Ian Failes:
If you enjoy the Technical Papers Fast Forward at SIGGRAPH – that session where presenters must race through their paper in an effort to convince conference-goers to check out the full presentation – then there’s a good chance you’ll also love SIGGRAPH Dailies.
These are always fun.
Magno Borgo:
Removal area/clean plate, regrained to match the background plate. It has an alpha channel, blurred to smooth transition. But when its composited Over the original plate (heavy grain), on the semi-transparent alpha region the grain is faint because of the blending.
This is a question that I have had asked to me many times. It's a very tricky question. I have heard lots of different ideas on how to solve the problem. Seeing that this question came from a nuke trainer, this is a problem for a lot of artist. Have a read.
The Foundry:
Please see below for a full schedule of presentations taking place at our Siggraph booth, number 103 in the Exhibition Hall.
Anyone going to Siggraph?
PaulJFranklin:
Beautiful Peter Ellenshaw matte painting from Spartacus. Amazing detail.
Leanne Burden:
It occurs about once every 14 months and is technically called a perigee full moon. At 221,823 miles from Earth, the supermoon was a feast for the eyes.
OK, only this one more.
Rosie Taylor:
An astronomical artist has created eye-opening illustrations imagining what the night sky would look like if the moon was replaced by the other planets in the solar system.
Love this type of thing. Really cool.
Mike Seymour:
Dawn over Weta as seen from Wellington
Im always a sucker for cloud images. Great photo Mike.
Karen Idelson:
While the visual-effects industry has been jolted by two high-profile bankruptcies and infighting over unionization, some houses have been steadily sending in shots — and making a living at the same time.
Small and nimble. Its a good place to be.
Hal Hickel:
“There’s a bunch of stuff that’s making life difficult for visual effects companies everywhere: shrinking budgets, shorter schedules, expanded delivery formats like higher frame rates etcetera and digital distribution, which changes how and when we deliver films, tax incentives,” said Hickel.