I need some masking help. And I’m paying :-)

Hey guys,
I’m shooting a music video and need help on getting a couple of things done. The first thing is to have the side of an ice cream truck masked out and then have a new sign placed on it.

The second thing is to have the drivers shirt changed from blue to white or maybe just have the window tinted out a bit to hide him.

Please email me a link to some samples of your work and we can work it out from there.

Email: jayekko@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Jay

Footages of birds flying for bg shots?

Is there anywhere I can find footages of birds flying for background shots as I need it for a project?

maya 2011 lighting and rendering tutorial

Full moon backdrop video for chromakey?

I’m rather new to the chroma world and have just taped my green posterboard to the wall. I also have several yards of green Walmart cloth and I am currently trying to get the lighting smooth…….but that will soon come about.

Mainly, what I would like to know is where I can find a real good backdrop video showing a very large full moon with clouds moving slowly across it, or some other night-sky backdrop video that would have a nice, mesmerizing quality.

I am turning up kinda dry on the google search.

Any suggestions?

Thanx in advance.

Weta Tackles More Avatar

Take a look at indian feature Ramayana-a 3d movie realing this oct.

cmiVFX Releases New Houdini Procedural Animation Techniques Video

cmiVFX Releases New Houdini Procedural Animation Techniques Video
High Definition Training Videos for the Visual Effects Industry

Princeton, NJ (Sep 15, 2010) – cmiVFX launches its latest Visual FX Training Video for Side FX’s Houdini, Procedural Animation Techniques.

This video was created to assist animators, teaching a series of different techniques and methods for building effects inside Houdini. Houdini, while being incredibly deep with a formidable learning curve, also happens to be one of the most (if not the most) versatile and powerful non-proprietary graphics package available. There is virtually nothing Houdini can’t do, but this video will help teach fundamental concepts and provide focus and direction to a number of the incredibly powerful animation tools. cmiVFX breaks down each step one by one with fast and easy chapter references designed for even faster muscle memory. cmiVFX continues to deliver the training and content you need, quickly, efficient and affordably.

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Houdini Procedural Animation Techniques
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Controlled Animation of Multiple Objects
As you may already know, it is crucial to be able to control every aspect of a given shot; making changes quickly and easily to an entire scene with the ability to immediately see the effect of those changes results in an environment geared perfectly for art direction and decision making. With these techniques, we can animate a single object using dynamic VOPs, CHOPs, and keyframes and then procedurally duplicate the entire network, resulting in the ability to parametrically control an infinite number of objects. CHOPs allow us to import an already keyframed parameter, apply that animation to each object, and then modify each object’s animation channels independently. This allows for gigantic animations controlled by only a few nodes. We’ll also use VOP networks to control when and where the animations take place.

Procedural Lightning Effect
Here you will learn to easily create a complex-looking lightning effect. The trick is to combine nurds modeling with CHOPs and the "ForEach" node to get a completely procedural and controllable lightning rig that allows for an infinite number of lightning bolts. The goal here is to learn the importance of choosing the right method for achieving a given result, with the least complex networks possible.

Rigging a Procedural Tentacle
Using bones and CHOPs together, we will learn how to quickly rig, animate, and instance a tentacle procedurally, as well as modifying the animation for each copy without having to duplicate any networks.

The Power of Recursive Animation
The SOP Solver gives us the opportunity to create recursive animations and modeling, where each frame, the geometry of the previous frame is passed forward and the whole network inside the solver is recalculated. This allows for effects using propagation, in this case, a growing area of points in a different group. We can then use this changing group data to animate things burning, melting, or simply changing in some way. Learn to calculate the distance from a given point and have each selected point add to its group based on the neighboring points, and then have the calculations repeat each frame to grow the group. This will be accomplished using the VOPSOP and the SOP Solver.

Creating Fully Dynamic Jellyfish Heads
Learn to create local forces for wire or cloth objects and combine them with keyframed geometry deformations to create dynamic soft-body objects mixed with sinusoidal animation. This technique will allow for incredibly versatile and interesting self-propelled soft bodies or cloth.

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What to do if employer doesnt pay you?

i spent 60 hours (paid hourly) working on this project for my new employer .

he got the finished video and stopped answering my calls and emails

then told me to go ahead and sue him he has the best lawyer in LA

. my first thought was to take my shot gun to his house and remove his head from his shoulders . but il save that for when all other options are gone .

has anyone been threw this before and what did you do and how did it all work out ? any info would be appreciated

about “Alice in WonderLand” especially “hair”

Hey Guys!
Do you think it is possible make the movie like "Alice in WonderLand" independently,isn’t it ?
Can we render Hair? Can we the crowd? and More…..
Is it possible to make look and animation without PRMan?
How do you think about this?

Thinking of incorporating myself

Being freelance, and jumping from company to company I came across an interesting issue when trying to apply for a home loan. That even though I had a large downpayment and made enough money annually, I was still denied due to not having "steady income", meaning I freelance to much. Jumping from company to company. Which is part of the game we play.

Someone suggested incorporating myself, which I’ve heard of people doing from time to time, but never fully considered it. Now it’s coming on my radar, and I’m sure there is much more information to take into account that I can’t even begin to comprehend. The advantages. The disadvantages. Would it matter if I decide to move to Canada? The ramifications of incorporating oneself, and marriage (not that I’m getting married anytime soon, but things like that do creep into my mind).

I know it’s fully loaded discussion, and I have tons of thoughts and questions, and no real way to know where or how to start, but I just wanted to get the ball rolling, and see where this topic goes.