Sep
24
Mandy & Eva
Posted in: Animation
Sep
24
Quiknesse, 2009 flipbook machine
Posted in: Animation
The wall-sculpture Quiknesse is like a motorised flipbook, creating the illusion of a bird in flight by the mechanised, rapid rotation of successive drawings in what Fontanive has called ‘films without light’. the fluttering of wings seems mimicked by the swiftly flapping pages, all accompanied by the regular shuffling sound of falling paper – a movement assisted by gravity which, paradoxically, keeps the bird forever in flight, never able to find rest and land. -Gilda Williams
Sep
24
La Carnada
Posted in: Animation
“La Carnada” is a short film that follows a 13 year old boy from Tijuana (Manny) as he embarks on his first drug smuggle across the “Devil’s Highway,” a notoriously fatal stretch of desert on the Arizona/Mexico border. See more about the film at www.lacarnada.com Writer/Director: Josh Soskin Cinematographer: Rob Hauer Editor: Matthew Sultan Producers: Ivan Diez Robeldo and Grace Jackson Manny : Angel Gabriel Soto Beto: Carlos Valencia Davey: Pete Reinert Anne: Carla Short Mom: Angélica González Ríos
Sep
24
James Hoff – Blaster
Posted in: Animation
James Hoff – Blaster (PAN 55) Video by Nic Hamilton, © 2014 PAN www.p-a-n.org www.nichamilton.info
Sep
24
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Sep
23
Arnold for Houdini plug-in
Posted in: AnimationMon 22nd Sep 2014 | News
Solid Angle have released Arnold for Houdini 1.0 (HtoA).
HtoA provides a tight integration with Houdini, in a way that is familiar to both Houdini users and Arnold users in Maya or Softimage. It also enables smooth lighting workflows between Houdini and other DCC applications, since setups can be exported and shared.
The Arnold for Houdini plug-in comes with the latest – and fastest – version of the Arnold core (version 4.2.1) and is provided free of charge to all customers on current Maintenance & Support.
New features include:
Render in any Houdini context: render view, render region or MPlay
Interactive rendering to rapidly preview parameter changes in cameras, lights and shaders
Dedicated Arnold shading networks with 106 shaders and utilities
Pass Houdini geometry attributes as Arnold user data
Volume rendering using OpenVDB
Particles, rendered as disks, spheres, quads or volumes
Curves, rendered as ribbon, thick or oriented
Accurate motion blur, including changing topology
Full point instancing
All Arnold cameras projections, with depth of field and advanced shutter controls
All Arnold lights, with light filters and accurate viewport representation
Atmospheric and background effects
Multi-camera rendering
Render to AOVs, in single or separate files
DeepEXR support
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Sep
23
Mon 22nd Sep 2014 | News
MAXON is sponsoring and participating in the After Effects World Conference, which will take place September 26 – 28, 2014, in Seattle. Now in its second year, the conference gathers innovators, VFX and motion graphics professionals for an in-depth exploration of Adobe After Effects CC and its pipeline to other software applications that enhance user creativity.
MAXON Cinema 4D, the company’s powerful 3D animation software solution for film, broadcast and motion graphics professionals, is acclaimed for delivering seamless integration and performance into After Effects for exceptional 3D/2D workflow performance. During AE World, Cinema 4D and After Effects design professionals, educators and industry influencers will lead training sessions, conversations and in-depth workshops that focus on the essential elements for taking advantage of these two powerhouse visual effects and motion graphics applications. Industry heavy-weights participating at this year’s conference include Steve Forde, Kanen Flowers, Jayse Hansen, Richard Harrington, EJ Hassenfratz, Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer, Thanassis Pozantzis, Ian Robinson, and others. A complete list of After Effects World Conference sessions and speakers is available here.
MAXON sessions at AE World will focus on CINEWARE, a ‘live’ 3D pipeline between CINEMA 4D and After Effects, introduced in 2013, that benefits artists with a streamlined workflow. In addition, sessions will also center on CINEMA 4D Lite, a limited, yet feature-rich, version of CINEMA 4D that launches directly from within After Effects CC, giving artists access to a full 3D application.
Jayse Hansen, a freelance HUD/Holograph designer/animator, will share his technical film content creation artistry as a keynote speaker at AE World. “I’ll be breaking down the process I’ve evolved for designing and animating high-tech UI’s, HUDs and holograms for films like The Avengers, Iron Man 3, and Ender’s Game,” says Hansen. “It’s the same basic workflow I’m using in upcoming films like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay Part 2 and Disney’s Big Hero 6. Cinema 4D, with its smooth integration with After Effects, always plays a vital role. It is essential for me, not only in completing final shots used in the film, but also for concept work and brainstorming ideas for new and unique fictional UI’s that help tell stories.”
EJ Hassenfratz, Emmy Award-winning Creative Director at Eyedesyn and well-known Cinema 4D community member and trainer, will lead several AE World sessions to help attendees learn how to create motion graphics and animation content. “MAXON has worked diligently on the integration of Cinema 4D with After Effects and you can very easily see it as an extension of the Adobe ecosystem,” says Hassenfratz. “Cinema 4D is the perfect 3D application to help After Effects artists easily and seamlessly break into that third dimension and that’s what I’m excited to share at the AE World Conference!”
