Hasta La Motion!

Nov 26

Spy Films: Batelco “Infinity”

Here is Spy Films‘ latest spot. 3 minutes long. Called Batelco “Infinity”. Directed by Alex & Steffen. Making-of.

Nov 26

Trollbäck + Company: Nike Golf ~ Black friday

Creative studio Trollbäck + Company recently teamed up with Nike to create a movie trailer inspired video for the brand?s new SQ Machspeed Black driver launching on Black Friday, November 26, 2010. “To build suspense and anticipation, we focused on powerful, ominous imagery and didn?t reveal the driver until the end,” says Christina Rüegg, Trollbäck […]

Nov 26

Welcome to The Mill’s blog; a short film

Posted in: cg, Design, directing, vfx

Welcome to The Mill’s blog; “An intro film welcoming users to visual effects studio The Mill’s new blog. Features a selection of The Mill’s latest work including gaming, motion graphics, Doctor Who, Merlin and commercials.”

Nov 26

World/point position using VRay for Maya?

Posted in: Maya

Hi all,
Does anyone know how to render out a world/point position using VRay for Maya? I’m talking about doing it as a secondary pass writing the output at the same time as the main render (and not by setting up a special shader and launching a second render). I can’t seem to find it in the render passes tab which confuses me a lot… I mean, this should be an obvious pass to output and is very common (like normals for instance, which IS in the list…).

Cheers,
David

Nov 26

stereoscopic 2D to 3D

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry

Hello

I was wondering what was the best method for 2D to 3D conversion.
Rotoscoping I get that.
But after rotoscoping is it better to make a 3D environment and project everything on card placed in z depth using a rig of camera (in that case, I don’t have the camera info of the shot)
Or is it better to make a displacement map in 2D, use idistort and a transform between the left and right views?.

I tried both and I have some issues with the 3D environment. For example, if I project every layer rotoscoped on differents cards, how do I do a displace geo on a projection?
Well if somenone can show me a tut how to make 2D to 3D conversion it would be awesome

thanks!

Nov 26

Mixtape Club & Yves Geleyn: Pursue Knowing

Posted in: behind the scenes, campaign, Children, General, hornet, mixtape club, pursue knowing, Stop-motion, Styleframes, Yves Geleyn

Hornet directors, Mixtape Club and Yves Geleyn, recently collaborated on this project for St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s ‘Pursue Knowing’ campaign. The clever transitions and mixed elements illustrate how rich and full of possibilities a child’s imagination can be when learning about the world around them.

“When Mixtape Club and Yves set about defining the look and feel of the spot, they knew they wanted it to be tactile and playful. The directors individually fabricated elements like the paper lighthouse, origami birds, and a quilted globe. When animated and composited into each scene, these physical models replicated how a child’s imagination creates entire fantastic worlds from familiar surroundings.”

Behind the scenes

Styleframes

Hospital’s website

Directed by: Mixtape Club & Yves Geleyn
Agency: McKee Wallwork Cleveland
Executive Producer: Michael Feder
Producers: Zack Kortright & Jan Wohrle
3D Artists: Ylli Orana, Erwin Riau
Rotoscope Artist: Tiffany Chung
Designer: Ben Plouffe
Compositors: Julien Koetsch, Gabe Pulecio
Animators: Connie Li Chan, Aaron Stewart
Fabricators: Nathan Asquith, Erika Bettencourt,
Connie Li Chan
Editor: Anita Chao
Music by: Huma-Huma

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Agency: McKee Wallwork Cleveland
Creative Director/Copywriter: Bart Cleveland
Agency Producer: Tom Garcia
Associate Creative Director: Daniel Andreani
Design Director: Michael Powers
Copywriter: Carly Shearer
Art Directors: Ashlee Powers, Chris Love
Project Manager: Elizabethe Reed
Intergration Director: Emily Howard Griebel

Posted on Motionographer

Nov 26

which software is the industry best software for digital fx?

Posted in: Beginners Talk

Hi , Everyone
It’s my first thread myself shail & I am from India .3 years from now I enrolled for the certificate course 3d animation in the Maac (andheri) & at the end of course they ask me to submit the showrill or demoreel in the specialisation of dynamics (b’coz I choose it.) But due to certain reason I couldn’t submit showreel . so my question is After 3 years did they accept myshowrill ? which software is essential for industry standard if I want to start in digital fx field ?
I am so much worried ,confused & stressed now a days pls help.
Any suggestion welcome ……:confused: