Monthly Archives: October 2009

WeWereMonkeys produces Land of Talk’s “Its ok”

Tweet WeWereMonkeys produced this super slow-mo, super stylized video for Land of Talk’s song “Its ok”. What a fantastic piece, -its interesting how the live action horse fits right in the shots with the stylized graphic elements.

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its the great theoretical breakdown, charlie brown.

Tweet A fantastic article diving at length into the theoretical color progressions of Bill Melendez’s classic 1966 television animated special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

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final gather explained

Tweet Recently I rediscovered a very interesting read, “Final Gathering Practical Use & Flicker Reduction”. This was a presentation by Barton Gawboy, at the LA Mental Ray Users Group all the way back in 2005. Even though the document is nearly five years old, and even though there have been updates to mental ray over that period of [...]

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omg how sweet are these? Highly desirable sculptures by Stephane Halleux

Tweet Whiteboard Journal has a great post on the amazing sculpture work of Stephane Halleux… All I can say is if these were all for sale, I would most likely buy all of them and take them with me everywhere.

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flightpattern

Tweet Actionscript coded particle system in flash responding to audio frequency, mouse gestures, speed and rotation. See more of Gwen Vanhee’s experimentations on his vimeo page.

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content aware fill, and content aware healing technologies right in photoshop

Tweet file under “sweet”. Adobe labs showing off content aware healing tools, and content aware fill.  I must admit I let out a little squeal when I watched the part doing the content aware fill. This video is the technology working right within photoshop used as an radio button option on spot healing tools and [...]

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HDRI tips and tricks

Tweet HDRI Labs has a great tips and tricks FAQ section which covers everything from gear including what kind of lenses, cameras and tripods work best, to shooting on a chrome ball vs. a glass ball… all really informative stuff from Professor Kirt Witte who teaches courses on Visual Effects and HDR Imaging at the Savannah [...]

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digup.tv interviews motion designers Rob Chiu & Chris Hewitt

Tweet For those who are into motion graphics, you will know the kung-fu of “The Ronin” Rob Chiu and “Dstrukt” Chris Hewitt. Digup.tv has a fantastic must see two part interview with the two. I like the part of the interview when they start talking about after effects and agree that they are practically luddites in its [...]

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rule #4, seatbelts.

Tweet A great article on the VFX of zombieland on AWN, interviewing Mark Breakspear, CIS’ visual effects supervisor.

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Skhizein, wonderfully illustrated short

Tweet Skhizein from Josef K. on Vimeo. Watch Skhizien, a beautifully illustrated 13 minute french short film directed by Jeremy Clapin. I know that in internet terms 13 minutes may seem long – but seriously, just watch it. I love the look of this short film which seems to be a mix of 2d, 3d, and practical elements, [...]

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