fxguide on Woodstock

fxguide podcast with Mr. X VFX supervisor Brendan Taylor on Woodstock.

Film Vid covers District 9

div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmla href=http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/currentissue/How-They-Did-It-District-9_11250.htmlHow They Did It: District 9/a, at Film Video./div

Ink drop FX

Hi all,

I need to create ink drop effects like this:

I’ve tried using Maya Fluid, but I only got this:

I googled and found someone said Particle Illusion can do it too.
So, what’s the simplest solution for this case? I’m a noob to VFX while facing a deadline for this project next week. I appreciate it so much if you give me some hints on how I should create it.

TIA,
Cyan

Moon Breakdowns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_JFVEHqrYY

Short but a nice little look at the Moon VFX.

How can you use 3Dmax camera in Fusion??

Hi,
I am Begainner in Fusion,
i got really lot good answer from the last question i wrote, and I really want to thank you guys for helping me out,

but again , I have question,
I am trying to get same camera movement I did in Max in the fusion,

I read some post, and I heard that there is way to export the max camera in to fusion,

But i couldn’t really find clear answer,

Can anyone help me out??

thanks for taking time to read my post 🙂

Does anyone known about this software?

I found this software at fxguidetv #57, I’m very impressive of it’s clean design and easy operation, does anyone known about this software?

Thanks!

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Japanese Google Street View

j-google
You have to really admire the Japanese and their animation. They can take something as mundane as how Google Street View works, and transform it into something so quirky and charming! I really enjoy all the contraptions employed to get the job done, it stokes that little fire in my heart that Wallace and Gromit sparked as a child.

Unfortunately my ability to read Japanese is about on par with my Chinese, so I’ve no idea who created the animation. If you do know, then please let me know.
Made by Pangra!

Posted on Motionographer

pulldown with values

hi

is it possible to create a pulldown knob and assign values to the entrys?

here is an example from a pulldown knob. entry 80 has the value 0 and entry 500 has the value 1. but i wanna entry 80 to have value 80 (or something else) and so on…

set cut_paste_input [stack 0]
version 5.2100
push $cut_paste_input
NoOp {
name NoOp1
selected true
xpos -702
ypos 597
addUserKnob {20 User}
addUserKnob {4 scene l SCENE M {80 500 "" ""}}
scene 500
addUserKnob {3 value l VALUE}
value {{this.scene}}
}

3d viewer: making area outside frame black?

Hello all!

When in a 3d viewer, the area outside the frame shows all the geometry.

When you’re in a 2d viewer, the outside of the frame is always "cropped" (black), so it only show the frame as you would see it when you render it.

Is there a way to "crop" of the outsides of a 3d viewer frame? So I only see what’s inside the frame, without the distracting elements outside the frame?
Having to wait till the scene is rendered takes to long sometimes 😉

Importons and Irradiance Particles in 3ds max 2010

Step by Step guide to using Irradiance Particles and Importons in 3Ds Max 2010 with Hyperfocal VHDRIs