Hasta La Motion!

May 18

Mudbox 2011 SP1 Released

Posted in: 1

Addresses stability issues and includes fixes across several functional areas including Posing and FBX file operations.div class=”feedflare”
a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:7Q72WNTAKBA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=7Q72WNTAKBA” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:V_sGLiPBpWU”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?i=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:V_sGLiPBpWU” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:qj6IDK7rITs”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=qj6IDK7rITs” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:gIN9vFwOqvQ”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?i=hwv_Rnyy498:h3SnXGjl-hk:gIN9vFwOqvQ” border=”0″/img/a
/divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG/~4/hwv_Rnyy498″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

May 18

MPC completes VFX shots for Robin Hood

Posted in: 1

MPC completed 570 shots for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe, Mark Strong and Cate Blanchett.div class=”feedflare”
a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:7Q72WNTAKBA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=7Q72WNTAKBA” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:V_sGLiPBpWU”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?i=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:V_sGLiPBpWU” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:qj6IDK7rITs”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=qj6IDK7rITs” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:gIN9vFwOqvQ”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?i=P9rNvinWAiU:0Mk3D8kXrJI:gIN9vFwOqvQ” border=”0″/img/a
/divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG/~4/P9rNvinWAiU” height=”1″ width=”1″/

May 18

Creating 3D Grass

Posted in: 1

Realistic grass has always been a challenge. Using Groundwiz will paint the grass patches (proxies) onto the ground.div class=”feedflare”
a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:7Q72WNTAKBA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=7Q72WNTAKBA” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:V_sGLiPBpWU”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?i=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:V_sGLiPBpWU” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:qj6IDK7rITs”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?d=qj6IDK7rITs” border=”0″/img/a a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?a=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:gIN9vFwOqvQ”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG?i=DVilKhq3RnU:IQxzsY91lZI:gIN9vFwOqvQ” border=”0″/img/a
/divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Cgarena-GetAttentionInCG/~4/DVilKhq3RnU” height=”1″ width=”1″/

May 18

Heat Haze

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry

Hi guys, I’m doing a shot where some fighter jets are flying through a valley. This shot is from behind the fighters and I need to know a way that I can fake the heat haze that would be given off from the jet engines.

I have the 3d axis positioning of the engines if that’s any help for real depth etc.

Am I overthinking this or would a simple kind of blur effect work?

Thanks.

May 18

Gold on pink..

Posted in: Gallery

I recently put this clip together for a club in the center of Amsterdam..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osIViC2gvqA

An thought i’d throw myself to the (critique) wolves..

May 18

Acropora release candidate (RC1) available

Posted in: Your News

Acropora (1.0.0012 RC1) Release candidate is now available for download.
Acropora is a procedural voxel modeler for creating complex, organic mesh topologies that are useful for all types of 3D modeling applications. Acropora incorporates some of the latest advances in voxel modeling technology. Features include:

– A widevariety of base shapes and compound shapes as primary surfaces
– User-defined surfaces
– Voxelisation of user imported models
– Over 50+ volume modifiers
– Automatic generation of up to 15 octaves of three-dimensional noise (volumetric, Perlin and fractal)
– Extensive voxel and noise editing tools
– Extensive post-processing of meshes (tesselation, smoothing, simplification,…)
– Batch processing
– Multiple LOD support
– Export to multiple mesh formats, DDS volume textures, and raw voxel data

Additions and improvements:
– General undo function
– Improved GUI design (new Tools pane)
– Lofts & grooves (for generating spline-controlled volumes)
– Extrude & bore
– Fall-off for regions
– Added flat-bottom filter
– Added taper modifier
– Carving pen (with cube, sphere and conical chisels)
– Mesh smoothing enhancements
– Completely revamped object removal tool (for removing those unsightly polygon artifacts). Now faster and with filtering options.
– Added transforms to base objects (plane, cylinder, sphere, metaballs)
– Tool to apply walls along world-space boundaries where there is solid material.
– Manual position control of regions and geometric modifiers.
– Enhanced 3D spike modifier
– Transformations (rotation+translation) added to the following modifiers: helix, rings, wave, ripple, river/canyon, spikes, gravity well, cube, cylinder, torus, radial fingers, cone,.
– Comprehensive help file

Web: http://www.voxelogic.com

See the new features here:
http://www.voxelogic.com/index.php?…w=article&id=28
Check out the updated galleries here:
http://www.voxelogic.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=13

Attached Thumbnails

May 18

Rotate/Pan problem?!!

Posted in: Maya

I have 2-button mouse and and had to set the PAN option to another key combination rather than the middle mouse button click.. I can easily doly and rotate if I am working at the origin. If I am working off the origin and when I want to rotate it seems like I am rotating with respect to the origin and no with respect to what I have on the screen. Is this dull or I am?! Please help!!

May 17

MPC’s Richard Stammers on the vfx in Robin Hood

Posted in: 1

MPC’s Richard Stammers on the vfx in Robin Hood

For Robin Hood, director Ridley Scott’s take on the classic
tale, MPC created hundreds of visual effects of medieval castles, an
invading French armada, CG troops and many, many arrows. Here’s my interview at fxguide with MPC
visual effects supervisor Richard Stammers about his work for the film.

May 17

Jen Stark Paper Sculptures

Posted in: General

Yes, these are made from hand cut paper. Jen Stark.

May 17

Need a partner

Posted in: The Job Lot

I am doing a rebranding for a local TV station – nothing really big. The problem is that Im only a beginner when it comes to compositing and cgi, so I am looking for someone with some experience to help me out with this project. There is no money involved so I am counting on people who would like to gain more experience working on this project. You can even add the resulting videos to your reel. Time isn’t a factor here but the sooner we are getting started, the better.

If there is someone interested just let me know so I can give you further details about the project. Thanks!

Hasta La Motion!

Mudbox 2011 SP1 Released

MPC completes VFX shots for Robin Hood

Creating 3D Grass

Heat Haze

Gold on pink..

Acropora release candidate (RC1) available

Rotate/Pan problem?!!

MPC’s Richard Stammers on the vfx in Robin Hood

Jen Stark Paper Sculptures

Need a partner

Who's in charge here?

Quick and dirty links!

Search

Archives

Blogroll

Recent Posts

Meta

Just one more ad block...