May
10
Pittsburgh Modular will be debuting the Electronic Sequence Designer 128 eurorack format sequencer at Superbooth 2018.
May
10
The news that got me the most excited about superbooth 18 was the announcement of 2 pocket synths from twisted electrons. So this was the first booth I went to (It was also right at the entrance :]) The audio recording was clipping, sorry. Official videos will soon be released.
The µAcid8 is a portable 8Bit bass-line synthesizer borrowing the characterful wavetable engine from acid8 and the essential elements of its highly praised step sequencer.
µAcid8 features some new tricks including transposition automation, filter wobbler, stutter and vinyl spin-down effects.
µAcid8 requires only two AAA batteries and can be synced to external instruments and pocket operators.
hapiNes is a multitrack chiptune synthesizer inspired by the RP2A07 sound chip found in the NES games console.
The 4 voices allow you to create authentic sounding tunes in real time!
Both were super easy and fun to use and the knobs give direct and quick access to the most important sound-sculpting features. Both feature a transposition chaining feature, similar to the chords chaining on the PO20 arcade.
Check the official page to preorder:
https://twisted-electrons.com/product/uacid8-pre-order/
https://twisted-electrons.com/product/hapines-pre-order/
May
10
Thor Token / Brand Film
Posted in: Animation
Today cryptocurrency dominates our newspaper headlines, our coffee shop conversations, and our personal investments alike. The crypto paradigm seems to have taken over… and it also seems here to stay. Enter Thor Token: a San Francisco-based blockchain solution. Thor Token is one of the many revolutionary and niche-market crypto coins to emerge in the last twelve months or so – in this case, created for the ever-flourishing gig economy. Client: Thor
Direction, Design: Andrew Vucko
Additional Design: Jonas Elsgaard
Animation: Andrew Vucko, Arm Sattavorn
Sound Design: John Black
Composers: Tobias Norberg, John Black
Alt Voiceover: Michelle Falanga
May
10
As the mega conference of GAFX 2018 inches closer, a line up of speakers has been officially announced. From animation maestros to VFX veterans, the list is graced by notable names of the global and indigenous sphere.
With the session details of the conference making its way out to the audience, it’s imperative to take note of the initial batch, as it looks to be extremely promising!
Here is the initial list of speakers and topics:
‘Shaping of The Shape of Water’
Luke Groves
‘Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer- Mr.X
‘Making of the VR film The Last Goodbye’
Jason Schugardt
VR VFX Supervisor and Head – 3D
Moving Picture Company – LA
‘
Making of VFX of PADMAAVAT’
Prasad Sutar
Co-founder/VFX Supervisor-NY VFXWAALA
‘Making of the 2018 National Award winning Best Animation Film TOKRI:The Basket’
Suresh Eriyat
Director-Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Talk on ‘Making of Nike Mercurial Launch Installation’ showcased at Nike’s annual Innovation Summit
Adam Grint
Creative Director – Emerging Technology
The Mill, London
‘Talk on Replicating Rachael for Blade Runner 2049’
Tom Reed
Head of Rigging-MPC
‘Talk on Making of Troll Hunters’
Philippe Gluckman
Chief Creative Officer-88 Pictures
‘Return of the Jungle @ GAFX (Test screening of the work in progress Hindi animation feature film Return of the Jungle followed by talk & Q&A session.)’
Vaibhav Kumaresh
Director, Vaibhav Studios, Mumbai
While the list further includes stalwarts from the industry, who will be present at GAFX 2018, a few topics of panel discussions seem to be the perfect match.
The discussion of the panels will include a varied array or topics ranging from Women in Animation to The rise of VFX in regional content, other topics include The emergence of Streaming Platforms and Financing in Animation.
Apart from the aforementioned list of speakers, the international and indigenous buyers present at the B2B AVGC Summit will also be taking part in the panel discussions and share their valuable insights, in real-time.
Here is the full list of speakers: https://www.gafx.in/speakers/
We’re sure that you would be looking up to register yourself for the conference right now !
