Hasta La Motion!

Bengaluru GAFX 2018, India’s premier event on animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) is taking place at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru on the 18, 19 and 20 of May, 2018. The event (formerly called ABAI Fest & Summit) is organized by ABAI under the aegis of the Department of Innovation and Technology, Government of Karnataka.

The main agenda for the 2018 edition of GAFX is focused on creating more opportunities and to help establish a strong foothold for the community in the AVGC sector.

Biren Ghose

“The interaction between the global community of veteran leaders and local Indian domestic talent is like air. It provides that vital oxygen spurring Indian creators and studios to greater heights of ideation. Business development through original IP is the key to the future. GAFX 2018 will concurrently host this 2nd edition of the B2B.” Says ABAI president Biren Ghose.

Keeping this in mind, GAFX 2018 is hosting one of the biggest Bengaluru business to business (B2B) events in the country. After the huge success in the first edition of B2B Summit, which was held in November 2017, the 2nd edition of B2B summit under GAFX 2018 will be a unique platform designed to connect IP owners and developers; content creators and production houses interested in producing and co-producing creative content.

Srinivas Bindiganavale

The B2B event is bringing selected international and national studios, producers, broadcasters, distributors and financiers to participate in this ‘buyer: seller’ interface. “The B2B Summit is a market place’ event aimed at promoting local IP creation and providing a platform that would match locally developed concepts with the needs of global and local buyers. A brilliant lineup and a great mix of the worlds who’s who from the industry will be a part of this event shedding light on their expertise and empowering the AVGC community in Bengaluru and also IP creators from across the country”, said ABAI secretary and director of the summit B.S. Srinivas.

Here are some of the buyers participating in this year’s B2B event.

“The shows they have commissioned or acquired are massive properties and in many cases this started with their instincts and gut which itself has been honed through decades of top notch experience. ‘Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from doing.’ These speakers will also be highlighted on several panels to provide their wisdom to a young Indian industry whose knowledge curve is on a steep rise!” concluded Ghose.

Questions like ‘Why don’t we have a global animation hit yet? Is it technology or creativity or economics that drives the AVGC industry? Why can’t we be more than 0.5 per cent of the world market?’ and many more will be answered by these impressive buyers & mentors alike.

ABAI is thrilled to get the support of the Ministry of ITBT Government of Karnataka and their amazing sponsors representing the best of breeds in our industry.

Indian contestants are requested not to waste this unique opportunity – please register b2b.gafx.in and be ready to come and meet the masters at the B2B and hear them speak at GAFX 2018 conference session.

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Cosmos-Maya, an animation content creator for kids in India has collaborated with YuppTV, one the of  the over-the-top (OTT) video platforms for South Asian content offering live TV, catch-up TV and movies on-demand in 14 languages across the globe.

Anish Mehta

Cosmos-Maya CEO Anish Mehta said, “YuppTV enjoys an envious reach across the global diaspora with over 14.5 million mobile downloads worldwide and this partnership will allow us to reach this audience in multiple Indian languages. YuppTV will be engaging with a new audience for the first time. Through this association we hope to introduce our content to kids across geographies especially in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, Canada and so on further augmenting our footprint across the world.”

Cosmos-Maya owns a content bank of 1000+ half hours and runs a successful bouquet of digital channels under the umbrella brand WowKidz, offering entertainment for kids of all ages in Indian languages.

Under this association of WowKidz on YuppTV, the subscribers of YuppTV will be able to enjoy non-stop kids’ entertainment with shows like Motu Patlu, Vir-the Robot Boy, Chacha Bhatija, Eena Meena Deeka, Kisna among others. The kids’ content will be available in three languages- Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

Founded by Indian filmmakers, Ketan Mehta and Deepa Sahi, Cosmos-Maya targets audiences globally through its brand, WowKidz which has become one of the fastest growing channels for kids’ content with over four million active YouTube subscribers and over four billion cumulative views (as on March 2018).

Uday Reddy

Commenting on the association, YuppTV founder and CEO Uday Reddy added, “We are pleased to venture into the kids’ entertainment space with Cosmos-Maya. Kids are a captive and influential audience and with the help of Cosmos Maya’s popular content on WowKidz we hope to expand our content library and offer them a spectacular experience on our platform. This association aligns with our vision of creating an offering that caters to audiences of all age groups.”

The latest offering by WowKidz on YuppTV will be available for convenient viewing from 27 April 2018.

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In this tutorial from Cineversity, motion designer EJ Hassenfratz shows you how he transitioned from 2D to 3D workflows using Cinema 4D.

Image via EJ Hassenfratz / Cineversity.

Recorded live at Maxon’s 2018 NAB booth, this Cineversity tutorial features motion designer, and Greyscalegorilla regular, EJ Hassenfratz. You’ll hear about him starting his career making 3D logos, and then shifting to work on his animation and color fundamentals.

This is a great presentation for After Effects and 2D creators looking to get started with 3D. You’ll learn about integrating Cinema4D into your 2D workflow, saving time with C4D animation tools, character animation, and some other helpful time saving tips. Dive into Sketch and Toon, learn about Jiggle Deformer, and learn helpful techniques using Voronoi Fracture objects and Dynamics.

Ready? Let’s tune in.



Presentation Breakdown

Here’s a timestamped breakdown courtesy of our friends at Cineversity.

00:00 – Introduction
06:42 – Reel
08:37 – Joystick Project
08:49 – Sketch and Toon Renderer
09:57 – Adjusting Shading Settings
11:22 – Adding Grain
12:26 – Animation Tips
13:07 – Time Remapping with Time Tracks
17:58 – Secondary Animation with the Jiggle Deformer
20:35 – Using the Jiggle Deformer to create Springy Type
23:43 – Better Silhouettes with Falloffs
24:43 – Realtime Liquid Effects
27:50 – Dynamics for Logo Animation
28:17 – Breaking a Logo into Pieces with Voronoi Fracture
28:52 – Adding Dynamics Tags
30:23 – Art-Directing Dynamics with the Trigger Options
31:41 – Invisible Dynamics Triggers with the Ghost Collider Option
33:09 – Other-Worldly Results with Forces
36:47 – Simple Character Animation
39:46 – Squash and Stretch Deformer
41:17 – Reusing Deformer Animation for Different Characters
42:01 – Rigging
42:38 – Adding Joints / Bones
44:26 – Adding Automatic Secondary Animation with IK Dynamics

More from EJ Hassenfratz

GIF via EJ Hassenfratz / Cineversity.

• Eyedesyn.com
• Cinema 4D Tutorials
• School of Motion C4D Basecamp
• Mograph Weekly on Lynda.com

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We’ve direct and made for the launch of the new NIKE EPIC REACT in Argentina this six animation pieces. Thanks to our friends of Nosotros5 for calling us for this great project. It’s like riding a marshmallow unicorn. It’s like jumping into a cotton candy pool. It’s like a pillow fight in space It’s like jumping on velvet springs. It’s like huging a real size jelly bear. it’s like diving on a cake made of clouds. — Dirigimos e hicimos estas seis piezas de animación para el nuevo lanzamiento de lasNIKE EPIC REACT en Argentina. Gracias a nuestros amigos de Nosotros5 por llamarnos para este gran proyecto. Client: NIKE Agency: Nosotros Cinco Producer: Mariana Rolon Supervisors: Mariano Sigal & Rocko Corbould Production, and Design: BUDA Directors: Dalmiro Buigues & Martin Dasnoy Character design: Gastón Pacheco Animators: Martin Dasnoy, Julio Velazquez CG look, art Direction: Dalmiro Buigues