May 26

Film Festival Digi Beta?

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Hi all,
I am a newbie to Film festivals and was just informed that my Blu-ray copy can not be used in the Film Festival.

They need :
DIGI BETA or BETA SP

What are some common ways to "Render, burn, transfer, " to Beta?

I have used "Print to Tape" in Premiere to transfer the HD movie back to the camera (Canon XHA1) but I am not sure if this is the same thing.

Also, i’m sure that there are ‘BETA TRANSFER" studios out there that will transfer it for you, but I was wondering if this is the "NORMAL" way of doing it, or would you do it yourself ?
Thanks,
Lou

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May 26

FX Artist …

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Hi I am New to Animation….. Any Artists Working As a FX Artist / Animators Working in Industry to Any One Who Know About Industry Please Guide me….. And Any Web Sites to Learn New Trick And Tips….:)
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May 25

Sand Storm effect

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hello friends,
I am trying to recreate the sandstorm effect from the movie The Mummy. The effect in which a face appears in the sandstorm. I am unable to get the initial particle push & shape when the particles hit the mountain. Any tutorials or guidelines would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.
Ashita Reuben:rollbaby:

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May 25

Footage for practising

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Hi all, my name is Gerard
I am just learning and am looking for some footage were actors are shooting at eachother. I want to practice the ancient art of people getting their brains splattered over walls 🙂 also tracking muzzles to place flashes.

Would be grateful for any links to stuff I can mess around with. footage that i could work on Explosions and fire etc as well would be cool (preferably chromakey stuff)

thanks in advance

G

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May 24

VFX & 3D Animation Masters Degree – Where to study?

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently looking for a Masters degree in the area of VFX and 3D Animation. As I’m currently based in Austria (where good education in this area is relatively rare), I’ve decided to look for universities all around the world.

Is there any degree program you can recommend?

I’m looking forward to every reply!

Greez, Lisa

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May 21

Feather Particles

Posted in: Beginners Talk
Hello,
I’m trying to figure out how to create little down-like feathers to match the feathers used in my film’s live-action shots…and then how to convincingly composite them into several shots.

The feathers I need to make will go in:

  • a multi-plane composite made of several still photos of trees. A few roto’d live action elements–a girl and horse– will be walking among these trees.
  • existing live-action shots (that don’t have feathers in them). Shots with fabricated feathers will be edited into sequences that did have feathers at the time of the shoot. (I’m thinking I’ll have to roughly roto elements in these shots to make the feather composite work?)

I’m working in Shake, Photoshop, and have a very old version of After Effects lying around I could pull out. Anyone have suggestions on how to create and composite feathers?

A screenshot from my film showing the real feathers is shown below.

Suggestions would be greatly appreciated–thank you!!

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May 21

Smooth Problem. Help me

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Hi. Can anyone know how fix this smooth on sphere? I exported sphere from Maya to fbx format with smothin grups and nothing is happend. How can i fix it in Nuke?

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May 19

Elements of Good Compositing Demo Reel?

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Hi guys,

I am stage of planning my final demo reel at school.

My main idea is to composite cg modelled umbrellas flying around city.

I wish to make fantasy look&feel in the demo reel as well.

However I am not quite sure if this is "right" demo reel for a person looking for

a job in the industry.

Should I go more "normal" rather than fantasy look and feel? And if you are to

hire a person in compositing position, what aspect would you

try to find in the reel?

I will be looking forward for your help.

Thank you ahead and have a great day.

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May 18

3dmax vs Lightwave 3d

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Hi..
i am a compositor, want to learn 3d
i hear 3dmax is awesome.. but lightwave also do the same..
lightwave is used in hollywood for major production studios..

anybody can say which is better to learn?

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May 16

Combining animation at 24fps and footage at 30fps

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Ok.

I have a basic question that I really couldn’t figure out, I have a sim. going in maya, which I know that animation is shot at 24fps, then I have a GS plate which is shot @ 30fps. So the question will the output be at 30fps or 24fps. And will offset each other.

Thanks.

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