Compositing.fr : Effets visuels

Hereafter Before After breakdown

Guillaume — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:14:00 +0100

A look at how some of the visual effects were created for director Clint Eastwood's HEREAFTER

Eyeon Fusion 6.3 disponible

Guillaume — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:43:00 +0100

Eyeon Fusion 6.3 disponible. Une vidéo montre ses nouvelles fonctionnalités :

Informations et téléchargement de Fusion 6.3 ici Press release en anglais : eyeon Speaks Deep Volumes with Fusion 6.3 Toronto, Canada: November 8, 2011… eyeon Software, a forerunner of visual effects software development, today announced the official shipping release of Fusion 6.3. Fusion's GPU-accelerated architecture and OpenCL supercomputing, as exemplified by the deep image volume technology, offers state-of-the-art VFX software advancements with this latest edition. Volumetric Lighting One of the most requested features within the Volume Fog Tool has been volumetric lighting. Adjusting 3D scenes within Fusion’s real time deep volume system and integrating the volumes directly into images with the World Position Pass tool provide an unsurpassed methodology for controlling light samples, scattering, asymmetry, and density. These volumes can be generated inside Fusion or imported via EXR. "Marvelous! Thanks guys!" ~ Pieter Van Houte, Director, Steak Under Water Color Science Advances in color handling and new color tools in version 6.3 make color matching, profiling, and working with diverse cameras and Digital Intermediate systems seamless. • THX® advances support for Fusion in their latest release of Cinespace™. • Fusion adds Academy Color Encoding Specification (ACES) linear color space to its color pipeline. • New automated color correction reversing and color grading capabilities. • Versatile 3D LUT creation, analysis, and design tools. “In reality, the whole feature set comes with a lot of new improvements that will impact us on a daily basis. Every time we get new release notes I get a nice warm feeling inside.” ~ Chad Capeland, Director R&D, Anatomical Travelogue LLC Primatte 5 Primatte 5 provides vastly improved auto compute and background color selection, background lighting adjustment, and hybrid rendering. Lens Distortion with the importing of data and a number of various lens models, the Lens Distort tool implements the 3D equalizer lens distortion model to invert or undistort an image. The data can then be imported into Fusion for the most accurate results. AJA Kona Support AJA Kona 3G playback support, including 4k and 48fps playback. “Awesome. Thanks for the hard work!” ~ Stefan Ihringer, Freelance Compositing Artist eyeon has pushed the development of Fusion 6.3 to possess an authentic 3D environment with camera/lighting support for leading 3D packages and one of the most powerful and intuitive 3D particle systems on the market. With hardware-accelerated 3D capabilities, you can now migrate from pre-vis to finals within the same application. eyeon's Fusion is a true synergy of 2D and 3D tools for precise compositing.

Red Scarlet-X

Guillaume — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:35:00 +0100

Red Scarlet-X 4K caméra disponible ... 9750$ compatible objectifs Canon soit environ 7315€, boitier seul et 14015$ le pack complet.

Le HDR-X a l'air interessant pour le compositing.

Plus d'infos sur le site de RED ici

The Foundry Katana 1.0 !!

Guillaume — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:15:00 +0200

Penchez-vous sur Katana de The Foundry, dont ILM a acheté une licence récemment. Un outil 2D/3D de compositing, lightning et rendering qui semble puissant. A suivre de prêt !

Nuke & NukeX 6.3v4 disponibles

Guillaume — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:50:00 +0200

TheFoundry Nuke & NukeX 6.3v4 disponible en téléchargement à cette adresse : http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/nukex/product-downloads/ pour Linux, Windows et Mac. OSX Lion n'est toujours pas officiellement supporté.

Les notes de cette release sont disponibles dans ce PDF à ce lien

Plans (Blueprints) pour vos travaux en 3D

Guillaume — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:20:00 +0200

La Défense propose en ligne des milliers de plans de sa flotte maritime et terrestre. Vous trouverez des image Tif téléchargeables qui vous permettront de modéliser les véhicules de votre choix.