For more information on the event, registration and sponsorship opportunities, please visit: https://www.gafx.in/ or call Mr. Amit Singh on: +91 9886998719.
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May
10
Cristiano Ronaldo partners with Graphic India and VMS Communications for new animated series, ‘Striker Force 7’
Posted in: AnimationCristiano Ronaldo has collaborated with Graphic India, a graphic novel and animation producer, focused on creating global superheroes, and VMS Communications, a mobile digital marketing and content management company, to create and launch a new character entertainment property, Striker Force 7.
“Cristiano Ronaldo has inspired millions of people around the world with his dedication, work-ethic and all-around epic game playing. CR7 is a real-life superhero to a generation and Striker Force 7 will bring together a global team of characters from our world (and others), that are representative of the diversity and coolness of his millions of fans,” commented Graphic India CEO and co-creator cum producer of the new series Sharad Devarajan.
Ronaldo and Devarajan will be executive producers to the series along with VMS Communications COO Diego Guarderas. Polaris Sports team and Graphic’s EVP creative Jeevan J. Kang, who is the lead character designer, are also in the creators’ team of the animated series.
“We have been working with Cristiano and Polaris Sports for over five years and we can’t ask for better partners. Cristiano’s name is synonymous with professionalism, dedication and success. That’s the reason he inspires millions of people around the globe. He didn’t become the most followed athlete on social media by chance; so developing an animated series of a true icon like Cristiano was a no-brainer for us,” said Guarderas.
The series will be seen across animation, comics, publishing, gaming and digital content. The deal was put together by Polaris Sports.
“I have always been a fan of superheroes and I’m thrilled to help to create this new animated series. In the same way football connects cultures and people around the world, I believe great animated characters and heroes can do the same and that’s why I am excited to bring together these passions of football and superheroes through this project and share it with my fans” Ronaldo added.
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May
09
Greyscalegorilla’s own Chris Schmidt dives deep into Cinema 4D with 50 more minutes of tips and tricks for animation, modeling, text, effectors, deformers, and more in this NAB presentation.
If you love learning a ton of tips and tricks in a short amount of time, then we’ve got the presentation for you! In a follow up to his original 50 Minutes of Tips and Tricks in Cinema 4D, Chris Schmidt is back with 18 different Cinema 4D workflow topics. He’ll again show you countless shortcuts and quick workarounds.
We’ve packaged up some of the project files featured in this presentation, as well as files from Nick’s presentation. It also includes the free Filter Swtich script too!
Ready to start learning? Let’s dive into this video. Thanks for Cineversity for the recording, and to Maxon for having us at their Cinema 4D booth at NAB.
Here is a timestamped breakdown courtesy of Cineversity.
00:24 – Bevel Inversion
02:13 – Scale to Timeline
02:31 – Select Through Objects
03:38 – Text Geometry
08:56 – HPB
10:21 – Collapse Panels
11:20 – Offset with Falloff
15:26 – Super Poly Clean Redux
17:25 – Animation Pallete
20:42 – n-Sides and Lofts
24:36 – Proximal Falloff
31:11 – Too Many Objects
32:59 – Bouncy Springs
35:35 – Shadow as Texture
39:04 – Booles!
43:38 – Sketchy Variation
51:48 – Second Executable
Bevel Inversion
Create inverted bevels with this quick-and-easy modeling technique.
Scale to Timeline
Did you know that you can just double-click the Power Slider to scale the timeline to the length of your project? Now you do. Next tip!
Select Through Objects
Working with a ton of objects in your project? Hold down the Shift key and right click in the area of the object you want to select. A menu will appear, showing you all the objects near your cursor head.
This is how Chris was able to quickly manage and find all the 3D models he was using in the trailer for The Happy Toolbox model pack.
Additionally, you can use the S key in both the Object Manager and Viewport.
Hovering your mouse in the Object Manager and hitting S will reveal the project hierarchy and scroll you to the object.
