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KATANA White Paper | The Foundry
KATANA is a 3D application specifically designed for the needs of look development and lighting in an asset based pipeline. It has been in development since 2004 at Sony Pictures Imageworks and has been their core tool for look development and lighting for all their productions since 'SpiderMan 3', 'Beowulf' and "Surf's Up!". Allow shot specific modification of assets to become part of the lighting 'recipe' for shots to avoid having to deal with large numbers of shot specific asset variants. Deal with potentially unlimited levels of complexity.
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Sanjay Singh, a Computer Science graduate from India, started his career in the animation industry as a modeling and texturing artist five years ago. He later trained artists in 3D production, and now works as a freelance artist. Singh relies on a software tool set that includes Autodesk's Maya, Pixologic's Zbrush, and Adobe's Photoshop for all his 3D artwork.
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Sun 9th Jan 2011 | News The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that ten scientific and technical achievements represented by 22 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 12, 2011. Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2010.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which last month narrowed down the Best Visual Effects category to 15 semifinalists , has announced the seven films that remain in the running for a nomination. They are: Alice in Wonderland , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 , Hereafter , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , and Tron: Legacy . That means The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , Clash of the Titans , The Last Airbender , Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief , Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , Shutter Island , The Sorcerer’s Apprentice , and Unstoppable are now officially out of the competition. Five of the remaining seven contenders will end up scoring an Oscar nomination later this month. Which two won’t end up making the cut? My guesses are Hereafter and Iron Man .
Academy announces seven visual-effects finalists | Inside Movies | EW.com
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Warner Bros. was the top Hollywood studio by market share for a third year in 2010, despite suffering a drop in ticket sales even as overall industry revenues were flat. The studio led the pack in North America with a $1.89 billion gross, giving it 18.3 percent of the total revenue pie. Its top-grossing films were "Inception" ($292.5 million), and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" ($283 million).
Warners Bros. leads studio market share for third year | Reuters
[ I've been adding to this post occasionally since I first published it on 8th October 2008 . I tagged it as a work in progress, but now that I've commented a little on every shot, I thought I'd publish the updates (it has more than doubled in length since it first appeared) and declare it (almost) finished. I will continue to update it every once in a while, but I hope you find it interesting and informative in its present form. I still invite comments or further information from anyone who'd like to add to the essay, or who has links or bibliographic references to recommend. ] For the benefit of anyone who is studying this film or just being fascinated by it, I’m going to attempt a shot-by-shot commentary on Georges Méliès ‘ A Trip to the Moon , released in France on 1st September 1902 .
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Timeline: History of Visual Effects VFX, Computer Graphics, CGI, Computer Animation Compiled by Barbara Flueckiger , professor of film studies at the University of Zurich; please report errors or suggestions, download table as PDF (without links, version January 2011). Results for category: all Vlahos, Petro: Composite Photography Utilizing Sodium Vapor Illumination, US Patent 3,095,304, May 15, 1958. A two-film technique that generates a matte strip with an element strip.
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In the wake of William J. Mitchell´s influential publication The Reconfigured Eye (1992), film and media scholars consider the post-photographic era mainly from a skeptical perspective. A confused and speculative discussion has emerged which centers around the ethical question of visual truth. While this notion may be useful in the context of the documentary, the fiction film has developed its own rules of representation. This study therefore aims at investigating the neglected aspects of computer-generated images (CGI) in the context of the fiction film. Based on a detailed look at the technical procedures of digital image production - modeling, texturing, animation, lighting and rendering - it discusses the aesthetic and narrative consequences of the new mode of production through an analysis of several hundred films which integrate CGI into photochemically-produced material using digital compositing.
barbara flueckiger / visual effects
More than ever we need access to solid knowledge about historical film color processes in order to save our beautiful filmic heritage. [ Barbara Flueckiger ] Film Studies For Free urges its readers to go and check out University of Zurich Institute of Cinema Studies professor Barbara Flueckiger 's Database of Historical Film Colors and its amazing timeline of historical color processes. Professor Flueckiger is certainly no stranger to making her important work freely accessible online for scholars all around the world to access. FSFF has previously covered some of her phenomenal sharing in its On Digital Cinema, Visual Effects, and CGI Studies entr y, in which links were given both to a free download of 'Digital Bodies ' (a chapter, translated into English, from Flueckiger's 2008 German-language book Visual Effects. Filmbilder aus dem Computer ), as well as to her great online database on the history of CGI, VFX, and computer animation .
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Jedi Masters Program: 3D Visual Effects Track
If your dream is to work on world-class productions at an international studio, make it happen by applying for an apprenticeship at Lucasfilm Singapore. The Jedi Masters Program offers talented individuals the chance to learn from the masters in a variety of creative disciplines - from visual effects to animation or game production.For Yogi Bear , Rhythm & Hues mixed 3D versions of the beloved Hanna-Barbera characters with live action whilst preserving the popular elements of the 2D cartoons. We talk to visual effects supervisor Betsy Paterson and animation director Joe Ksander about getting the right performances out of a 3D Yogi and Boo Boo. Director Eric Brevig with the eye line stand ins used for framing Directed by Eric Brevig, this hybrid live action/CG and stereo incarnation of the original cartoons is voiced by Dan Aykroyd (Yogi) and Justin Timberlake (Boo Boo). The characters continue their adventures in Jellystone Park which must be saved from certain closure. Rhythm & Hues was a production partner on the film and began doing early tests in April 2009.
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