Nov 23

Just introducing myself…

Posted in: The Pad
since this forum doesn’t have a "welcome to new members" section, i figured I’d post here LOL…

background – short version…

Recent graduate from AI-Phoenix (B.A. VFX and Motion Graphics)
Reside in Southern California (Murrieta)
Hobbies: Cars, Movies, Computers, Outdoors, Photography

Recently figured out this was the worst time to graduate school and try to find a job… 😆

You guys have a great forum here and I’m glad I stumbled across it! 🙂

My webpage and demo reel are in my signature… (wish I could figure out how to turn them into hyperlinks)

Other than that… if anyone has any questions/comments throw em up! 🙂

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Nov 23

Future Film Festival 2010

Posted in: film festival, General, Industry, italy, screenings

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“Martin Fierro” by Liliana Romero and Norman Euiz, winner of Lancia Platinum Grand Prize, 2009

Motionographer is putting together a special showcase for the 12th Future Film Festival this January 26-30th in Bologna, Italy. Mark it on your calendars!

Posted on Motionographer

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Nov 23

How to extract this matte??

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hi..I have a series of jpeg images..I find them hard to rotoscope them because their edges are really sharp and i get a lot of chatters..I’ve inserted a sample image please check it out and tell me if there is a way to avoid these kind of hard edges..

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Nov 23

Searching for CGI Dinosaur Animators

Posted in: VFXTalk Short Film Forum
I have been working on a Jurassic Park fan film for just under 3 years now, and we have finally filmed the last bit of footage we needed. I have had numerous animators over the past year and a number of them have quit on me (mutiple reasons, mainly down to them not having the time). I currently have one animator, Bruno (who created the 6 pack in JP dinosaur clones you can see on TurboSquid). He’s incredible – who’s knows the models better than him, right?

But I feel the workload may be too high for him, and I am in need of another animator to help Bruno along the way. I’ve delayed the film too much – I’ve set a date for next year and I would really like to see the film actually get completed. These 2 and a half years have to mean something.

Bruno’s dinosaurs work in 3DS Max. The animations created would need to be composited into the video I have and tracked if the camera moves. So far what I’ve seen from Bruno is just incredible – I’m sure there are others out there as skilled as him.

Anyway, if there is anybody interested please reply for more information or contact me seperately. The Jurassic Park community are awaiting this fan film.

If you would like to see some footage from the film so far, and a few update videos I have done, check them out on my YouTube page:
www.youtube.com/jackdelamare

Thank you very much for reading and I hope somebody is interested. I didn’t want to discuss payment outloud but this is something that can be discussed separately. 🙂

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Nov 23

Pro Juice TV Series – We want your work!!

Posted in: The Pad
Hey Everyone,

We’re going into Pre-Production on the first TV series of Pro Juice and we need your help. We might be based in Melbourne but we’re looking to the world for both content and broadcasters. Check out below how you can be involved.

Animators/Designers/Editors

We’re looking for 12 animated stings to use throughout the series. What are stings? Well they can be anything you like. But basically they’re short (2-7 second) animations that we can use between segments to add some dynamism to the show and to show off the creative work of all you ‘guerrilla’ producers out there. We don’t mind if its 2D, 3D, stop motion or cut-out animation. So long as its original, fresh and very cool.

Music Videos

We’re on the lookout for 6 music videos to feature in the series. So if you’ve produced/directed/edited/animated a great music video lately, we want to see it. We want videos with great stories, striking visual effects, simple ideas or one-shot wonders.

Short Films / Experimental Works

We’re also on the lookout for 6 short films or experimental videos to feature in the series. So if you’ve produced/directed/edited/animated a great video lately, we want to see it. We want videos with great stories, striking visual effects, simple ideas or one-shot wonders…

What Else Do You Need To Know

For all the info you need and to check out Pro Juice online videos check out here:

http://www.projuice.org/Callout.html

Peace out.

Nick and Arlo.

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Nov 23

Facility wide file name replace

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
I’m trying to set up a server side init.py file so all of our Nuke users can run scripts and find footage without it breaking on other systems. Were using all 3 operating systems.

I have no idea how to create the script but I have a feeling its something similar to this:

Code:

if nuke.env[WIN32] or nuke.env[WIN64]
        then replace /mnt/volumes/xsan/
                with //192.168.1.242/Xsan/
        else replace /Volumes/Xsan/
                with //192.168.1.242/Xsan/

if nuke.env[OSX]
        then replace //192.168.1.242/Xsan/
                with /Volumes/Xsan/
        else replace /mnt/volumes/xsan/
                with /Volumes/Xsan/

if nuke.env[LINUX]
        then replace //192.168.1.242/Xsan/
                with /mnt/volumes/xsan/
        else replace /Volumes/Xsan/
                with /mnt/volumes/xsan/

If anyone has some guidance it would be much appreciated.

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Nov 23

A Forest

Posted in: Allison Schulnik, animazione, Didier Falzone, Gods of Design, Grizzly Bear, Motiongraphics, Stop-motion, Stranieri, Video Musicali

Ci si narrava spesso, da bambini, di un sedicente angelo che meglio da fare non aveva che vagare in cerca di irrispettosi pargoli intenti a far smorfie allo specchio. Se ci si fosse lasciati scorgere, egli avrebbe per sempre immobilizzato la nostra mostruosa espressione. Le creature dell’artista americana Allison Schulnik da sempre cercano di combattere il malefico angelo, talvolta ci riescono, ma è solo per un istante: l’ammasso scombinato di materia che li compone è in perenne trasformazione, e la loro vita è una sequenza di estasi e smarrimento.

Dopo una prima riuscita collaborazione per il cortometraggio Hobo Clown, i Grizzly Bear si affidano nuovamente alla pittrice di San Diego per “Ready, Able”, terzo singolo estratto dall’acclamato Veckatimest (Warp, 2009): prende vita così “Forest”, una fiaba moderna d’una creatura alle prese con continui cambiamenti di stato, scanditi e cantati da un irrequieto coro in pongo.

Clicca qui per vedere il video incorporato.

Film: Allison Schulnik
Lightning: Helder King Sun
Thanks to: Eric Yahnker

Articolo redatto da Didier Falzone

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Nov 23

My python script for comping Nuke-maya passes

Posted in: Nuke Plugins & Scripts
Strictly for newbies like me 🙂

Hello,

Just wrote a small script to comp Maya render passes into Nuke (refer to tutorial by Hugo at http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/nuke-tu…ss-t19333.html)

My first try into scripting, please feel free to trash it. You can make it as a gizmo and run it. (some limitations documented in the file itself)

Attached Files
File Type: nk setupPasses.nk (2.3 KB)
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Nov 23

nuke dev group

Posted in: Nuke Plugins & Scripts
Has anyone spotted a google group or forum for nuke tool/plugin developers? I found the "nukeuser" group but that’s much more geared toward the crowd using nuke without writing in your own functionality.
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Nov 23

Sara Blake

Posted in: Uncategorized

Very talented Sara Blake showcases a wide variety of impressive and wild illustrations.

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