"Ces documents ont fait l'objet d'une campagne de numérisation, qui permet à présent de proposer le téléchargement gratuit de plus de 10 746 plans et photographies. Aucun de ces plans n'est antérieur à 1884, et l'essentiel concerne des navires construits entre la fin du XIXe siècle et les années 1960." Lien : http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/planbato/planbato/central.php

Les plans présentés dans cette rubrique appartiennent à une collection de plans d'études de différents chars et chenillettes étudiés à l'atelier d'Issy-les-Moulineaux. Cette collection couvre la période 1936-1972 et comporte environ 19000 plans (avant-projets, projets, prototypes et même plans de matériels étrangers), qui peuvent être consultés au Centre des Archives de l'Armement, à Châtellerault. Lien : http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/materiel_armement/amx_blinde.php

ILM recrute

Guillaume — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:53:00 +0200

For over thirty years, Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., has set the standard for visual effects and in the process, created some of the most stunning images in the history of film. At the forefront of the digital revolution, ILM continues to break new ground in visual effects.

Some of the current work in production includes Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Battleship, and The Avengers.

We are seeking talented artists in the following disciplines for positions in our San Francisco office:

Animator
Summary: Designs and creates animation for 3D CG characters and creatures for digital feature and live-action integrated feature films.
Requirements: Bachelor’s in Fine Art, Illustration, Animation, CG Art, or a related field preferred; Expert knowledge of animation principles, acting, film production and compositional design required; 3+ years experience in 3D CG; proficiency with LINUX; expertise with Maya and/or other high-end animation software preferred; Demo reel required.

Digital Compositor
Summary: Combines live action and computer generated elements into visual effects shots that realize the vision and creative direction of the client and visual effects supervisor.
Requirements: 3+ years of digital compositing experience in a feature film production environment. Proficiency with Linux and strong fine arts foundation skills, such as photography and photographic lighting preferred. Demo reel required.

Digital Matte Artist
Summary: Creates photo-real environments and landscapes exhibiting a strong foundation in photo-realistic traditional and digital art skills. Performs tasks related to integrating imagery into a shot, preserving a unified sense of lighting, perspective and color. Creates original 2D/3D content that may comprise all or part of an environment.
Requirements: 2+ years of production experience. Bachelor’s in art, industrial design, theatrical design or painting preferred. Demo reel required.

FX TD
Summary: Designs and renders FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems.
Requirements: Advanced simulation experience with either Houdini, Maya, XSI, 3DS Max or other software, and particle rule authoring skills are required. Linux, scripting ability in Python and MEL preferred; C++ skills also applicable. Exhibits strong teamwork and interdisciplinary thinking. 3-5+ years feature film experience with effects simulation work preferred. Bachelor\'s degree in CS, engineering or CG. Demo reel required.

Lighting TD
Summary: Technical Directors are responsible for the lighting, rendering and basic compositing of complex shots. Designs and creates the lighting and look of computer generated objects and scenes. Creates elements for digitally composited sequences. Responsible for compiling the various elements of a shot for review and seeing it through to completion.
Requirements: Advanced experience with either Maya, XSI, 3DS Max, Houdini or other software. Linux and Python scripting or shader authoring preferred; C++ skills also applicable. Exhibits strong teamwork and interdisciplinary thinking. 3-5+ years feature film experience preferred. Bachelor\'s degree in CS, engineering or CG. Demo reel required.

VFX Producer
Summary: Partner with the Visual Effects Supervisor and Animation Director to lead crew in fulfilling the Director\'s vision -- on time and on budget, while maintaining highest quality of work. Primary responsibility for: budget and schedule, in collaboration with ILM Management; and for managing overall Client relationship.
Requirements: Bachelor\'s degree in Film or related field or equivalent work experience required. Five years work experience in production management to include strong working knowledge of Visual Effects techniques and terminology. Proficiency in Macs/PCs including Microsoft Word and Excel. Must possess very strong organizational and communication skills and be able to handle a variety of tasks in an efficient manner while meeting deadlines.
How to Apply
Online: https://jobs.lucasfilm.com/

Mail Submissions to:
Industrial Light & Magic
Attn: Recruiting
P.O. Box 29909, San Francisco, CA 94129-0909

Conformation Avid Media Composer vers Autodesk Smoke via le AAF

Guillaume — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:50:00 +0200

Une vidéo tutorial expliquant le workflow pour effectuer une conformation d'un montage sur Avid Media Composer vers Autodesk Smoke via le AAF pour le finishing :

Autodesk IFFFS SP3 2012

Guillaume — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:35:00 +0200

Depuis le 8 septembre, le Service Pack 3 est disponible pour les systèmes Autodesk Inferno Flint Flame Flare et Smoke et Lustre, version 2012. La liste des bug fixes est consultable ici

Les documentations sont désormais sous forme de wiki, que vous trouverez à cette page : http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Creative_Finishing/enu/2012

Tutorial 3ds Max 2012 & Smoke 2012 ( en anglais )

Guillaume — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:43:00 +0200

Gary M. Davis propose via Area d'Autodesk une vidéo explicative de 40 minutes du pont possible entre Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 et Autodesk Smoke 2012:

Fonds Verts et 3D de Game Of Throne

Guillaume — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:50:00 +0200

Une petite collection de compositing par BlueBolt pour la 1ère saison de la série TV Game Of Thrones (HBO). Cette vidéo montre quelques before/after d'effets dont du chroma keying, matchmoving et matte painting.
Pour ceux qui n'ont pas vu la 1ère saison de Game Of Thrones en entière, faites attention cette vidéo contient des spoilers.

