Fix in camera sharpening while keying

I admit that in most cases there is nothing to do if a footage comes in which is captured with video camera and ugly edges appear around the characters.
I am looking for a ways to compensate for that. What techniques are you guys using and preferring?
And of course, roto is always fun.

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Google Maps Typography

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Over the course of several months beginning October 2008 to April 2009 I’ve spent some of my spare time between commercial projects searching Google Maps hoping to discover land formations or buildings resembling letter forms. These are the results of my findings limited within the state of Victoria, Australia.

Links: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z


2 Simple UI questions

ey there, I have 2 little questions regarding the UI which have been bothering me.

The first, regarding the usage of a tablet, one I use my Wacom with nuke, unlike when using my mouse, when I right click to enter the menu if I use my wacom it will automatically pick the last used node. it will only let me browse the menu if I leave my finger on the button. any way to fix this?

2nd problem is when I decide to work with floating windows, sometimes my node graph will freeze and I’ll have to maximize and minimize the viewer, any apparent reason for that? I am working with a Quadro card if that helps.

Thanks A lot in advance, Uri.

Stock Blood footage

Hi, I’m working on a project with a lot of gunshot wounds with plenty of blood splash/spray.

Im looking around for some stock footage I might be able to purchase/download with lots of blood spatter from plenty of different angles.

Can anyone recommend me a stock footage package or point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Is this a good movie for VFX peeps?

Is it? http://tinyurl.com/yp2z3b
(and the tune is catchy too!) :niceone:

Doug Alves

Impressive and inspiring work by Doug Alves.

Concepts of transformations

Hello, I just want to ask someone who works with transformations (robots, car to helli, house to little factory etc.), which main concepts do you know and use in your work?

CIS Vancouver is looking for Houdini TD’s

CIS Vancouver is actively seeking candidates to work with Houdini scenes for a feature film project, currently in production going to October/November.

Minimum 2+ years experience working with Houdini, particularly crowd effects and experience with Massive and/or layout of CG scenes is desirable.

Please e-mail recruiting@cis-vancouver.com with your resumé, demo reel with breakdowns, and upcoming availability. Local candidates preferred.

We thank all candidates in advance for applying but only those selected will be contacted for an interview.

eyeon at NAB

Hi Folks,

Here’s the link to the April Newsletter from eyeon.

http://www.eyeonline.com/Web/EyeonWe…ewsletter.html

We’re really excited about the new SWAT initiative and about bringing Generation and Fusion 6 to the masses at NAB and hope that many of you can come and join us at the show.

Cheers
Eric Philpott

2 great peaces of After Effects