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The Art of VFX - Exclusive VFX Interviews

The Art of VFX - Exclusive VFX Interviews

Show 029 – Eric Goldberg, Part One- The Animation Podcast “So much can be expressed through a walk, you know. I think that’s one of the things that a lot of animators don’t do these days, is actually crack the walk so that it actually says something about the character.” Eric Goldberg is one of the most admired animators working today. Continue for Show Notes, audio file download links, and comments… Get the MP3 here: Show 29: Eric Goldberg, Part One (40.2MB, 1:27:39 minutes) Or get the enhanced version playable only with Quicktime, iTunes, or iPods. (42.2MB, 1:27:39 minutes) <a HREF=" Related posts:

Walt Disney Animation Studios 25 Great Podcasts You Should Download | Fuel Your Motionography Films with live action and animation This is a list of films that combine live-action and animated elements, typically interacting. History[edit] In the later days of silent film, the popular animated cartoons of Max Fleischer included a series where his cartoon character Koko the Clown interacted with the live world; for example, having a boxing match with a live kitten. The Disney studio mixed live action and animation in several notable films (which are primarily considered live-action): With the commercial and technological success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam, a number of live-action/animated films followed from other studios, including Cool World, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action - though none of them have had any major commercial success equal to Roger Rabbit or Space Jam. The combination of live action and animation is very common in TV commercials, especially those promoting products appealing to children. Techniques[edit] Live-action/animated films[edit] 1900s[edit] 1900 - The Enchanted Drawing 1910s[edit]

The Monthly Character Animation Competition A collection of tips and tricks to help you with your entries. By: Mark Bogdanoff Published August 26th, 2011 Preparing a video can be confusing, especially when there are so many variables to take into account. One last note: There are many ways of encoding your video for submission to the contest, and you are welcome to choose whatever method works best for you, whether it's an MP4, Flash Video (.FLV), DivX (.AVI), or some other method (mkv, ogv, webm). The steps in this article assume that you are using Handbrake to prepare your submission. First we'll need to setup Handbrake with our preset. Step 0 - Setting up Handbrake First, download and install Handbrake here: Handbrake Downloads Then, download and unzip our preset file here: Handbrake_11SecondClub_Preset.zip Then, we need to import it into Handbrake. Choose the Handbrake_11SecondClub_Preset.plist file you just downloaded and you should see the "11 Second Club" preset in the presets section of the main Handbrake window: That's it!

Traditional to Digital | Article Hello, Once Again. For my new article, Let's focus on the history of Visual Effects in... TRADITIONAL TO DIGITAL: The History of Special and Visual Effects Technology Here's the breakdown in these Visual And Special Effects Milestones: Monkeyshines No. 1 (1889 or 1890) Thomas Edison's bulldog, William K.L. The very first public demonstration of movies occured on May 20, 1891 in the form of.... The Dickson Greeting. Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894) aka Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze This is one of Tommy Edison's first movies on celluloid. Tommy Edison was responsible for builting the so much first movie studio in 1893. Well, There it is. In the mid 1890's, somebody made a nickelodeon movie on Annabelle Whitford Moore's Dance Routines. Guys were enthralled watching Annabelle dancing on the Kinetoscope. But wait! You know, in 1895, The recording sound was very much screechy and full of static!!!! Uh Oh! In 1900, Director R. Whoa! Here's A Famous Silent Movie you can all enjoy... This is D.W. D.

Maya Tutorials -- Rigging for Animation Maya Tutorials -- Rigging for Animation Page 1 of 7 Nothing is more frustrating to an animator than a slow rig. This tutorial will show you some simple tricks and techniques that will help you speed up your characters for animation. The ultimate goal is real-time playback. If you feel like all your rigs are just a garbled mess, or just need a little guidance to get you moving in the right direction, then this tutorial will help you get the ball rolling. I’ll try to keep the “boring” stuff to a minimum, and get right to the point with what you need. Using Different Resolutions: Having different resolutions of the character you are working with can dramatically increase the speed of your rig. Low Resolution: Your low-resolution rig should be more accurately modeled to fit your character. High Resolution: This is your final rig, with the high-res model bound to the joints. Using different resolutions for rigging can create problems, too. I’d like to make a quick note about referencing.

LOS ANGELES: 2019 | Back from the Off-World Colonies 60 Useful Texturing Tutorials | NetrinoMedia Marketplace's Blog Details Techniques:3ds max, cinema4d, lightwave, maya, softimage, Texturing, Tutorials, UsefulAds: Hello dear readers =) We’ve already done roundups on Car Tutorials, so this time I’ve gathered together a list of Texturing Tutorials. Please, post your comment as for this article, links to your texturing tutorials. Hard Surface Textures Read this interesting tutorial about how Stefan paints hard surface … Read this tutorial >> Texturing 101 Okay this is a really simplistic makign of, it’s really more of a texturing tutorial cause I get quite a few questions on texturing so, I’ve just take a simple Coke Can and decided to show you how I textured it since most of my texturing follows these principles. Read this tutorial >> Texturing of The Aquarium – Image Breakdown The following example is a scene that has been textured using the Total Textures Collection as a resource. Read this tutorial >> Texturing of the Old Hospital Read this tutorial >> Texturing of Urban Scene Read this tutorial >> The Corridor

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