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Category Archives: 3D
Nuke 2D Tracking, Cloning Tutorial
Jed Smith with a simple, yet a great tutorial in Nuke on how to clone from one area of a moving image to another, using 2D tracking and stabilization, and basic compositing. Nuke Cleanup Methods Tutorial – 2D Tracking and Cloning from Jed Smith on Vimeo.
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programmable motion effects
From the Computer Graphics Laboratory ETH Zurich, J. Schmid, R. Sumner, H. Bowles, M. Gross submit a WhitePaper for Programmable Motion Effects for various styles of speed lines, multiple stroboscopic images, temporal offsetting, and photorealistic and stylized blurring on both simple and production examples. “abstract: Although animation is one of the most compelling aspects of [...]
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atomkraft, integrated nuke rendering
This looks really interesting – JupiterJazz is offering another solution other than the standard Nuke scan-line renderer, AtomKraft. Based on 3Delight rendering engine, AtomKraft’s feature set includes: Global illu mi na tion (ray-traced, point-based, or both!) Hybrid ray-tracing/REYES rendering Stereo/Multi-camera ren der ing with full Ocula 2.0 support Advanced physical-based mate ri als & lights [...]
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genetica updates to 3.51
Spiral Graphics recently has released 3.51 of their seamless textures editor, Gentetica. Genetica 3.5 provides the ability to create seamless textures based on photographs. You are able to use your own photos or the included library of over a thousand royalty-free high-resolution texture photos. Genetica is available for XP/Vista/Windows 7 systems. You can download the latest [...]
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don’t give up, animated video
Animated video for the song Don’t Give it Up from Deep River Running’s 2010 homonymous record. A bizarre love triangle between Emile a poet, Laila his crazy sweetheart and a sinister clown from an obscure amusement park, is narrated through a series of tattoos made on a heart by a mysterious winged character. Don’t Give it [...]
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cartoon scum
A Trailer done at the Filmakademie for the Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart in 2009. Credits: Jan Lachauer (Direction, Animation), Louis Tardivier (Art Direction), Michael Schulz (Animation), Bin-Han To (Animation), John Gürtler (Music), Christian Heck (Sounddesign) Copyright Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Cartoon Scum from Jan Lachauer on Vimeo.
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PFX, control maya paint effects & growing tube animations
Dariusz Lacheta offers PFX a free animation script for Autodesk Maya which provides a super easy way to control paint effects growing tubes type of animation. Simple, but really great stuff here, this PFX script will work with Maya 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, windows or mac and its free – what more could you ask [...]
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creating realistic rain effects in blender
Andrew Price from blenderguru.com returns with a tutorial on creating rain effects in Bender3D, all inclusive with water droplets on the camera lens. I am always amazed at how sophisticated some open source free software like blender3d can be. Bring the Rain! from Andrew Price on Vimeo.
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mental ray standalone 3.8.1 iray for maya 2011
Ashraf Aiad goes over how to incorporate the iRay function in your favorite 3D application and in this case your favorite 3D application is Maya 2011! You will need to have Mental Ray Standalone 3.8.1 in order to use iRay. “In order to incorporate the iray function in your favorite 3d app, you will need to [...]
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sci-fi airshow, a guided tour