Have a look if just want the important stuff.
Where and When
The thing about Pixar is that they know when to give notes and when not to.
How many times have you walked out of a review only to be given notes just because someone had to have something to say.
I have written about this before. Notes, it separates the men from the boys. It's the men that take notes and make there work better. It's the boys that get all butt hurt and storm off. But here's the flip side to that coin. Defend yourself. If there is a reason for what you did explain why. Don't just sit there and say go ok.
Shots are bid, but know body knows till your trying to key a wet great green screen, rain and lots of atmospherics. The QuickTime compression helped hide, well all of it.
You hide all kinds if things in the madness because that's what's required. Make sure it fits the scene. That means AB it. Compare color, and density. Ask yourself all the questions. Most of all review your renders. I have watched to many artists have render errors ruin a review.
Just because you can fool the eye doesn't mean you should do it badly. Remember everyone knows there is a problem, most just don't know why.
A Moon Rise Over Los Angeles as a Time-Slice, Time-Lapse, and Animated GIF →
Michael Zhang:
Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based photographer Dan Marker-Moore pointed his Olympus OM-D EM-5 and a 100mm lens (equivalent to a 200mm in 35mm terms) at his city’s nighttime cityscape and photographed the rising of a full moon.
I like how the color temperture changes as the moon clears the smog. Wait, that isn't color temp.
Fancy Monkeys - Scruffy Thinking - Scruffy.TV →
Scruffy.tv:
On this special That Scruffy Post Show Kanen sits down with Stu Maschwitz and Merlin Mann on their second visit to the show! They discuss delegation, dealing with email and to do lists, assistants, and working hard to make being lazy possible. Does it get better than that?
Some very smart stuff in here. Have a listen.
Photog and Kayakers Risk Life, Limb and 3rd Degree Burns on an Active Volcano →
DL Cade:
Socci and the kayakers paddled around and walked over molten lava flows as the surf instantly turned the background into clouds of water vapor. It wasn’t the safest endeavor, but it certainly made for a series of extreme kayaking photos the likes of which we’ve never seen before.
Some would say this is not smart. I think its awesome.
Twitter / Partiallyfrozen: IMHO, Jurassic Park still holds ... →
Mark Theriault:
IMHO, Jurassic Park still holds up because they nailed the black levels. When a creature went into the shade, it WENT into shade. #JP3D
Yes, it is really that important.
Last Day of our Lucasfilm Animation Family - a set on Flickr →
Joel Aron:
Over the last few days of the week, I setup a single light in my office and turned two black design boards around for a backdrop.
Effects Corner: Visual Effects Professionals United →
How many times do we have to say this?
Peter Jackson and others say studios are fueling F/X crisis | Inside Movies | EW.com →
OK, so....
SIGN PAINTERS →
From Samuel J. Macon:
There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade.
VIA:Oddermod
This looks great, More info here