With offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, Brand New School is a vertically integrated production company and design studio that delivers extraordinary media on all platforms. Offering a new model for creative digital production, we are filmmakers, developers, designers, animators, editors, illustrators, and producers dedicated to driving communications to new heights. Akin to leading academic institutions, our guiding philosophies prize experimentation and learning, and our commitment to discovering the best ideas for our clients is absolute. For more information, please visit www.BrandNewSchool.com.

PROJECT CREDITS:
BBC “ELECTRIC PROMS”
Project Name: BBC “Electric Proms”
Project Length: :30
Debut Date: 21 Oct. 2010
Toolset: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk Maya (previs), Adobe After Effects.

Client Company: BBC Radio 2
Head of Marketing: Claire Jullien

Advertising Agency: Fallon
Executive Creative Director: Augusto Sola
Art Director: Gary Anderson
Copy Writer: Tony Miller
Group Account Director: James Townsend
Account Director: Romilly Martin
Agency Planner: Michael Lean
Agency Producer: Natalie Curran

Production Company: Brand New School London
Directors: Jonathan Notaro & Mario Stipinovich
Executive Producer: Kayt Hall
Producers: Kat Harrison, Joanna Yeldham (Red Bee Media)
Director of Photography: Toby Howell
Lead animator: Andy Biddle
Art Director: Andy Kelly
Editor: Jamie Foord
Compositors: Cassiano Prado & David Pocull
Rotoscope Artist: Rebecca Clay

Mix Company: Wave

RELATED LINKS

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Pipeline R&D Engineer

Pipeline R&D Engineer

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Pipeline R&D Engineer
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We are looking for Pipeline R&D Engineer to join the permanent team to work on live projects and to continually improve pipeline and production efficiencies. Working with the team your role will be to solve problems and maintain the production workflowÂ…
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4+ years professional experience in VFX production for animation and/or software development; Experience in advertising industry a advantage; Experience in using Digital Fusion/Node based Compositing System; Python; Maxscript; Thorough understanding of CGI workflow and related practices; Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in high pressure environments.
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