Tweet Florian Koebisch covers the concept of scale in Realfow which is a really misunderstood one, or as Florian notes, scale may not taken into consideration at all. In the world of any type of dynamics scale is important for creating realism, and in RealFlow in particular, it is the difference between a water simulation [...]
Tweet David Langley demonstrates a simple technique for creating ropes in ZBrush using the CurveLineTube Brush.
Tweet Peter Bohush posts a video review of Mocha Pro and also a tutorial on using Mocha Pro in conjunction with After Effects for Rotoscoping tasks. Peter Bohush writes: A video review and tutorial on rotoscoping with Mocha Pro and After Effects. Read the separate online review in the February edition of NewEnglandFilm.com. Mocha Pro from ImagineerSystems.com. I’m a [...]
Tweet Allegorithmic posts a quick look at getting started with Substance, Allegorithmic’s multi-channel parametric “smart” texture format with support found in many popular 3D applications. Check out Get Started with Allegorithmic Substance here.
Tweet Mathew Foscarini shows how to create repeating geometric shapes in SideFX Houdini, much similar to some popular screensavers. Mathew uses particles in Houdini to draw the geometric lines for the screensaver effect. Mathew Foscarini writes: In this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to use particles to create lines that bounce around in different colors. Reproducing [...]
Tweet A look at how effectively easy it is to remove items for shots using Mocha Pro from Imagineer Systems‘ product specialist Mary Poplin. Here Mary creates her own clean plates in Photoshop for use in Mocha Pro’s Remove Module. I have been doing a lot of this type of work lately with Mocha Pro, [...]
Tweet Mathew Foscarini posts a short tutorial on creating dashed lines patterns in Houdini.
Tweet Ryan DowlingSoka steps up with a tutorial for Houdini and shows how to create an asteroid field by means of instancing in Houdini. Ryan DowlingSoka writes: This is a tutorial for instancing in Houdini. We will be creating an asteroid field to show some of the attributes you can use on a set of points [...]
Tweet Russ Andersson demonstrates the Texture Extraction Capabilities in SynthEyes, a feature that has popped up in SynthEyes 2011 where the Texture-extraction system creates new low-noise textures and panoramic backdrops from image sequences. Here Russ shows the basics with a Syntheyes Texture Extraction Introduction, and then looks at Extracting textures from a mesh, and roto-masked [...]