In the Viewport, hitting the S key will zoom into the object you had selected.
Text Geometry
Having trouble working with fonts in 3D? You’re not alone. Fonts were designed for 2D, and with this workaround, you’ll be able to better control your typeface geometry.
Rather than using a terrible looking extrude on fonts, use the polygon pen tool. Open the polygon pen tool with shortcut M then E. Turn on snap, you can hit P to bring up the snap menu. Make sure Spline Snap and Vertex Snap are selected.
You can know quickly create polygons in the top-down view. Just double-click to close the polygon, and then start the next section of your text. Don’t worry about making mistakes, because it’s easy to comeback and adjust these shapes for fine tuning.
You can now hold down the Command (Ctrl) key to drag out an edge from the last polygon. Now you can quickly cover the rest of the lettering.
When you’re down with the polygon tool, you will have much for control over your fonts. Now you can easily make adjustments, like adding a bevel.
HPB (Heading, Pitch, Bank)
Often confuse heading, pitch, and bank? Here’s an airplane model built to help you remember.
Heading is the direction the plane is heading on the z+ axis. Think of it as changing directions to the left or right.
Banking is a pivot action, like a plane dodging pullets may roll to the side.
Pitch is and up or down movement, like adjusting for takeoff.
Collapse Panels
Too many objects in your panel, and still need to see more? Want to close the Viewport to see more materials?
Hover over the panel control and click-down on the middle mouse button, or scroll wheel. This will collapse or re-open panels.
This help you avoid having to constantly resize your panel sizes.
Second Executable
Did you know you can run multiple copies of Cinema 4D at the same time? If you are caught up rendering one project, but need to keep working, you can open a second copy of Cinema 4D.
Find the original copy of C4D, and duplicate it in your Finder or Folder. Then open the second copy to have two copies running at once.
More Tips and Tricks
That’s just a glimpse of a few tips an techniques you’ll learn in this presentation. Be sure to watch for more animation tips, creating Dungeons and Dragons maps using Cloners, Effectors, Skethc & Toon, and Proximal Shader, using shadows to create texture, creative ways to use Signal, and more!
Want more Cinema 4D tips, tricks, and presentations? Check out these Cineversity videos.
- 50 Minutes of Tips and Tricks for Cinema 4D – Chris Schmidt
- 3D Workflows for Lazy People – Chad Ashley
- Make Beautiful Renders in Seconds with Cinema 4D – Nick Campbell
- Learning Cinema 4D Through Experimentation – Zachary Corzine
- Speeding Up Your Animation Workflows with C4D – EJ Hassenfratz
- Cineversity NAB 2017 Rewind Playlist
- Cineversity NAB 2016 Rewind Playlist
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May
09
The latest update to HDRI Studio Rig makes the plugin faster and easier. Quickly test out different lighting, backgrounds, and reflections.
HDRI Studio Rig is a plugin we developed to help speed up your Physical and Standard Render workflow. With this tool, you can preview different lighting setups, seamless backgrounds, and reflections on your 3D models.
Already own HDRI Studio Rig? Update 2.148 is available to you for free. Don’t have it, check out the product page here.
Alright, let’s see what’s new with HDRI Studio Rig.
Follow along with the tutorial above:
Our friends at Happy Toolbox have a selection of free 3D models that you can download from their site. There are nine free models, including the one featured above.
If you like using these models, check out the entire Happy Toolbox Model Pack over in the store. You can now even license individual Happy Toolbox 3D models on Adobe Stock.
What is new in HDRI Studio Rig?
You’ve likely experienced times where you would hit render in Cinema 4D, and your scene wouldn’t have any lighting, reflections, background, or even the proper render settings.
Adding HDRI Studio Rig to your scene will let you immediately start making changes.
Preview HDRIs in the Viewport
You’ll have realistic reflections on your models, and the latest update allows you to rotate your HDRI within the scene. You’ll be able to see changes in your viewport without having to render again.