Quelques before after dans ce showreel

Guillaume — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:16:00 +0200

Dans ce showreel de Fatima Adoum, vous trouverez des plans truqués et en fin de du showreel des plans "making of" avec fonds verts qui ont servis au plan du début du showreel, histoire de donner quelques idées de keying / composting 3D à certains ... Une comédienne à suivre : Fatima Adoum (Irreversible, L'Assaut, Sherlock Holmes 2 ...)

Réalisation du showreel : Guillaume Louyot / Onickz Artworks

Interview des superviseurs VFX de Transformers : Dark of The Moon (Anglais)

Guillaume — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:48:00 +0200

Interview des superviseurs VFX de Transformers : Dark of The Moon (Anglais)

The Foundry importe la technologie de compositing de Weta Digital dans Nuke

Guillaume — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:40:00 +0200

Londres, Royaume-Uni. 24 Mai 2011: Dans le prolongement de la collaboration avec The Foundry et Weta Digital, les deux sociétés ont conclu un nouvel accord pour porter à la technologie NUKE deep compositing développé par Weta Digital, pendant leur travail sur Avatar.

Le deep compositing permet aux artistes travaillant avec du CGI pour le traitement et l'opacité composite 'images en profondeur' ou sur des projets contenant de multiples échantillons de couleur par pixel à différentes profondeurs. En plus de permettre de nouvelles possibilités créatives dans la composition, tels que les effets volumétriques, la technique conduit à des images de meilleure qualité lors de l'intégration et éléments de finition de CGI rendus. En outre, en augmentant la quantité de données utiles disponibles dans la composition, la boîte à outils offre une plus grande efficacité en réduisant la quantité de nouveau rendu généralement requis par les CGI. Par exemple, la production de mattes d'exclusion pour les objets ou caractères CGI peut ensuite être réalisée au sein de NUKE. Ces économies peuvent s'élever à des centaines d'heures sur des projets à grande échelle qui occupent une place importante actifs de CGI.

NUKE 6.3, devrait sortir en Juin, sera en charge des données de profondeur dans le nœud graphique, et contiennent une série de nodes «deep compositing« . Les NDK de NUKE fourniront également une API commune pour les studios, afin d'écrire et d'échanger de nouveaux outils pour traiter les deep images.

Bill Collis, chef de la direction, The Foundry a commenté, "Le deep compositing permet de nouveaux effets tout en réalisant des économies de temps considérable de la production. Weta Digital ont veillé à ce que les outils que nous fournissons aux artistes au sein de NUKE soient soigneusement testés au combat et prêts à affronter la production. L'annonce en outre d'un format OpenEXR pour appuyer les données en profondeur cette semaine est également soutenu par NUKE permettant une meilleure collaboration. "

NUKE 6.3 est prévu pour Juin.

The Foundry au NAB 2011

Guillaume — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:32:00 +0200

The Foundry montrera la semaine prochaine, au NAB 2011, les nouvelles fonctionnalités du prochain Storm, Mari 1.3, Nuke & NukeX 6.3 (nouvelles splines, grid warpers, 3d particles, planar tracker, denoiser, piste audio scratch track, deep 3d compositing ...), et une preview de Katana.

Retrouvez The Foundry au stand SL5625 du 11 au 14 Avril au NAB, Las Vegas.

Autodesk Maya 2012 en vidéos

Guillaume — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:59:00 +0100

Autodesk Maya 2012 en vidéos:

Substance:

Simulation dynamique:

Viewport 2.0

Passes de rendu par nodes:

Human IK:

Motion trails:

Séquenceur

Tutorial : ZDepth (Vray) vers Eyeon Fusion pour recréer du relief en anaglyphe

Guillaume — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:05:00 +0100

Un nouveau tutorial de CGTEACH.NET est disponible à cette page : http://cgteach.net/shop/catalog/browse?shop_param=

Un tutoriel de 7 minutes en français expliquant comment utiliser seulement deux passes de rendus issus de Vray pour 3ds Max afin de créer un effet de relief stéréoscopique en utilisant les outils anaglyphe dans Eyeon Fusion.

