Jan 15

nuke on linux

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hi everybody,

I’ve been running nuke 5.1 on linux (64 bit) for a while now and am very happy with the performance except for these 2 quite annoying problems which are really holding me back to make the full switch.
I’ve been hanging on these forum’s for a while now but did’t see a thread about this.

First, does anybody who runs nuke (5.1) on linux (centos 5.2 64bit) have problems keeping the viewer on top of the DAG, i mean every time i move or adjust a node (i work in classic layout 6) the viewer disappears.

Second, the performance of framecycler is very poor on my box, it cant’t keep the sync or just freezes.
I think it might be the nvidia driver config but i tried pretty much all the settings, It could also be a caching issue since if i clear the cache it runs ok for one time but after that same problem.

Does any of this sounds fammiliar?

Thanks

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Jan 14

Riot Atlanta – Showreel

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Jan 14

First background created

Posted in: Gallery
Hey Guys,

The image below is my first stab at making a matte background for an independent show. This was done using photoshop as the main program. I plan on having it animated with thunderous clouds and maybe your occasional flickering horror porch light. Hope you enjoy the image and note that this is only my first dry run.

VFX… gotta love it! 😈

Leandro Krukowski

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Jan 14

CG Artists wanted for UK Sword & Sorcery Feature Film

Posted in: The Job Lot
Hi There,

A new British sword and sorcery movie (a sequel to an early 80s fantasy movie) is going into production this year. We are looking for talented young CG artists for work on CG creature design, set enhancement, blue screen – in fact all the disciplines.

This is a paid job – and we are looking for up and coming talent, so don’t be put off if you are a student or early into your career. If you’ve got the talent, we want to hear from you. Please email me with a link to your work online / showreel (if possible) on hydrofilms@hotmail.com

Alternatively, email and I will provide a contact address for sending showreels to.

Best regards,

Kevin Gates

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Jan 14

Paper Animation Pt. 3

Posted in: animazione carta, Curiosità, Motiongraphics, Olivier Gondry, Orange, Origami, passo uno, Stefano Paron, Stop-motion, Version 2

La più famosa forma artistica legata alla carta è sicuramente l’origami.
Da secoli si producono fantastiche opere con semplici fogli di carta.
Le forme che si possono costruire sono infinite, ma l’abilità tecnica si acquisisce solo con il tempo.

Il sito origamitube.com presenta molti video tutorials per la creazione di forme di ogni genere, e spiega anche come animare in stop motion una cicogna-origami.
Nel mondo dell’animazione le cose si fanno molto più complicate e spesso le figure diventano molto più elaborate; come nel caso dello spot diretto da Olivier Gondry per Orange che da una semplice barchetta si arriva a costruire un razzo spaziale.

orange

Lo studio Version 2 nel 2006 produsse un fantastico video di presentazione degli sponsor dello AICP.
Questa sigla esplora diversi mondi creando sequenze fantastiche e transizioni incredibili.
Logicamente il tutto è stato creato con la computer grafica, ma l’effetto cartaceo risulta molto credibile.

Version 2

Articolo redatto da Stefano Paron

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Jan 14

Fringe break-down

Posted in: Fringe

VFXHack breaks down some visual effects shots from Fringe.

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Jan 14

Crush’s Yoho Hang Yue for World Fishing Network

Posted in: broadcast design, fishing, General, idents, IDs, silhouette, toronto

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Crush’s Yoho Hang Yue (reel) lent his expert comedic timing and spot-on character animation skils to the World Fishing Network for a series of chuckletastic IDs. The soothing compositions of silhouettes against warm backdrops sets up a false sense of calm that’s happily obliterated by each ID’s punchline.

Watch six of the IDs here. Visit Crush’s site.


Credits
Titles: Enormous, Tree, Speedboat, Wader, Cruiser, Motorboat
Client: World Fishing Network
Corey Russell – VP Programming, World Fishing Network

Agency: Full Ahead Productions Limited, Toronto
Creative Director/Writer: Peter Whittington

Production Company: Crush, Toronto
Director: Yoho Hang Yue
Crush Creative Directors: Yoho Hang Yue, Gary Thomas
Animation/Illustration: Yoho Hang Yue
Executive Producer: Patty Bradley
Producer: Tara Hall
Music & Sound Design: Scott Bucsis, Brass Coffee Sound, Toronto

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Crush’s Yoho Hang Yue for World Fishing Network

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Jan 14

Boujou4 – Input sequence is wrong size.

Posted in: Matchmoving Software
Hi Everybody!

after tracking a lens corrected sequence in boujou i want to re-distort the rendered images.

after setting up the "Lens Adjust External Sequence" dialog and hitting "save" i get the following message: "Input sequence is wrong size".

the camera is set up to 1920×1080 (HDTV), same dimensions as the imported sequence. the rendered .tiff sequence is also 1920×1080 in size and has an alpha channel which should be supported by boujou (checked manual).

does anybody know whats wrong here? there is no information in the manual about this error message.
thx alot,
cya!

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Jan 14

6 color Matte Passes?

Posted in: Beginners Talk
I’m trying to figure out how to do 6 color matte passes.

R, G, B, RG, RB, GB

If you take RG split it up. And invert and subtract it works as long as there is a color behind it. But it then double subtracts when on a black background.

I’m sure there is a little script which can break out 6 colors… or a colorx node. Anybody already done this?

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Jan 14

Junior editor – salary?

Posted in: Professional Career Advice!
Not quite the right site for it, but I thought I’d try you guys first. What should I put down as a expected salary for a junior video editor at a small mostly commercials company in the UK? It would be my first job in the industry, so I have no idea and I don’t want to over or under shoot.

Thanks

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