By Jeff Ostrowski:
For Textor, a West Palm Beach native who saw himself as a rising star in Florida’s tech industry, entering showbiz seemed a logical next step. He positioned himself as a homegrown entrepreneur weary of seeing his state outshined by California.
Proof once again that you cannot buy your way into Hollywood. It takes hard work and skill.
BY John Montgomery:
A followup argument to this is that Apple should license the OS to external hardware manufacturers in order to provide users what they need. They tried this in the dark days of Apple and it failed miserably. Having been the owner of a PowerPC clone, I know this first-hand. It didn’t work well. There are some who will disagree, but there are significant benefits to controlling both the hardware and software OS as Apple does.
Times are changing for computing yet again. Only time will tell if this was the right path. Nobody knows.
By Jeff Heusser:
Victor is in his twenties, just starting out in the business. His work already has almost 2 billion views on YouTube and it has appeared on major network TV shows. A lot of the work is invisible, done under strict non-disclosure agreements for actors and musicians who don’t want you to know that any digital work has been done. He is passionate about the work, has given up a lot to become a part of the visual effects industry, but that passion has had a price.
Lets hear them. Don't hold them back.
www.animationcommunications.com:
Whether you have or job or you are between jobs, it is often hard to stay motivated and on track when things get challenging or boring or frustrating.
Walley Films:
Soo Sunny Park’s installation Unwoven Light animates Rice Gallery’s expansive space, transforming it into a shimmering world of light, shadow, and brilliant color.
While we are on the topic of light.
Artixels:
This video shows how compers may use Escher SH tools to add extra touch to a regular comp.
I saw this on the Nuke list a couple of days ago. I have been burried with shots so didn't get a chance to check it out. Very cool stuff.
One the main things items that are searched on this blog is RotoPaint problems.
In Nuke 6.3 the RotoPaint is painfully slow.
Here are 3 tips that will make Paint work much, much better.
Paint on 1 frame then frame hold that frame. Setting it this way Nuke has to only render one frame of paint instead of all.
Limit the amount of brush strokes to 100. When you get to one hundred start a new RotoPaint node. This will also keep you from losing less if a paint node goes belly up.
Place a shuffle before your RotoPaint node And set the alpha to 1[White]. This will help make he onion skinning work.
Remember the RotoPaint node is very very temperamental. Stay calm.
I'd like to be clear. I did not figure any of this out. These were told to me by other compositors.
Jason Stark:
When 29 other closers blow a save, we file it under Stuff Happens.When Mariano Rivera blows a save, it's An Event. Still. All these years and all these saves later.
So what happened at Citi Field on Tuesday, when the Greatest Closer Who Ever Lived blew a save in which he faced three hitters and retired none of them? Let's get to the bottom of this:
One of things I struggle with is being perfect. If I have 3 shots in for review I would like there to be 3 shots approved. No notes.
I know it's possible I have seen it done. The shots you put forward should have polish and be a product of that is the very best it can be. If there are problems that cannot be corrected then those problems need to flagged for discussion.
Mariano Rivera does just this. Sometimes a meeting at the mound is what it takes. I am a baseball fan because of the the chess game that is played on the field.