Jan
30
Motion Path in 3D
Posted in: Digital Fusion / DFX+Hi, sorry my english i´m from Argentina, anyone knows how can i see the motion path of an animation in the 3d space? thanks!
Jan
30
mpg2 hddv to avid
Posted in: Beginners Talkhi guy i shoot somr staf on hdtv 1080 but since avid does not take that file, and i have to convert it to quick time, what program can i use. I was using sorensom squize but its dam slow it takes to long, is there out there somthing faster and i dont want to lose any quality here since i will be using this for cg. I was thinking of using free trial of adobe premiere to import it and then export it as tiff uncopresed any sugestions would help.
Thansk
Jan
30
I’m reading a book on basic composting and wanted to duplicate a simple matte process in Nuke. There is a background image (bricks), a foreground image (graphic for a tv show), and a simple black/white radial gradient with black as the see-thru area in the middle. All three images where made in Photoshop and output as TIFF (rgb) with no alpha channel.
The matte (a black/white (rgb) radial gradient) is merged multiplied with the background. The same matte is inverted and merged multiplied with the foreground.
The outputs of the two merge multiplied are merged over for the final image.
I achieved what I wanted but have to wonder what the NUKE solution would look like. I mean, I must be doing this the hard way. I’ve tried working with masks but could not come up with an easier method. Thank you.
Attached are the node graph and final output.
Jan
30
The January 2009 issue of Computer Graphics World (in electronic print form here) covers The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Tale of Despereaux.
Jan
30
Yuval and Merav Nathan for Oren Lavie
Posted in: General
I know this piece has been up for close to a week now. However, after some great feedback across the board, I’ve decided to upgrade to a full-post.
If you haven’t already, check out Yuval and Merav Nathan’s video for Oren Lavie’s song, Her Morning Elegance. This delicately choreographed film is a perfect example of how stop-motion can continue to be a fresh technique when backed by a strong narrative, thoughtful details and a bit of personal flare. Also take notice of this piece’s relatively one-shot approach and beautifully executed animation; a by product of pre-vis using 3d dummies during pre-production.
Credits
Directors: Yuval & Merav Nathan, Oren Lavie
Producer: Michal Dayan
Photography: Eyal Landesman
Animation: Yuval Nathan
Assistant Animators: Guy Ben Shitrit, Tamar Nathan
Actress: Shir Shomron
Posted on Motionographer
Jan
30
Eric Durst interview
Posted in: 1fxguidetv interviews vfx supe Eric Durst and showcases Levi’s 501 spec spot by director Paul Schneider.
Jan
30
hi all!
I’m looking for a matte painting course/school in London, anyone can help me?
Thanks.
I’m looking for a matte painting course/school in London, anyone can help me?
Thanks.
Jan
30
TD
Posted in: The Job LotSpin VFX Toronto has an opening for an experienced TD.
Applicants must have:
Knowledge of Maya a must
General RenderMan experience, to include:
– knowledge/experience with RenderMan (AIR especially but 3Delight or PRMan are in the same family). This also includes experience writing renderman shading language (RSL) code, writing tools to generate RIB or RenderMan procedurals.
– prior work with MayaMan or another similar tool for converting Maya scenes to RIB (eg. PRMan’s tools or 3Delight for Maya)
– experience with version control tools such as CVS or subversion.
Experience in a heterogeneous computing environment, development using farm management software like Qube
Programming abilities, languages such as C/C++, python, MEL
General computing background, eg. a degree in Computer Science.
– Highlight any experience in research or development of image processing, databases, simulation, distributed computation, or interface design. A background in mathematics would be a plus.
Experience with multiple operating systems, including Windows NT, Linux, and Mac OSX
Experience with other VFX programs (other 3d apps such as XSI, 2d apps such as Fusion, Shake, etc.) is an asset
Ability to work with artists, producers, and all levels of management
Considered to be definite assets:
Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, XML/XSLT
Experience with SQL databases such as MySQL or PostGreSQL
Experience with networks and blades, including gigabit networks/switches, blade systems and IBM xCat
This is a full time position to start as soon as possible.
Please submit resumes to toronto-resume@spinpro.com.
Due to the large number of resumes being received only qualified applicants will be contacted.
No phone calls or drop-ins please.
Jan
30
I found a LM2DV motion vector in the forum and I would like to generate the motion pass from either renderman / Houdini…
can this code generate the relevant pass for the LM2DV node?
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
surface Motion(
float MaxDisplace = 32;
string TargetSpace = "raster";
)
{
point Pstart = transform(TargetSpace, P);
point Pend = transform(TargetSpace, P+dPdtime);
vector motion = Pend – Pstart;
setcomp(Ci,0, (xcomp(motion)/MaxDisplace+1)*0.5);
setcomp(Ci,1, (1- ycomp(motion)/MaxDisplace)*0.5); /* +y is up */
setcomp(Ci,2, 0);
Oi = 1;
}
////////////////////////////////////////////
Jan
30
Locking Individual Nodes
Posted in: NUKE from The FoundryI’m trying to animate a bezier that has to overlap another bezier that was previously created. I want to use the already existing (animated) bezier as a guide and have it visible to make sure the new one is in fact overlapping, but I can’t keep my guide bezier visible since its not locked.
I know you can lock the entire Properties menu to prevent changes but was wondering if there is a way to lock individual bezier nodes (or any nodes for that matter) to prevent changes.
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