Jan 18

Looking for a VFX Artist to help me…

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hi, i dont know anywhere else to make this post, other than CGtalk (but got deleted to my frustration) but basically, if anyone has followed my other thread here: http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/possibl…ng-t17800.html

i am looking for someone who can help me model a kind of facial damage near to the left eye, like bruises, gash or something very much like this if one can replicate it:

http://www.studiomonnot.com/face.html

keeping it real is important 😀 for those who didnt follow, basically i am doing a small practice and experiment that hopefully if all goes well will be implemented for a small project of mine or that im involve in. i have already created a head model for the actress and a UV Map Layout is on its way to which i will provide, where this will be tracked on the person’s face and blend in seamlessly to give that overall effect that this person has been abused 😀

sorry if the title is abit misleading, but im pretty sure that is a general term. also, if anyone can advice me on as such on this, please dont be afriad of my idiosm 😀 or anything else come forward.

Look forward wearing from all of you, and i thought i would like to take this time to thank Seriphu who has helped me greatly on this and ongoing as well.

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Jan 18

Fake Global/Occlusion

Posted in: Digital Fusion / DFX+
Hey,

I was recently wondering if Fusion can duplicate spotlights using Duplicate function, and to my surprise it can. So, the first thing I could think of is some sort of fake Global/Occlusion lighting.

Here are some examples, and comp for you to learn.



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File Type: zip GI_TEST2a.zip (3.6 KB)
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Jan 18

3D head tracking

Posted in: Work in Progress (WiP)
Hi.
This is my second try on the Terminator Eye Effect.
I tracked my head in SynthEyes and composite in After Effects.
Please tell me what you think about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mblOdiY6UtI

btw: A tutorial will follow for everyone who is ineterested…

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Jan 18

DD’s Steve Preeg on Button

Posted in: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Amazing Effects Of Benjamin Button, an interview with Digital Domain Character Supervisor Steve Preeg, at The Huffington Post.

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Jan 18

Online MFA [visual effects] degree

Posted in: Beginners Talk
I’m wondering which schools offer online diploma study for visual effects and animation ?
I studied graphic dsign, and I want to do my master on visual effects, however, I’m not sure about the goods/pros/cons about an online class.

I found academyart has online classes, but I could not find any information about their admissions.

Needing help.

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Jan 18

HD Encoding Recomendations, what I should use?

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hi everyone

I was wondering if you could help me to solve a tricky mistery, at least for me, I’m about to distribute an animation to a couple of friends and maybe other people, I made the video in HD(1080p), rendered, compossed and edited. Now I have a uncompressed format from the video, but I don’t know what kind of codec or tools, I need to make it playable to almost averyone who has mac or pc without the lossing of so much quality, I plan to burn the video as a file and if necessary add the right tools to be seen.

What is what you suggest that I should use? I heard something about H.264, MPG4, Divx, Procoder, Rhozet Carbon Coder, Cinema Craft Encoder,among others, but it is harder to take a good decision, What I would like that my friends experiment when they put the CD/DVD inside their computers, is an ease of use, and a good quality video and playback, I will burn 2 or 3 diferent formats maybe.

I really hope that you can help me or suggest something to me,

ok cya, nice day and best wishes for 2009 year!

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Jan 17

Five in Two Thousand and Nine.

Posted in: five, ladyhawke, Videos: Idents

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Channel Five’s sizzle reel for the year ahead shows off the networks import heavy programming line up for 2009, accompanied by the Ladyhawke track ‘Magic‘.

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Jan 17

DOF match

Posted in: Beginners Talk
I want to learn how to match the added 3d elemnts’ DOF with the footage’s.

I’m using C4D and AE.

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Jan 17

Full CG (first expierence)

Posted in: Work in Progress (WiP)
Well, I decided to start my first full cg fotorealistic shot (or 3-5 shots). I watched a many BTS from diferent studios and I think – “Wow, this shot looks pretty, may be I can create something like this!” And I want to lern new (for me) software, like XSI and VUE. So, this is my first models, which I was created in XSI (my hero is train) and VUE (for Environment). All that I have now, was created for previz. After my previz, I will start to setting up all scenes for final compositing.

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Jan 17

resizing source for 3d card

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
hi there Nuke magicians,
this is my first post here although I’m reading through this forum for a while.

When I’ve built a complex script with more then 50 cards (PSD layers as source through Project3D node) I’ve decided that I have to scale-up (extend left, riht, up & down) my source file ’cause I need a wider shot. Now when I reload PSD layers back, they seems to be moved out of it original place (actually scaled down to fit original bbox).

I suspect it’s something connected with pivots and formats and reminds me to what would happen in 3d app (texture would conform to 0,1 uv range).
When I had a similar scenario with AE 3D layers everything worked fine when reloaded back.

Basically, what I’d like to have is everything in place on cards as originally, only extended in all 4 directions same like in PSD file.

I tried to use crop and bbox node but it wouldn’t help me.

Is there a quick fix without re-doing the whole comp from begining?
Can someone explain me the concept of format in this case, please because I’m quiet new to Nuke?

nesh

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