L'intérêt de ce tutoriel est de montrer la possibilité de recréer du relief à partir de seulement deux couches : diffuse et zdepth. Pratique pour des anciens projets dont vous avez gardé certaines couches de rendu sans avoir accès aux sources 3D, afin de les convertir en relief quel que soit le mode.

Sound Effects

Guillaume — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:30:00 +0100

From "The Empire Strikes Back" to "Robin Hood", award-winning Foley artist Gary Hecker of Todd-AO says it takes “timing and a huge creative mind” to be the man behind the sound. Here, he shares tips and tricks he’s learned during a career that has spanned more than 200 films.

Hecker also recently joined CSS Studios’ Todd-AO in late 2009. One of the most accomplished Foley artists in Hollywood. Among his recent credits are 2012, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Angel & Demons, Watchmen and the Spiderman trilogy.

Avatar S3D & Matte Painting using Nuke

Guillaume — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:12:00 +0100

Avatar S3D & Matte Painting using Nuke

PACE adds three more Sids for 3D

Guillaume — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:16:00 +0100

With demand for 3D production continuing to rise, 3D innovation company PACE in Burbank recently added three more Quantel Sid Stereo3D workstations to its arsenal. This purchase brings the Stereo3D pioneer's complement of Quantel S3D systems to a total of seven.

The new additions are currently supporting multiple productions: 'The Three Musketeers', 'Final Destination 5' and 'Journey to the Center of the Earth 2'. PACE already has placed a Sid Stereo3D workstation on the set of Michael Bay's 'Transformers 3' and a Pablo Stereo3D grading system for Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo Cabret'.

Vince Pace, CEO of PACE, has long been a believer in Quantel technology. "Quantel personifies quality engineering, equipment and support," says Pace. "Our latest purchase is an ongoing validation of the relationship between Quantel and PACE to provide proven workflow solutions at the point of capture and ensuring that exceptional 3D gets on screen. The Sid's unique ability to QC the footage at the point of capture is an added benefit that productions are taking advantage of."

PACE created the company's "SLATE² SCREEN(tm)" effort to achieve superior 3D results in a more cost-and time-efficient manner. The workstations are the heart of PACE's On-Set Stereo Lab(tm) workflow, which provides interactive 3D control in the field and during dailies for the cinematographer and director.

The Sid toolset includes real-time Stereo3D operation at up to twin HD-RGB, with full, interactive control of convergence, color balance, sync alterations, eye comparisons, imaging errors and editing of both streams simultaneously.

Batelco Infinity Making Of

Guillaume — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:27:00 +0100

Un joli making of plein de blue screens et autres breakdowns.

et ci-dessous la vidéo finale:

Digital Domain demoreel

Guillaume — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:55:00 +0100

KATANA - 3D scene assembly, lighting and look development

Guillaume — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:36:00 +0100

London, January 4th, 2011 – Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), today provided an insight into its plans for KATANA.

KATANA is an environment for preparing 3D assets for rendering. It allows artists to define and control look and lighting whilst maintaining performance with very large datasets. KATANA operates non-destructively using a rule-based approach, allowing modeling, look development, animation and lighting teams to work in parallel.

Originally developed in house at Sony Pictures Imageworks to handle increasingly complex workflows on productions such as Spider-Man and Superman Returns, the commercial development of KATANA was taken on by The Foundry in November 2009 as part of a unique collaboration between the two companies.

The Foundry's engineering effort, in consultation with a broad range of users, is ensuring KATANA becomes a flexible product that can ultimately integrate with any pipeline and any renderer in any facility.
These consultations have now developed into much more in-depth collaborations with a number of key sites including MPC and Digital Domain who are now using KATANA in alpha.

“Since Inception KATANA has been one of the pillars of the production pipeline here at Imageworks and continues to prove itself on such rigorous productions as G-Force, Watchmen, Alice in Wonderland and animated features such as Monster House, Surf’s Up, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and The Smurfs."

“We are excited to see KATANA cutting its teeth outside the halls of Imageworks and becoming available for artists and facilities everywhere. The Foundry is a tremendous partner and by broadening the adoption of KATANA and product support, a new generation of artists and productions can benefit from this innovative production-proven technology.”
Rob Bredow, Chief Technology Officer, Sony Pictures Imageworks

"Many brilliant technical innovations come out of production, but historically those breakthroughs remain only within the production company. The Foundry works with digital studios to make those innovations widespread, which benefits the entire industry. I look for KATANA to have a similar impact on the industry that Nuke has achieved."
Cliff Plumer, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Domain.

