Posted on February 6, 2012 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
In this Maya tutorial by Daniel Reynolds he shows how to get you up and running in Maya 2012 with a little sword to demonstrate certain principles in the world of 3d.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in 3D Graphics, Off Topic | No Comments
This is a demonstration video showcasing Artist Scott Garne’s interactive still life project. It involves a motion-senstive frame that feeds realtime tilt data to a 3D scene.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
Ray Liotta, Michael Bay & Jon Favreau talk about the future of CGI with motion capture experts, Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel in this Funny or Die video.
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Posted on January 19, 2012 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
The title sequence to David Fincher’s “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is an amazing mix of dark forms and stylized violence. This sequence which houses over 250 shots alone was created by visual effects house, Blue Studios.
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Posted on January 16, 2012 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
Molecules exist in dimensions smaller than the wave lengths of the visible light spectrum and because of this they are impossible to photograph. But that hasn’t stopped scientists from thinking about what they look like and what they’re doing. In this TEDxSydney talk, Drew Berry shows an amazing 3d animation of what’s going on at the molecular level inside a cell nucleus as it’s getting ready to split.
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Posted on November 25, 2011 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
This making of video for Immortals by Tippett Studio shows the CGI animation that went into creating the Titans of Hyperion’s army.
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Posted on October 27, 2011 in 3D Graphics, Effects and Stunts | No Comments
In this three part article for Forbes Magazine, Mark Hughes explores the details and challenges of 3d films with Dr Barry Sandrew whose company helped add dimension (at least in a spatial sense) to Alice in Wonderland, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Green Lantern, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Conan the Barbarian, Priest, and The Smurfs.
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Posted on October 12, 2011 in 3D Graphics | 2 Comments
RePro3D, developed by a research group at Keio University, is a multi-perspective, naked eye 3D display in which viewers can touch a 3D character floating in midair.
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Posted on October 6, 2011 in 3D Graphics | 1 Comment
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios – from the success of “Toy Story” and Pixar’s promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company’s relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits.
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Posted on October 5, 2011 in 3D Graphics, Digital Effects | No Comments
Avid Technology Inc. has unveiled Avid Motion Graphics, the company’s new next-generation graphics platform that’s set to replace Deko in its lineup.
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Posted on September 5, 2011 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
In 1972 Ed Catmull (founder of Pixar) and his colleagues created the world’s first 3D rendered movie, an animated version of Ed’s left hand. This is the film that they produced.
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Posted on July 27, 2011 in 3D Graphics, Digital Effects, Green Screen | No Comments
The VFX Bro shows you how to change and extend sets using visual effects in After Effects and Cinema 4d.
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Posted on July 22, 2011 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
This interesting documentary created by Vimeo user lnrdshelby guides you through the history of CG characters.
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Posted on July 19, 2011 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of robotics and 3D computer animation, which holds that when human replicas look and act almost, but not perfectly, like actual human beings, it causes them to appear creepy. Researchers at University of California, San Diego have scanned the brains of individuals visiting the “valley” to try to understand why they freak us out.
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Posted on July 4, 2011 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
In this Blender tutorial Andrew Price will show you how to; Use particles to create a realistic fireworks explosion, create smoke trails with the smoke simulator and use the compositor to make glowing balls of light.
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