furryball updates to 1.1

FurryBall, the first unique real-time renderer implemented directly into Maya recently updated to v 1.1. New features in this update of furryball include realtime depth of field with real lens behaviour, realtime ambient occlusion, realtime color bleeding, normal maps support, other render passes and many optimizations as well as 32bit Windows and Maya are now supported.

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latest 3d-coat using disney’s Ptex

Have I ever mentioned my love of small developers? The latest version of 3D-Coat includes Disney’s Ptex technology, yep for real.

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create 3D Shapes script for after effects

Charles Bordenave updates the Create3DShapes script for after effects which is a package of 6 scripts: Create3DBox, Create3DSphere, Create3DCylinder, Create3DPyramid, Create3DMengerSponge,Create 3DFallingDominoes. Create3Dshapes for after effects creates the 3D shape using user-defined comp layers where you can assign a layer to each side, and the script will position and scale them to build a the shape of given size.

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deeper modes of expression part 2

Chris and Trish Meyer post the second part of a 12-part series, called “Deeper Modes of Expression”, that comes from the 180+ page bonus chapter in their fantastic must-have book, Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. Part two is Interpolation Methods.

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pivot, short animation film

Pivot from Pivot on Vimeo.

When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter. All resulting in an unfortunate ending.

The film is designed and animated by: Kevin Megens, Floris Vos, Arno de Grijs, André Bergs
Music and sound design by Alex Debicki.
Script by Jan Eduards.
Produced by il Luster Productions.
2009

For more info visit: http://pivotthemovie.com/

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adobe community leaders summit wrap up on pvc

ProVideo Coalition has a great post on what was gleamed from the Adobe Community Leaders Summit that took place last week. Some great insight into 64-bit applications, 64-bit plugins, Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, Adobe Repoussé, and the new Flash Catalyst.

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sneak peek at future photoshop masking technology

Photoshop Product Manager, Bryan ONeil Hughes with a quick look of new selection technology promised in CS5. One that uses better edge detection for masking results in less time.

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kluge city building generator script for maya

Ed Whetstone, a visual effects artist while working on a short film project, has developed “Kludge City”, a glass curtain skyscraper generating script for autodesk maya. Download the script at whetstonevfx why not, the script works great generating buildings that are customizable, and the buildings have great detail once complete.

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fabrice joubert talks his about oscar nominated french roast

Bill Desowitz interviews Fabrice O. Joubert for animation world network about his very first short film “French Roast” which was recently nonitated for an oscar.

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interview with fede alvarez, creator of panic attack

Director’s notes episode 154, delivers an audio interview with Fede Alvarez creator of the short film “panic Attack” that recently turned into a $30m feature deal with Ghost House Pictures, under the mentorship of director Sam Rami.

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  • The legend that is Lester Banks

    Some years after inventing the smokeless crack pipe and the phone-less chord, Mr. Banks was forcibly coerced by a team of evil bankers and two dentists into a duel of life and death with a fiddle playing demon, some say perhaps the devil himself; He clearly won that battle, the spoils of which, a fiddle made of solid gold and children’s’ souls still hangs on his mantel to this day. Mr. Banks can be contacted here for any verification

    LesterBanks@lesterbanks.com