"Like most large VFX studios, we maintain a complex suite of proprietary software to enable us to render ever increasing complexity, quantity and visual quality. We are excited about KATANA's potential to offer a solid, flexible, off-the-shelf foundation that we can build upon so that we can focus more of our efforts on what we do best, pushing the boundaries of CG, trusting The Foundry to do what they do best, delivering high quality, scalable software."
Davie Johnston, Director of Technology, MPC

As the first commercial dedicated scene development tool, KATANA will enable facilities large and small to build highly scalable lighting pipelines without a large internal engineering effort.

KATANA is scheduled for commercial release in 2011.

The Foundry launches open Beta for STORM

Guillaume — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:44:00 +0100

London, UK. December 2010. Leading visual effects software company, The Foundry, today launched an open beta of their brand new digital cinema camera workflow product, STORM.

STORM addresses the growing complexity of shooting digital, performing a variety of core tasks on and near-set and bringing camera and post production closer together.

Quick and easy to operate, STORM can rapidly navigate and playback footage allowing producers, directors and editors to view takes in high resolution without interruption or delay. Anyone who has done basic colour correction and editing will feel comfortable sitting with STORM and cutting together a rough edit or exploring a ‘look’ interactively with the cinematographer. Supporting the digital technician, STORM provides simple and intuitive metadata tagging and timeline re-conforming to ensure the exchange with editorial and post production is sped up significantly.

The Foundry is making this public beta widely available in response to the huge amount of interest shown in STORM since it was first shown at IBC this year. “STORM has been developed in very close collaboration with users, and the open beta is a chance to gain wider feedback - ensure that STORM lives up to expectations and continues to develop to meet the growing needs of the digital camera community. The Foundry looks forward to seeing the STORM platform grow to deliver new and exciting things in the future .” said Richard Shackleton, Head of Product Development at The Foundry.

The STORM beta can be downloaded from http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/storm and is FREE to use until the 1st March 2011. It requires a MacBook Pro, Mac Pro or iMac with at least 2GB RAM running OSX 10.6.4 or later. STORM is optimised for RED R3D footage and will use a RED ROCKET card if one is installed.

Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion at RED, adds:

“Having seen STORM in detail, I’d describe it as REDCine-X on steroids. Well worth the time to investigate it's capabilities if you are involved in post production, working with RED footage. The Foundry have looked at RED workflow in great detail and taken logical integration with RED to a very evolved state. We’re very excited that those shooting and posting RED all over the world will soon have access to this software.”

More information about STORM including case studies and introductory videos can be found on our website http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/storm.

Lightworks 2010 opensource disponible

Guillaume — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:34:00 +0100

Le premier logiciel de montage que j'avais pu tester chez France Televisions il y a maintenant 11 ans est disponible désormais gratuitement en opensource. Voici les specs actuelles, en anglais :

Academy® and Emmy® award-winning Lightworks was introduced in 1989 as the first and most advanced non-linear editing system on the market. Used by editors such as Chris Gill and multi Oscar-winning Thelma Schoonmaker, Lightworks offers intuitive controls, advanced real time effects, 2K native support with DPX or RED, and multi-camera editing features that remain unmatched. With wide support for codecs, including EditShare’s Universal Media Files, Lightworks achieves a level of unsurpassed interoperability by offering seamless media sharing with Avid and Final Cut Pro. This new workflow enables Lightworks artists to collaboratively edit projects with a much wider group of editors.
Feature Highlights:

FORMATS AND CODECS
AVI, QuickTime, MXF, DPX and RED R3D, DV, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, AVC Intra, DNxHD, ProRes. Real-time up and down-scaling, from SD to 2K.

MULTI-CAM
Advanced multi-cam editing with unlimited sources and dual-SDI outputs, so you can simultaneously view your source angles in sync with your edit.

THIRD PARTY SUPPORT
Support for Adobe After Effects, Boris, Combustion, Sapphire and many more.

EFFECTS
Real time video and audio effects, including primary and selective colour correction, are all guaranteed in resolutions up to 2K, thanks to Lightworks powerful GPU based effects engine.

AUDIO
Sub-frame audio editing, direct-to-timeline voice over tool, Mackie protocol support, real time playback of mixed sample and bit rates, and guaranteed real time multi-track audio.

PROJECT SHARING
The most advanced Project Sharing capabilities available, allowing editors to access each others’ work with the click of a button. Instant Save technology ensures you’ll never lose your work again.

