Hasta La Motion!

In this Motionographer Q&A, we have an inspiring and honest chat with Kris Merc about his latest music video for De La Sol, his Puerto Rican roots, and the state of diversity in the creative industry.

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My chat with Imageworks vfx supe Sue Rowe on The Meg, at VFX Voice.

Reckitt Benckiser nappy rash brand Dermodex has launched the Unphotographed Album (O Álbum Nunca Fotografado), in association with Brazilian National Adoption Day (May 25). Late adoption in Brazil is still rare in Brazil, often associated with various myths and prejudices. Today, 92% of children who are waiting for adoption are over 7 years old. However, of the 37,000 parents who want to adopt, only 9% welcome children of that age or older, according to data from the National Justice Council. Dermodex brand worked with BETC São Paulo to run an experiment with three Brazilian families, allowing late-adoption parents to see themselves, for the first time, with their children in what would have been special moments from their birth day to the present.

Three couples – Ester and Moacir, Cacalo and Zé Antônio, and Malu and Joachim – were honored with The UnPhotographed Album. Through an album of memories, these parents had the opportunity to see themselves next to their children, since each of their child’s birth day. After months of detailed research, studying the past of those families before the adoption, BETC São Paulo found out which moments and stories the parents and their children would like to have lived together. From this, in partnership with Studio Ícone, they created customized albums full of realistic illustrations, bringing unforgettable images of those families, from moments that would have happened before they met: diaper changing, birthday parties, weddings, garden games, among many other situations.

“If I could choose a moment, I would like them to be my little bridesmaids, so they would enter the church hall with me on my wedding day. They would be two little ones!”. comments Ester, who, along with Moacir, adopted Sabrina at age 7 and then Ketelyn at age 11, and had one of the illustrations materializing this desired moment.

The activation also brings the love at first sight of Cacalo and Zé Antônio with Matheus, who was born with a serious vision problem that did not stop him from reaching a new home at age 7. “This translates all my thoughts of all those years. Everything I thought I could have lived with him” says Cacalo on the film.

“All the time we did not have is here, on this album” says Malu, next to her husband Joachim. The couple adopted the three biological sisters Gabriela, Rafaela and Emily, who were 6, 4 and 3 years old, respectively, at that time.

With the message “They were already a family. They just hadn’t met yet”, the film can be seen in Dermodex’s social networks, and it also invites people to form new families inspired by those stories.

Dermodex Unphotographed Album Credits

The Unphotographed Album was developed for Reckitt Benckiser at BETC São Paulo by chief creative officer Erh Ray, executive creative director Rodolfo Barreto, creative director Daniel Schiavon, copywriters Americo Vizer, Chico Lucas, Fillipe Abreu, Pedro Rosas, art director/typographer José Pedro Bortolini, art directors Michel Morem, Gabriel Marcondes, Savio Hatherly, brand and business team Daniela Keller and Luana Gregorio, communication/PR officer Camila Nakagawa, strategist Utymo Oliveira, channels team Carlinha Gagliardi, Felippe Sobrinho and Artur Martins, production team Mariane Goebel, Ana Lucia Marques and Tiago Hasegawa, graphic production team Gilmar Mendes, Renata Germani, Juliana Arantes, Carlos Valeriano and Plínio Junior, working with Reckitt Benckiser marketing team Alan Kirszenwurcel, Fernanda Inoguti and Márcio Aguiar.

Filming was shot by director Claudio Cinelli via Trator Filmes. Sound and music were produced at Jamute.

Illustration was produced at Estúdio Ícone. Printing was done at Gráfica P+E.

Live from Siggraph 2018, we answer your questions about the new tools and features in Cinema 4D R20.

Are you diving into all the new features of Cinema 4D R20, but have some questions? We took your questions live during a Cinema 4D R20 demo at Siggraphs 2018.

In addition to our presentation, we’ve also included many of the scene files we showed and created during the show. Be sure to grab those below so you can break down our project settings and learn more about all the new R20 features. 

Free Cinema 4D R20 Scene Files

Get the free scene files shown in our presentation by clicking the button below.

FREE SCENE FILES

Nick Campbell, Chad Ashley, and Chris Schmidt of Greyscalegorilla start by showing you how to smooth OpenVDB Volume Meshes, then show how to create chiseled type using Volumes and Fields. They’ll demonstrate the new gradient control in R20 and the Bake As Alembic Command. They talk about some of the advantages of VDB modeling and show how to mesh shaders and noises using the Volume Builder. Finally, you’ll see how Fields can be used to create Vertex Maps and texture elements based on proximity, and how Fields work in MoGraph effectors. – Cineversity

Enjoy the presentation, and thanks so much to MAXON for hosting us, and to Cineversity for the recording.

Let’s get started.

Here’s a timestamped breakdown courtesy of Cineversity:

• 02:40 – VDB Meshing and Smoothing
• 08:39 – Chiseled Type using OpenVDB Volumes and Fields
• 16:40 – Cinematic Titles in the Viewport
• 19:12 – R20 Gradient
• 23:19 – Bake As Alembic
• 26:04 – Polygon vs VDB Modeling
• 27:00 – Meshing Shaders with OpenVDB Volume Builder
• 33:16 –  Texturing VDBs
• 35:10 –  Fields with Vertex Maps
• 43:52 –  Fields in MoGraph

At Siggraph 2018, Greyscalegorilla announced Light Kit Pro 3. The plugin is available now, either new or as an upgrade for existing Light Kit Pro 1 or Light Kit Pro 2 users. Grab the fastest selling GSG plugin ever, today!

Looking for advanced Cinema 4D R20 training? Check out the Greyscalegorilla Guide to Cinema 4D R20.

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