Apr 05

Astronomers Dream

Posted in: 2d, Astronomer's Dream, Aztec, General, illustration, Malcolm Sutherland, Maya, short film

Apologies for being 9 months late, folks. That’s enough time to pop a baby out…Better late than never, Astronomer’s Dream by Malcolm Sutherland is now available on Vimeo in its entirety. So enjoy its Mayan-influenced, richly illustrative look, and the payoff at the end. It starts a tad slow, but trust me, it’s quite worth it in the end.

More info and credits here, and Malcolm’s folio site is here. Thanks for the timely reminder, Kris!

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Apr 05

Moving to Vancouver

Posted in: Professional Career Advice!
Hi all,

I’m planning to move to Vancouver next year for a couple of years and was wondering if anyone could help me out with some info.

I’m a UK national so will need a visa. Do Canadian companies help with this sort of thing? What type of visa? Is it worth using a visa agency?

How’s the industry? I have read on the web that it’s a growing industry in Vancouver and that there are plenty of jobs. Is this true?

I have a family to support so am interested in the rates of pay. No figures needed just is it enough? (I’m a compositor with about 5 years experience, currently working on films).

I’ve had a look on the intraweb but there’s so much info, esp regarding visas, that I’m not sure where to begin!

Any info much appreciated.

Thanks

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Apr 05

Cumulus: New Reel

Posted in: Design, Motion

Cumulus is a French collective specializing in motion design. Love their reel, check out www.cumulus-collectif.com.

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Apr 05

Gkaster: New Reel + short film for NIKE

Posted in: Design, directing, Motion

Two new works from Pierre Magnol’s Gkaster: A short film for NIKE MERCURIAL and a brand-spankin new reel. Great design/animation/compositing and of course directing.

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Apr 05

James Froggatt

Posted in: Design

James Froggatt is a graphic design student from the Lincoln school of art and design who will be graduating in a few months time. Fantastic portfolio of work to say the least.

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Apr 05

Smoke Trail for school in need of a critique please

Posted in: Community Critiques & Reviews
Hello Everyone,
I am new to the website and VFX in general. I am actually working on a project for school where I need to create a smoke trail. I have my first round of testing pretty close to done, but I need a critique on it. What I am trying to achieve and I am finding it difficult to do so, is to make the trail go on for longer but with out it dissipating to fast.

Here is the effect i am going for it starts at 3:49 where the smoke trail comes out from voldemort
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Qm27bhaYw

Here are my renders that I have done
First render-
http://vimeo.com/10684605

Second Render-This one I cut down the animation and slowed down the movements
http://vimeo.com/10691676

Thank you all for the help/critiques in advance it is greatly appreciated.

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Apr 05

Parigi, interno notte

Posted in: Animazione 3d, Motiongraphics, Stranieri

La Gaîté Lyrique è il nuovo punto di riferimento parigino per le arti e le culture digitali. La suggestione del luogo, un teatro ottocentesco abbandonato da vent’anni, e le tematiche dell’innovazione visuale alla base del progetto, sono stati gli stimoli forniti dalla direzione artistica al giovane regista francese Yves Geleyn per la realizzazione di un cortometraggio promozionale che suggerisse le coordinate all’interno delle quali si muoverà il centro.

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Apr 05

Career advice

Posted in: Professional Career Advice!
I’ve not done much with my life… kind of drifted through my late teens and now i’m 23 turning 24 this year.

However I’ve really want to get into either animaton or VFX but am I too old to go back and study and still have a successfull career?

And if I was too go back and do a course, what options would I have? (Living in the United Kingdom).

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Apr 05

nuke to max

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Anyone to know any way to export a cam from nuke and then
import it in max?

I only know export it in cham format, so next Max can´t read it
this format.

Thanks a lot,

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Apr 05

time warp.!!!

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
hi
i used o-flow ,F_kornos
and did some time warping,nothing complex simply wanted a smooth transision from my normal frame rate to 400X but both have problems and o-flow even jump some frames backward.!!
i’m sure my curve doesn’t go a bit down in its way.! so how could this happened.!?:scorching
and F_kornos have a vary bad sin like speed up-down(very slightly)
where i put it on 400X all the way that is should be linear and no change in speed.!!:eek:
:confused:
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