OUTPUT
Full-screen video output through a DVI-attached LCD display, with support up to 2K Full Frame, offering an inexpensive monitoring option, with no need for SDI hardware.

MULTI-CHANNEL INGEST
Lightworks is the only NLE available to offer multi-channel ingest, with support for synchronised capture, making it ideal for advanced 3D Stereoscopic projects.

Plus d'informations (dont téléchargement) à ce lien

Camera checklist for HDSLRs

Guillaume — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:19:00 +0100

Une vidéo en anglais mentionnant quelques points pratiques à vérifier sur votre DSLR avant de tourner.

Chroma Keying & Canon 5D MKII avec Magic Lantern custom firwmare

Guillaume — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100

Un bon chroma keying, bleu, vert ou rouge est avant tout une affaire d'éclairage du fond coloré, afin que la post-production et le keying en soient facilités et que le résultat soit broadcastable. Le firmware custom pour le DSLR Canon 5D MkII, appelé Magic Lantern, apporte des informations à l'écran à propos de l'éclairage et permet de travailler les intensités et positions des lumières afin d'avoir le meilleur résultat possible. Avoir dans la vidéo ci-dessous vers 6:00 minutes. Vous pouvez télécharger le firmware Magic Lantern à ce lien, et avoir des informations supplémentaires sur le Canon 5D MKII ici.

Trapcode Particular pour Nuke

Guillaume — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:55:00 +0100

La société Red Giant vient de rendre disponible le fameux plugin Particular, cette fois pour The Foundry Nuke, après le grand succès du plugin sur After Effects.

"Particular for Nuke will move you immediately into a powerful and creative workflow. Particular is used widely in motion pictures such as Spider Man 3, Terminator: Salvation and Angels & Demons and in TV shows like Lost. Its realistic natural effects have long solved common visual effects challenges, like photo-realistic rain, snow, clouds, smoke trails and sparks.

Steve Wright, master trainer for Nuke and VFX compositing, comments, "At last, Red Giant has closed the particle system gap for NUKE by introducing Trapcode Particular for NUKE. After years as the definitive particle system for Adobe After Effects, a 64-bit version has been ported to NUKE to add photorealistic particle effects to NUKE's palette. Particular for NUKE is an absolutely essential addition to any serious visual effects studio.""

Regardez le tutorial expliquant l'utilisation de Particular au sein de Nuke ici

Et profitez d'informations supplémentaires (news, achat, téléchargement de version de démo) ici
Particular est disponible pour $699

Nuke chez Dreamworks

Guillaume — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:04:00 +0100

London, November 8, 2010 – Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), today announced that CG animation studio, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) has purchased a site license of Nuke to enhanceits in-house pipeline beginning in 2012.

DreamWorks Animation is devoted to producing high-quality family entertainment through computer-generated (CG) animation. In 2004, DreamWorks became the first animation company to produce and distribute two CG animated features in a single year, including Shrek 2, the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time on a domestic basis. This year DreamWorks Animation set another record by becoming the first studio to have released three CG animated feature films, all in stereoscopic 3D. They accomplished this feat in part by relying on state-of-the-art technologies to enable the artistic vision of their filmmakers.

Nuke will soon become an important part of DreamWorks Animation’s technological toolset. The studio plans to use Nuke beginning on its 2012 feature film release, “The Croods”.

DreamWorks Animation is in good company selecting Nuke as their compositing tool of choice. In the last eighteen months ILM, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Weta Digital, MPC, Framestore, Double Negative, Cinesite and many more world-class visual effects studios have all adopted the software. The global pool of freelance artists has increased dramatically and Nuke is quickly becoming the compositor’s tool of choice.

Bill Collis, CEO of The Foundry, commented, "DreamWorks Animation is a force to be reckoned with in the world of film. That they have selected Nuke as their compositor of choice is a testament to the hard work The Foundry team has invested in its development. We can’t wait to see the results on screen.”

“Nuke is an incredibly powerful tool that will enable our artists to more readily embrace compositing as part of our creative process,” added Darin Grant, Head of Production Technology at DreamWorks Animation, “The Foundry has impressed us with their commitment to advancing the product and we look forward to an ongoing relationship with their team."

KM3D-1

Guillaume — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:14:00 +0200

"Created by AnOther Magazine with artist and filmmaker Baillie Walsh, KM3D-1 stars Kate Moss. The work continues Moss and Walsh's journey into experimental, multi-dimensional image-making, first seen in their legendary holographic film for Alexander McQueen's autumn/winter 2006 show.

