Aug 18

The Proper Way to Film a Scene for Later Visual Effects

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hey everyone, I’m attempting to shoot my first feature with my own money and there’s a particularly tricky scene that I was trying to figure out how to shoot before actually shooting.
In the scene one of the characters has her lower jaw ripped off by a bear/fox trap. My method for shooting this was to have a prosthetic jaw placed over her real jaw which would be covered by a chroma key stocking. The prosthetic would be ripped off and the green would be chroma keyed out in post and replaced with gore. I have a few SVA students on board to help in post but I wanted to know if that’s the proper way to proceed.

Here is the original rough mockup I devised.

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Aug 18

PFTrack preview problem

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hi, i dont know if this is the right place to post this, but recently i have been having a problem with PFTrack.

ive recently installed and started using the final build of Windows 7 x64, and i got the necessary updates from Microsoft (i.e. it found the latest driver for my grachics card). and installed the only codec which the video footage i made previously with and worked/read well in the program.

however, i found it incredibly strange that when i reopened my project here, the video loads yes, but when i move the cursor on the timeline, the video doesnt seem to be moving at all, and stuck only at the first current frame. I initially thought that it was only that video clip that wasnt working as it couldnt identify the codec properly when importing footage, thus i looked around my hard drive and found a recognizable DV AVI, and even to my suprised that didnt work either.

all options are on default, and even when wanting to track, the mask itself only moves but not the video at all. This is really worrying me, i have reinstalled, repaired, removed and install etc. and i still get the same thing.

Has anyone experience this kind of problem with PFTrack at all? i am not sure what else i need to do here 🙁

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Aug 18

Maya Toolsreel 2009

Posted in: Demo Reels!
I just finished my new toolsreel that shows of some of the different tools & plugins
i’ve created during the last year or so, and I would love some feedback.

The reel can be seen on my webpage.
www.alexoddbratt.com

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Aug 18

IF on directing animation

Posted in: 1

The challenges of directing animation, at Inside Film magazine (which will soon be running quarterly visual effects coverage from the Australian Section of the VES).

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Aug 18

Robust Vfx | Life Commercial

Posted in: Gallery
Hello,
I am a learning vfx artist. This is one of my old work which i did for a Competition called Gravity. Did this using max combined with maya paint effects and composited in AE.

Comments and Suggestion are welcomed.:)

Robust(life vfx) from pranjal on Vimeo.

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Aug 18

Anamorphic footage in Boujou

Posted in: Matchmoving Software
Hey all,

I’ve looked through the documentation and can’t seem to find anything about this. When I bring anamorphic footage into Boujou, it displays as squeezed in the viewer. Is there a way to correct for pixel aspect ratio in the viewer?

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Aug 18

Wings WIP

Posted in: Work in Progress (WiP)
Hello all, this is a WIP of a project I am doing. The wings and rig were done by a few friends of mine, and its my job to track the wings in, texture, and integrate them into the scene. The background(windows) is also being replaced and I have it roto’ed, however there is no BG yet so I am just posting an older version.

Any comments/feedback is welcome.

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Aug 18

Twenty120 NYC Premiere

Posted in: General

twenty120
One can easily say that motion graphics has become one of the most tantalizing careers for the creative minded. The opportunity to make art utilizing design, illustration, animation and sound as mixed medium is an easy sell for any artistic person. Which is why this little industry of ours has drawn some of the best creatives in the world. The only snag, this art form’s foundation is built entirely around advertising. Although the challenge of designing to sell can be a thrill, in the end, the purity of our ideas become diluted by the needs of the client and a myriad of other factors. This hurdle is one a fine artist normally does not have to overcome.

Almost as a reaction to this, festivals and collaborative projects have emerged that give the creatives in this industry an opportunity to take their artistic energy and focus it on their own personal work.

One such independent film series is Twenty120, which invites 20 filmmakers to create two minute films on a given theme.

Here at Motionographer we see a need to embrace independent film collections like Twenty120 that give all of us a venue to channel our creative desires. As a result we are excited to sponsor the NYC premiere of this years Twenty120 films to be shown on August 27th at the Art Directors Club presented by MassMarket and Click 3x.

Also, in this coming week we will be releasing limited free tickets to those who are in the neighborhood and want to come down to see the event, drink some free beer and mingle with the directors. We will also be doing an interview with Connor Swegle and Rich Rama, the two men in charge of Twenty120. Stay tuned for more details on the 3rd annual premiere of Twenty120.

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Aug 18

Charles Lee Loves You

Posted in: 1

Charles Lee Loves You is a film and animation studio based out of Venice, CA.

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Aug 18

For Sell Brand New 100% Authentic Nikon D3/Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB

Posted in: Buy, Sell or Trade!
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