http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog (the art and science of) Digital Compositing Mon, 11 May 2009 06:14:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=49 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=45 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=41 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 http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=36 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, ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=34 (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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=33 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=32 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=31 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=30 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 ... http://www.digitalcompositing.com/blog/?p=28