With a performance that recalls the fantastical cinema of Ray Harryhausen, James Bidgood and Kenneth Anger, KM3D-1 places at its centre one of the most iconic female figures of the modern age. Suspended in time and space, Kate is caught inexorably in the parallax gap; a butterfly in a spider's web.

Captured at 1,000 frames per second – a speed so slow that movement is almost imperceptible – the beauty of Kate's face appears frozen, transforming her into an impenetrable deity. She is a figure of contemporary fantasy, shattering her own self-image.

Made with state-of-the-art Phantom cameras, specially built for the project to create extreme slow motion and a dramatic 3D effect, KM3D-1 reflects AnOther Magazine's raison d'etre: to champion creatives pushing the limits of what seems possible."

Autodesk Maya 2011 Service Pack 1

Guillaume — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:57:00 +0200

Le SP1 de Maya 2011 est disponible pour PC et Mac OS X, ainsi que les Mental Ray Satellite et Mental Ray standalone, à cette page : http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15770983&linkID=9242259

La liste des changements et hotfixes est consultable ici : http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/maya_2011_servicepack_releasenotes_en.pdf

Rappelons que les tutorials pour Maya 2009, 2010 et 2011 au format PDF accompagnés de leur contenu image de support de cours sont disponibles ici : http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=9502844&linkID=9242256

Application iPhone GFX Hotkeys

Guillaume — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:57:00 +0200

"GFX Hotkeys is the ultimate tool for Graphics Designers, Visual Effects Artists, Compositors, 3D Animators, Video Editors and Photographers.

It includes all the shortcut keys for After Effects, Cinema 4D, Final Cut, Maya, Photoshop, Flame, Smoke, Nuke, Illustrator, 3ds Max, Archicad, PFTrack, SynthEyes, Revit, XSI and Fusion, organized by category, with build in search functionality for easy access to any shortcut key you may need.

Features:

• Includes all shortcut keys for the latest versions of After Effects, Cinema 4D, Final Cut, Maya, Photoshop, Flame, Smoke, Nuke, Illustrator, 3ds Max, Archicad, PFTrack, SynthEyes, Revit, XSI and Fusion

• Hotkeys are organized by category.

• Search engine to search through hotkeys. Search results organized by category.

• All shortcut keys included for every available platform.

• Easy color coded theme for each application, to visually identify where you are.

• Retina Display Graphics"

Acheter et télécharger ici

E-On Software demoreel clients 2010

Guillaume — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:05:00 +0200

Une bande démo des studios vfx ayant utilisés le logiciel Vue pour leurs productions, telles 2012, Avatar, Benjamin Button, Indiana Jones IV, Pirates des Caraïbes, Terminator Salvation ...

The Foundy MARI - Training

Guillaume — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:20:00 +0200

Le site The Foundry a mis à jour sa page de training pour son logiciel de texturing 3D : MARI.

La page contenant des documentations, exemples, obj et textures se trouve ici : http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/mari/training/

Render Farm & Réseau capricieux

Guillaume — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:03:00 +0200

Mon réseau composé de plusieurs machines connectées en Gigabit via un switch de la même puissance avait tendance à planter lors de transferts massifs, comme c'est le cas pendant du rendu en réseau d'images relativement grandes. Le débit était presque acceptable grâce à la compatibilité et activation dans le gestionnaire des périphériques de l'option Jumbo Frames avec des MTU en 8192 et des buffers en Receive & Transmit à 1024. Mais pourtant, même après 2000 reboot lors de tests de valeurs pour chaque variable, le réseau plantait au bout d'un peu moins d'une heure. Dans l'urgence de rendre des productions en temps et en heure, on fait avec : on désactive / réactive la carte réseau et c'est reparti. Mais en fait, il me suffisait de mettre l'option de ma carte réseau "Task Offload" sur Off, et pas de plantage depuis de longues heures de rendus multimachines en HD à 360°. En plus il fait beau dehors. J'espère que ça sera utile à certains renderers d'entre vous.

Astuce Wacom / Windows Seven ou Vista

Guillaume — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:56:00 +0200

Une vidéo explicative pour retrouver une utilisation fluide de son stylet sous Windows Vista ou Seven. D'autres tutorials et astuces sur cgteach.net.
Regardez cette vidéo en plein écran pour bien lire les procédures ( format 1920 x 1080 quasi illisible en petite fenêtre ).

