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SketchUp 8 is out, great tool for previs

Mar 22, 2011 at 10:13 am in cinematography, planning, production by Josh Mellicker · Leave a Comment »

Filmmakers have long been using Google SketchUp Pro to map out complicated scenes, camera moves, and set designs — according to Google, the $495 program has been used for planning shots for projects including Inception, 300, The Social Network, and Tron: Legacy. Offering robust 3D visualization without the complexity of real 3D toolsets, SketchUp has proved itself so useful as a previs tool that it’s hard to believe that the core functionality for filmmakers, a “Film & Stage” plug-in that dates [read more →]

Premiere Pro CS5 Stereoscopic 3D Video Editing with Dave Helmley | Stereo Pictures Real 3D Films

Jul 22, 2010 at 3:23 pm in editing, post production by · Leave a Comment »

Here is a 7 part series in which Dave Helmly from Adobe walks you through a complete 3D Stereo workflow with Premiere Pro CS5. This is a start to finish workflow and a must see for anyone getting started with 3D Stereo video shooting and editing or just interested in the technology and the whole workflow. The videos start from the basic 3D camera rigs, covers Active, Passive and Anaglyph viewing methods as well how to play your videos on [read more →]

YouTube 3D coming within a year

at 3:21 pm in delivery, web video by · Leave a Comment »

A Sony exec revealed that YouTube would be part of Sony’s upcoming 3D offering.

Mick Hocking, a studio exec at Sony, last week was drumming up support for Sony PlayStation’s future capability to game in 3D when he let loose this little tidbit:

YouTube will be supporting 3D content over the next 12 months as well – and you’ll be able to watch that on the PlayStation 3. And as you start taking 3D pictures of your family or 3D camcorder movies, [read more →]

Cityscape Motion tutorial

Jun 12, 2009 at 10:57 pm in post visuals by · Leave a Comment »

Here’s an awesome tutorial on building a 3D cityscape in Motion from Andy Neil.

A look at lights in Motion 3

Jan 1, 2008 at 5:28 pm in dvcTV, post visuals by · 10 Comments »

Here’s a “first look” at lights in Motion 3. $Free

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Rayz O Lite – free half-hour course on programming awesome light rays in QC

Nov 28, 2007 at 10:14 am in dvcTV, editing, post visuals by 22-02-1989 · 22 Comments »

Learn how to create your very own rays of light for your Final Cut projects!

How does Motion compare with After Effects?

Aug 3, 2007 at 11:27 am in digital video news, post visuals by · 7 Comments »

After Effects is the software from whence a new art form, motion graphics, was born.

Motion offers many advantages and disadvantages to AE. The two can work together, AE users can use Motion to generate layers for their AE compositions.

Owners of both, before starting many projects, will have to pause and consider which program to use.

So when would you use Motion?

projects involving interaction between elements (attracting, repelling, orbiting, bouncing much easier in Motion)
users needing something cool-looking quickly without having to create [read more →]

After Effects PowerStart

Jun 28, 2007 at 12:41 pm in digital video news, DVD, post visuals, self-paced training by · 5 Comments »

After Effects 7 PowerStart is the world’s best learning experience for mastering After Effect’s unique and sophisticated motion graphics creation environment, whether you are a professional graphics artist, video or film editor, or new to digital media. Written by After Effects guru Stephen Schleicher and Josh Mellicker of DVcreators.net.

$79.95

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Poser 7: Reviewed

Mar 27, 2007 at 7:29 pm in cinematography, digital video news, planning products, visual fx products by duncan · Leave a Comment »

This is a great program for creating quick and detailed animations of characters right out of the box. Excellent for character stills and animation, medical illustrations, architectural, and storyboards.

In my case, having only dabbled a bit in the Poser of the past, but now, after seeing and using Poser 7, I am now convinced that this is the best program to quickly create and animate the human figure. You also have access to numerous animal figures and even robots. And [read more →]

Core Duo versus Core 2 Duo speed tests

Nov 5, 2006 at 12:32 am in digital video news, editing, editing products, post audio gear by · 1 Comment »

Bare Feats is at it again, with speed tests of the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros:

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What free 3D animation apps are available?

Jun 3, 2006 at 5:40 am in post visuals by . · 1 Comment »

http://www.artzend.com/3D%20Programs.htm
3Delight Free – http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or – http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender – http://www.blender3d.org/
Daz Studio – http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/?
Houdini (Free Edition) – http://www.sidefx.com/apprentice/index.html
Computer Graphics books – http://2020ok.com/4134.htm
Now3D – http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX – http://www.openfx.org
POV-Ray – http://www.povray.org/
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP – http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
Terragen – http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
TrueSpace - http://www.caligari.com/Products/trueSpace/tS75/Brochure/Intro.asp
Toxic – http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D – [read more →]

Maya

Mar 7, 2006 at 3:19 pm in digital video news, post visuals by · Comments are closed.

Maya Personal Learning Edition is a special version of Maya® software, which provides free access to Maya for non-commercial use. It gives 3D graphics and animation students, industry professionals, and those interested in breaking into the world of computer graphics (CG) an opportunity to explore all aspects of the award-winning Maya Complete software in a non-commercial capacity.