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animation mentor student showcase 2010

lesterbanks — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:00:07 +0000

Check out Animation Mentor’s 2010 student showcase – really great stuff in there! “WELCOME TO THE STUDENT SHOWCASE 2010 We’re excited to present the Student Showcase 2010! It’s inspiring to see the diversity of student work and talent from countries all over the world: Australia, France, Germany, South Africa and Italy to name a few. [...]

deeper modes of expression part 9, wiggly world

lesterbanks — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:00:49 +0000

Chris and Trish Meyer post the ninth part of a 12-part series, called “Deeper Modes of Expression”, that comes from the 180+ page bonus chapter in their book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, 5th Edition: Essential and Advanced Techniques. Read the last instalment, part EIGHT – Going for a Loop. “Nothing is more boring that having to [...]

basic tracking in after effects

lesterbanks — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:00:24 +0000

Jonathan Berkey goes over some basic point tracking in After Effects, tracking techie-type-text to moving objects in the scene… There are some good tips here. BerkShop: Basic Tracking in After Effects from Jonathan Berkey on Vimeo.

what the heck is HIK anyway?

lesterbanks — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:00:06 +0000

Autodesk’s Steven Rosell with a great post where he shows Autodesk’s Human IK and how it relates to all of Autodesk’s product… Steven actually cites that Human IK can be a bit confusing as there are four different incarnations of HIK in use. Read the post… good stuff! Autodesk HumanIK Demo from Leonard Teo on [...]

jean-luc

lesterbanks — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:00:15 +0000

Jean-Luc has an epileptic fit, will doctor Gordon succeed to bring him back to life ? De Arthur PELTZER, Fabien GUILLAUME, Jean-Baptiste MALIGNE, Jerémy MACEDO, Julien DAUBAS, Paul NIVET, étudiants de la formation Conception et réalisation de films d’animation (3me année) de GOBELINS, l’école de l’image. Durée : 2 minutes 34 secondes. La distribution des [...]

sirigui

lesterbanks — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:00:33 +0000

Direction, production, animation and sound by Animatorio. animatorio.tv Follow us on twitter twitter.com/animatorio Sirigui from Animatorio on Vimeo.

“the french restaurant”

lesterbanks — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:00:40 +0000

Dancellos’ graduation short from the AnimationMentor.com course. “The French Restaurant” from Dancellos on Vimeo.

no pets allowed (animation feature film)

lesterbanks — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:00:24 +0000

Producer of NO PETS ALLOWED Directed by Headless. May 2010. NO PETS is the second animation feature film in development at SIX BIRDS. CGI process was done in our daughter company StudioNEST studionestbarcelona.com More info at sixbirds.com NO PETS ALLOWED (Animation feature film) from Josep Pozo on Vimeo.

itf 2010 meet douglas trumbull

lesterbanks — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:00:07 +0000

Art of VFX posts a video from the ITF 2010 meet the legend Douglas Trumbull. the ITF is a conference for the symposium Imaging the Future 2010 in Neuchatel, Switzerland in July. Douglas Trumbull has been one of my heroes for a long time, for reals. ITF 2010 | Douglas Trumbull | Meet Douglas Trumbull [...]

inside the setup machine 2 with raf anzovin

lesterbanks — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:00:17 +0000

The Rigging Dojo has posted a recoding of the live session “Inside The Setup Machine 2 with Raf Anzovin” that they had a while back. Raf Anzovin, creator of The Setup Machine 2 for Maya, shares some of the design philosophy and rigging tricks that went into the popular auto-rigging package and some useful ways [...]