HDRI Studio Rig includes Studio Basics HDRIs, that’s over 70 HDRIs ready for you to use. You can also use other HDRIs from the many packs in our store.
Check out these compatible HDRI Packs from Greyscalegorilla:
- Pro Studios
- Pro Studios Metal
- Commercial Locations
- European Holiday
- Road Trip
- Paradise
- Bundle all of the above + HDRI Link
Seamless Floor Backgrounds
The background settings in Seamless Floor Controls allow you to control the gradient of your backdrop.
You can also adjust the floor’s reflection, by adding reflection, blur, fresnel, and even reflect the selected HDRI.
Insert Render Settings
To avoid having to constantly go back into our render settings, we have the Insert Render Settings button that will populate your render setting with presets we frequently needed for Global Illumination and Ambient Occlusions.
Want to learn more about HDRI Studio Rig? Head on over to the product page for more details.
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May
09
"FAR ALAMO". Short Film.
Posted in: Animation
« FAR ALAMO » ’The Alamo » is attacked by BUGS! When John Wayne meets Paul Verhoeven… Movie Mashup & Fan Film Starring LAURENCE HARVEY JOHN WAYNE RICHARD WIDMARK Guest Stars CHARLES BRONSON YUL BRYNNER JAMES COBURN CLINT EASTWOOD HENRY FONDA TERENCE HILL STEVE MCQUEEN GIAN MARIA VOLONTE LEE VAN CLEEF ELI WALLACH Music by JAMES HORNER (Glory , Legends of the Fall, The Mask of Zorro) ENNIO MORRICONE (Once upon a Time in the West , The Good The Bad and The Ugly) DIMITRI TIOMKIN (The Alamo) « The Green Leaves of Summer » Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin Performed by The Brothers Four Film used The Alamo (1960) The Alamo (2004) A Bullet For The General A Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Magnificent Seven (1960) My Name is Nobody Once Upon a Time in the West Starship Troopers Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars Edited and Directed by FABRICE MATHIEU Many thanks to Christophe Lambert for all the informations and documents about « The Alamo »!
May
09
LSD – Genius ft. Sia, Diplo, Labrinth
Posted in: Animation
LSD – Genius (Official Video)
Lyrics:
Labrinth..
Do you think I’m stupid
Do you think I’m bat shit crazy having you on my mind
Do you think I’m helpless
My algebra gone equal you every time
Do you think I’m calling
Do you think I’m calling out your name every night
Girl I have fallen for you
What what you say
Oh my god
Baby, baby don’t you see
I got everything you need
Only a genius could love a woman like she
Oh my god
Baby, baby don’t you see
I got everything you need
Only a genius could love a woman like she
I’m a ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
He’s a genius
‘Cuz I love a woman like you
I’m a ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
He’s a genius
‘Cuz I love a woman like you
Sia…
Oh You’ll be my Einstein, my Newton, my Galileo, and my Hawking
Boy put that pep in my step
Put your arm around my neck while I’m walking
Please understand, Yeah I have fallen for you
What what you say
Oh my god
Baby, baby don’t you see
I got everything you need
Only a genius could love a woman like me
I’m sayin’ oh my god
Baby, baby don’t you see
I got everything you need
Only a genius could love a woman like me
I’m a ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge-genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- genius
He’s a genius
Cuz I love a woman like you
I’m a ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- genius
A ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge-genius
A a ge- ge- ge- ge- ge- ge – genius
He’s genius…
‘Cuz I love a woman like you
Oh my god
Dot the I’s and cross the T’s
I got everything you need
Well…
Only a genius could love a woman like me
Oh my god
You’re the lock and I’m the key
I got everything you need
Well
Only a genius could love a woman like me
‘Cuz I love a woman like you
He’s genius…
‘Cuz I love a woman like you
Credits:
Director: Ben Jones
Animation: Bento Box Entertainment
Illustration by Gabriel Alcala
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