During session breaks, conference attendees are also invited to the MAXON tabletop exhibit at AE Expo to see demonstrations of CINEMA 4D Release 16 (R16), the next generation release of the industry-leading 3D software solution, launched earlier this month which offers countless new features and workflow enhancements.
“The AE World Conference offers Cinema 4D users an ideal opportunity to sharpen their After Effects proficiency and learn valuable production techniques from some of today’s most accomplished motion graphics and VFX artists,” says Paul Babb, MAXON US president/CEO. “The focused conference content delving into Cinema 4D Lite will be especially inspiring to designers just getting started in 3D content creation and animation to deepen their understanding and capabilities for adding a new dimension inside their compositing projects.”
MAXON also invites AE World attendees to check-out “WinC4D.com” a new contest web site where digital artists utilizing After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite can compete in theme-related animation contests. Details are available here.
The After Effects World Conference will be taking place at the Meydenbauer Convention Center in Bellevue, Seattle WA. Additional conference details are available here.
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Sep
23
Mon 22nd Sep 2014 | News
Today E-on Software, maker of the leading solutions for Digital Nature, announced the immediate availability of the Personal Learning Edition and Trial Version of PlantFactory, updated for the recently announced 2014.6 release.
The company also released VUE xStream and Infinite 2014.6 Personal Learning Edition (PLE) today.
PlantFactory 2014.6
The 2014.6 PLE and Trial Versions allow users to learn and master all the new features from the recent PlantFactory 2014.6 release.
In short:
Export:
Improved exports to all 3D apps
New export presets (custom tailored for many apps)
New export options: embedded alpha, texture relative path, axis system
Improved export of material lighting
Drastically improved export speed
GUI:
Two-level publication lets the artist decide what parameters are accessible outside of PlantFactory
New Input selector node
Updated Content:
The plant graphs of all samples have been redone for improved readability and easier understanding
PlantFactory Producer – Personal Learning Edition (PLE)
PlantFactory Producer allows artists to author fully animated 3D plants in concert with their production workflow. Users can hand-draw plants, assemble pre-made components or build plants from scratch using the node graph.
The Personal Learning Edition of PlantFactory Producer is a fully functional version that lets users save their work and never expires. It is designed for Artists and Students that want to master the best plant solution on the market, without punching a hole in their wallet.
With the PLE, users can:
Create complete projects and save their work,
Export* their plants to other applications as standard geometry or use them in the VUE PLE,
Render in FullHD (for stills) and animations up to 720p,
Learn at their own pace (the PLE never expires)!
Users can download the PlantFactory PLE at no charge from try.plantfactory-tech.com
*Exported geometry leaves 1 polygon out of 5 out.
PlantFactory Studio, Designer and Artist Trial Versions
The PlantFactory Trial lets users test the same capabilities found in all different versions of PlantFactory (Studio, Designer, and Artist) so they can decide which one best fits their needs. The Trial contains all 3 versions.
Users can download the PlantFactory Trial Versions at no charge from try.plantfactory-tech.com
The PlantFactory Trial Version is fully functional, aside from the following limitations: saving is disabled, renders carry a logo, render stills up to 1920×1080 and animations up to 1280×720, 1 polygon out of 5 is removed from exported geometry (export feature available in Studio and Designer only), and the trial version ships with a limited content selection. Once registered, the Trial Version will work for 30 days.
The PlantFactory PLE and Trial Version cannot be used for commercial work
More information about PlantFactory is available at www.plantfactory-tech.com.
VUE 2014.6
VUE Infinite 2014.6 and VUE xStream 2014.6 are the latest production-driven versions of e-on software’s professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.
Key features of VUE 2014.6 include:
New World Coordinate System transcription when importing/exporting Nuke .CHAN files*.
Improved camera synchronization data import (FBX* and .dat).
Automatic detection of source software when importing .obj meshes, and automatic updating of scale and orientation.
Compatibility with FBX pixel aspect ratio when loading/exporting FBX* files.
Improved resize/center objects option when importing FBX* files (cameras and scenes).
Possibility to import FBX* data at non-zero time.
Simplified display of PlantFactory published parameters.
And more…
The compatibility with .FBX and .CHAN formats is only available in VUE xStream.
Learn more about the technologies in VUE 2014 at www.e-onsoftware.com/xstream/?page=new
Personal Learning Edition (PLE)
The VUE 2014.6 PLE is a fully functional version of VUE xStream/Infinite 2014.6. With the PLE, users can:
Create complete projects, save their work and export to other applications,
Render in FullHD (for stills) and animations up to 720p,
Experience VUE’s power directly inside 3ds Max/Maya/Softimage/LightWave/Cinema4D,
Try VUE RenderNodes on their network,
Learn at their own pace (the PLE never expires)!
Users can download the VUE 2014 PLE at no charge from www.vue3d.com/ple.
The Personal Learning Edition ships with a selection of VUE presets, as well as the full PDF Reference manual. More presets are available in the commercial version. Scene files created and saved with the PLE cannot be exchanged with other PLE users and are not compatible with other versions of VUE except ATC Licenses. The PLE is for personal, non-commercial use only, and renders may be watermarked and carry a logo.
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