Nov 26

automate the 3d obj placement

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hi, something come up when playing with 3d in nuke. How to positioning 3d obj that match perspective of a still 2d footage (reference image). Let say i have a still image simple showing a cube/box from a certain angle. This is just still image so there’s no chance to use cam tracker to get cam data. So i want to create 3d cube to match this reference image. All i can do is manually adjust translate/rot/scale the object to match the plat. But does anyone know any method or scripts that can automate this process? maybe something like how the lensdistortion node works -> analyze the image to get the undistort one. So in this 3d case , maybe it analyze couple of the straight lines (what should be pararell lines ) to calculate the perspective or vanishing point …. and finally to get the correct cam angle or object position in 3d space.

thanx

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Nov 26

python tutorials for you guys

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
I use Nuke, have been for a long time, and if you’re reading this, it’s probably obvious that you yourself use it. I mean, being in the Nuke forum, blah blah blah, etc.

Anyways, let’s say you want to start programming your own python tools/scripts and have no idea where to start to learn python. I know from experience, because my skills have deteriorated lately and had to revamp them, that a lot of text out there about Python programming and the python language can be cryptic and confusing. So I thought to myself "hmm.. I have to re-learn all of this stuff because I suck at it…. again, where can I go to read up on it? You know what? Maybe youtube has videos????"

You may think that youtube wouldn’t be the best place to learn something you have to read up on, but it really helps, especially these tutorials I found.

All the videos are hosted on youtube, but the guy ended up making a website as well where he links to all of them, that way everything is in order. He’s really good at explaining things so people don’t get confused, etc. There’s also a forum in there, although for Nuke specific python problems you’d be better off posting in here.

http://www.thenewboston.com/

I hope it helps people out there who have had trouble trying to understand certain aspects of it.

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Nov 26

after getting a job ?

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hi friends,

am from india. Now am working as a junior comp artist in my home town. Anybody please tell me, what are the things i need to care, if i got a job out of my country ?. (in Uk or Singapore etc )

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Nov 26

Change my User name ??

Posted in: Beginners Talk
hi friends,

anybody please tell me how to change my user name in vfx talk. ?

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Nov 25

CG Outsource Producer – SINGAPORE

Posted in: The Job Lot
Australian FX producer/director would like to establish contact with independent **SINGAPORE BASED** CG producer for future cost effective OUTSOURCE work.
Conventional CG animation for Science Documentary/educational programs and innovative NEW MEDIA markets.
You are most likely an individual or small company wishing to develop their presence in the Singapore/Asia region. Must be established with track record.
NOTE: Initial gigs will be modest – requiring only a small team. Potential work assignments to begin early next year.
In first instance contact J Skinner: magic_broome@yahoo.com
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Nov 25

My new demo reel is up

Posted in: Demo Reels!
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Nov 25

Extrude tool

Posted in: Maya
Hi all

I am having trouble getting the extract tool to show on the screen. When I click the button at the top it does not appear and when I try to open it through the Mesh drop down menu I just get an error message saying:

// Error: Command polySeparate failed. Open Script Edior for details.

What do I need to do to get the tool to appear on my models?

Thanks

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Nov 25

Playback node that.

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Is there a node i can use to scrub through a certain sequence without changing my comps current frame.

Sometimes, comps get heavy, and even seeing a frame takes like 5 minutes on a high end machine. it would be good to use that to scrub through the frame range of the sequence.

so essentially, a combination of the Frame Range node and the Time offset node.. with a little slider to control the time offset… 😮

is there a node that has this function? 😀

thanks!

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Nov 25

FPS: can’t change ?

Posted in: Realflow
–> Preferences–>Simulation

There is a field to set the frames per second.
Mine is on 30 FPS. But I would like to change to 24fps.

Unfortunately, when ever I overwrite the 30fps with 24, it doesn’t work.
It always sticks to the 30 fps.

So what I am doing wrong ?

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Nov 25

can’t see .bin mesh in 3dsmax ?

Posted in: Realflow
Hello friends,

for some reason I can’t see the fluid mesh inside 3dsmax.

It’s clearly to see in realflow, and the .bin files are saved out in the project folder. But when I use the import function inside 3dsmax, nothing is loading.

What I am doing wrong ?

thx a lot

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