This one’s purely for those interested in a bit of compositing nostalgia. I was cleaning out some files and came across a bunch of the original design sketches I did for how Shake should behave. So I figured I should scan them in. It’s fun to see how many things made it [...]
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Comments(3) For those of you that have asked, yes you can purchase a copy of my book for the kindle. The direct link (for those of you in the US) is here
It’s still a hefty 55 bucks but I guess that’s a bit of a discount over the normal list price.
The biggest problem [...]
Comments(2) Not that I haven’t done it myself a few times (helped along by overzealous spellcheckers) but I find it rather amusing to see published books that somehow manage to confuse image-combination with organic decay. Here’s a couple of favorites:
(a few more are here)
And of course that’s why I figured I’d be better off if I [...]
Comments(0) Youtube user AgraphaFX has collected and curated a whole lot of visual-effects related videos into one place. Behind the scenes ‘making of’ stuff on everything from Star Wars to Doctor Who - lots of classic old stuff in particular. Worth checking out! www.youtube.com/user/AgraphaFX
Read More..>> Comments(0) Here’s an interesting little blogpost from a guy (David Aughenbaugh) that I was chatting with at Siggraph.
http://www.vfxconnection.com/DavidAughenbaugh/blog/
I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet so can’t really attest to how often it applies in real-world situations - be curious to hear what other people think. Still, I’m a big fan of [...]
Comments(1) (Cross-Posting from my Digital Composting blog)
The inflatable trash-bag street art of Joshua Allen Harris (someone create a Wikipedia article for this guy!) has been floating around the youtubes for several months now but I just watched a recent video and was struck again by how organic the sculpture’s movements can feel.
As someone who has spent [...]
Comments(2) Hey, a quick question for everybody - I’m trying to figure out which schools are using my book in the classroom. And by ‘classroom’ I mean any sort of training institution, including online. If you’ve got any insight into this, leave me a note in the comments below. ( Ideally some details about the name [...]
Read More..>> Comments(18) If you live in Europe (the only place where this happened, allegedly) and received a copy of the book without a DVD, contact eurobkinfo@elsevier.com (European customer service for my publisher) and they’ll take care of you. If that doesn’t work for some reason, try the main (US) customer service - usbkinfo@elsevier.com . Sorry for the hassle!
Read More..>> Comments(3) For those of you who got here directly via www.digitalcompositing.com, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a new website up there. It features a variety of things that I hope will prove useful for readers of the book. Specifically, here’s the most important things that I’ve put up there:
1) Forum Discussions. If [...]
Comments(0) Well, my author copy has just shown up. Woohoo! Looks pretty good, although I’ve been afraid to do more than look at a couple of pages because I don’t want to find any of the horrible mistakes that I’m sure are waiting for me From what I can tell the [...]
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