Category Production
Photography
ALSO CAMERA, LIGHTING AND MOTION CAPTURE POST Some ideas for my venture into photography, not sure where or how to start. There is so much information available, so many fantastic photographers. Where do I start, the camera, the shot, technical information? The story is told through the camera which is used to manipulate the elements, […]
Show Reel Studio: Process Diary
RESEARCH, REFERENCE, INSPIRATION and WORK Design Centre Enmore 3D Art and Animation (DCE3D) MY GRADUATING MAJOR WORK DESIGN CENTRE ENMORE, SYDNEY: Bachelor of 3D Art and Animation COURSE COORDINATOR: Richard Cass LECTURER MENTOR: Vincent Rossini MENTOR: Kim Nguyen MODELS: Alvaro Luna Bautista, 3drender.com, Challenge #14 showReel_animaticCritique_B Password: train_01 Models are from 3dRender.com lighting challenges. […]
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Games and such things
“The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt Painted in Virtual Reality! | Art Attack Master Works Giraffe in 3D VR VR 360° Film: Evelyn’s Story | Oxfam VR VIRTUAL REALITY CINEMA MELBOURNE -Sessions are generally 25-30 mins and you will see 4 shorts. -Screens Local & International VR Film Makers Works. -Runs collaboratively with Maggie Wren’s Art […]
HDR Images
High Dynamic Range Images – HDRI HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) is a technology that expands the dynamic range of an image and shows details in both shadows and highlights. Dynamic Range is a range of brightness values that can be recorded on media (film, photographic plate, photographic paper) or on the matrix of a digital […]
Rigging
MOTION BUILDER – 3D character animation software. Capture, edit, and play back complex character animation in a highly responsive, interactive environment. Work with a display that’s optimized for both animators and directors. ADVANCED SKELETON Advanced Skeleton can create rigs with unlimited body configurations, 3 heads, 5 legs, 100 fingers, & anything goes. Not only creatures, but you […]
Audio
Interview with Elaine Beckett: Working at Trackdown and creating sound for LEGO Batman, Gods of Egypt, The Railway Man and Happy Feet 2 What do you think music brings to a film? It is such an important part of a film because it is everything that isn’t said. It can lead, emote, it is a […]
Texturing
Resolution Gate indicates the outer edge of the render. UV texture space refers to a coordinate system that relates pixels of a texture map to positions on a surface. UV points represent the location of a polygon’s vertices within a UV texture space. If polygon faces overlap within the UV texture space, they share the […]
Colour
Colour is about communicating, a subjective thing. It is not only about the overall look, there is the dilemma of sunny days vs overcast sky in a scene, using colour to enhance different environments and geographies, creating juxtaposition between scenes. Might be a warm and colourful film with the need to feel the environment, like […]
Modelling Process Diary
MODELLING and SCULPTING Meet the Experts: Pixar Animation Studios, The OpenSubdiv Project Two dimensional is having width and height but no depth. Three dimensional is having width, height and depth like a solid object. Blender is a professional, free and open-source 3D computer graphics softwaretoolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed […]
Professional
See also ‘Business’ post AWARDS AEAF Animation Effects Awards Festival is an international competition and screening and speaker program, now in its 20th year with entries from around the world. The awards are given for creative and technical excellence in the use of visual effects and animation in the creation of screened work. The judging criteria […]
