The Limousines

The Limousines by Mathieu Wothke. A video that looks like the making of a video.

Building Destruction

This is a project I worked on for a client a few months ago. They just wanted to the facade the building to be destroyed. They picked the manner in which the building was going to break and fall, its not how I would of done it but oh well.

The final animation was to be used in a video projection onto the building itself.

http://vimeo.com/16371185

This was my first big project trying to destroy a building but I think it turned out well. They also did not want any dust in the animation as they where taking care of it themselves.

OK GO – Kings of the one take

I just wanted to give a nod to the band OK GO. Over the past years they have proven to be leaders of the YouTube viral music clip. But to boot, they have taken a theme, a simple idea and and totally owned it through their innovation that it might even seem they invented it. All the following videos are ‘one take’ videos shot in one go without post production editing. To OK GO the kings of the ‘One Take’

Videos Embeds after the jump:

White Knuckles

End Love

This Too Shall Pass (Rube Golberg)

This Too Shall Pass (Marching Band)

WTF?

A Million Ways

Here It Goes Again

Senior Lead Compositor/Generalist for 3D conversion & Compositing

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strong understanding of stereoscopic imagery and diagnosing visual disparities.
Overall knowledge of After Effects, Nuke experience a plus.
Fast paced production savvy problem solving.
Teach and mentor Junior compositors/generalists.
Work closely with producers, stereographer and stereoscopic supervisor.
Help trouble shoot production pipeline issues.
Team Player.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Software knowledge requirments: After Effects, Syntheyes or PFtrack, nuke experience a plus
Basic knowledge of a 3D application: Lightwave or Maya, 3Ds Max a plus
Previous Film production experience
Good at paint an clean plate creation.
Ability to communicate effectively with Team and producers as well as manage junior artists
Ability to get high quality scene tracking data using Syntheyes or PFtrack

Onsite work only
Facility is located in Westlake Village, California 91361

Submission Process:
Send an email to yael@stereoscopicfx.com
Subject Line should be the desired position
Include resume, desired compensation, and shot contribution list in the body of the email and a link to online Demo reel

3D Generalist with compositing experience

RESPONSIBILITIE & QUALIFITCATIONS:
Create high quality camera and object tracks using Syntheyes or PFtrack
Create rough models of scene assets, including but not limited to: Human & animal features, vehicles, scene geometry, using Lightwave or Maya
Work with and optimize Lidar scan data of sets for specific sequences.
Create assets for compositors to use for 3D conversion and Compositing.
Work closely with producers, stereographer and stereoscopic supervisor

Onsite work only
Facility is located in Westlake Village, California 91361

Submission Process:
Send an email to yael@stereoscopicfx.com
Subject Line should be the desired position
Include resume, desired compensation, and shot contribution list in the body of the email and a link to online Demo reel

Silhouette FX & After Effects Roto Artists

Experience LEVEL: Junior & Senior positions available.
RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFITCATIONS:
Ability to create articulate mattes using Silhouette FX and After Effects, use of mocha or Mocha Pro is a plus.
Must be able to work in a Fast paced environment.
Senior Roto artists should have experience in supervising and teaching junior level artists.
Good at paint and clean plate creation.
After Effects compositing experience is a big plus.

Onsite work only
Facility is located in Westlake Village, California 91361

Qualified candidates may undergo a half hour test during the interview process, to ensure working knowledge of software to be used when working.

Submission Process:
Send an email to yael@stereoscopicfx.com
Subject Line should be the desired position
Include resume, desired compensation, and shot contribution list in the body of the email and a link to online Demo reel

Junior and Mid Level Compositors for 3D conversion

Some or good understanding of stereoscopic imagery.
Working knowledge of After Effects, Nuke is a plus, silhouette FX experience is also a plus.
Ability to learn quickly and conform to production pipeline.
Work closely with Lead Compositor & Stereoscopic Supervisor.

Onsite work only
Facility is located in Westlake Village, California 91361

Qualified candidates will undergo a half hour test during the interview process, to ensure working knowledge of software to be used when working.

Submission Process:
Send an email to yael@stereoscopicfx.com
Subject Line should specify Junior or Senior Level position
Include resume, desired compensation, and shot contribution list in the body of the email and a link to online Demo reel

adjusting near, far planes in NUKE 6.2

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to work with some 3D imported geometry in NUKE and my viewer keeps cutting the geometry out..

now I remember that in older versions of NUKE there was a 3D tab in Project Settings were you would adjust the NEAR and FAR planes.. but its not there any more in NUKE 6.2 and I can’t find it anywhere else.. maybe somebody can give me a hint..?

My blog !

Finally got time to make my blog online at http://robustblog.weebly.com/

FBX Rotation Order

I’ve got a bit of a strange situation. I am using a readgeo to bring in an FBX file, which is animated so its read at every frame, and I know that in order to have it correctly align with the rest of the elements in the scene I need it to match the rotation order of the rest of the shot, which is ZXY. However, the FBX keeps loading as XYZ and when I change the rotation order to ZXY it keeps resetting itself to XYZ.

Any input as to how I can get the FBX rotation order to switch to ZXY and retain the setting would be greatly appreciated !

Thanks for any help.

Esteban