PRIME FOCUS SWITCH PIPELINE TO NUKE WITH GLOBAL SITE LICENSE PURCHASE

Guillaume — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:29:00 +0200

Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), today announced that Global Visual Entertainment Services group, Prime Focus, has purchased a site license of Nuke to revamp their in-house pipeline.

Since its modest beginnings in Mumbai in 1997, Prime Focus has grown into the world’s leading Visual Entertainment Services group, employing over 1,200 staff across three continents and five timezones. Their pioneering and unique ‘Global Digital Pipeline’ approach has seen them win VFX work on titles including Robin Hood, Avatar and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, as well as numerous commercial and television projects.

Anshul Doshi, Global COO at Prime Focus, comments:

"Nuke’s open infrastructure, forward thinking roadmap, support and proactive engineering team will enable true integration of the software into our ‘Global Digital Pipeline’. The inherent stereoscopic workflow and proven track record of use on Avatar increased Nuke’s attractiveness given our upcoming project slate. The Foundry push boundaries, listen to customers and invest in research making them a perfect partner for Prime Focus as we move forward tackling increasingly ambitious projects.”

Bill Collis, CEO of The Foundry, commented, "Prime Focus are an exceptional company with a unique Global approach. Their decision to incorporate Nuke across London, India (Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Goa), Vancouver, LA and Winnipeg gives them an unrivalled geographical footprint. We are excited to be working with them and look forward to seeing where the relationship takes us.”

Anaglyhe 3d sphere test

Guillaume — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:31:00 +0200

Quelques chiffres de l'industrie cinématographiques aux Etats-Unis

Guillaume — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:29:00 +0200

Via: Online MBA

Tutorial d'optimisation du pipeline et workflow en production

Guillaume — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:10:00 +0200

Autodesk a publié dans son Area (qui me fera toujours penser à mon Area2-Deck91 dédié à la 2D / 3D du temps ou je bossais pour eux il y a 10 ans mais passons) un excellent article en anglais sur l'optimisation du pipeline et du workflow en production et post-production, en parlant d'organisation 2D, 3D (Maya), compositing. Très instructif surtout pour les débutants superviseurs.

Lien de la page sur Area

Le dernier numéro du e-zine de CgArena est disponible

Guillaume — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:51:00 +0200

Au menu :

Interview with Chris Nichols
Photoshop: Making of Be My Valentine
3ds Max: Making of Waiting
ZBrush: Making of Reichskrone
Photoshop: Project Overview - Public Transportation
Gallery - Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art

En libre téléchargement à ce lien.

GenArts Announces Availability of Sapphire 5 for After Effects

Guillaume — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:32:00 +0200

Industry-Standard Visual Effects Suite Introduces New Levels of Performance and Creativity and CS5 Compatibility At A Special Upgrade Price

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – May 27, 2010 – GenArts, Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today the immediate availability of GenArts Sapphire™ 5 for Adobe After Effects. Unveiled in April at NAB 2010, Sapphire 5 raises the bar in visual effects by coupling the creativity, quality and reliability Sapphire is known for with GPU-optimized performance, a range of new effects and transitions, and full CS5 compatibility.

GenArts Sapphire has gained a following among the world’s best visual effects artists as the industry-standard plug-in suite. Used in countless films, television broadcasts and commercials, Sapphire is the essential tool in the professional artist’s toolbox. Now, After Effects artists may take advantage of these key additional benefits:

Enhanced productivity—Sapphire 5 provides GPU acceleration for lightning-fast render speeds and full interactivity at HD resolutions.
Greater creativity—Sapphire 5 delivers full floating point support for amazing image quality and maximum dynamic range to enable a level of creativity that sets your work apart from your competitor’s. It also offers many new transitions and effects such as TVDamage and Technicolor.
CS5 compatibility—Sapphire 5 is 64bit and fully supports Adobe’s new CS5 release.
All at a special upgrade price (50% off the regular upgrade price) designed to make the transition to CS5 as seamless as possible for current Sapphire customers.

“While visual effects are certainly essential in today’s film and television industries, artists are constantly challenged to create fresh, compelling content that sets them apart from their competitors -- on budget and on time,” said Steve Bannerman, CMO, GenArts. “With Sapphire 5 in their arsenal, After Effects artists will be able to push the limits of their creativity, generating one-of-a-kind looks without sacrificing deadlines.”

Pricing and Availability
GenArts Sapphire 5 for Adobe After Effects is now available for both Windows and Mac. (Sapphire 5 AE for the Mac will be fully GPU accelerated at a later date and will be available to Sapphire 5 AE Mac customers as a free update, when available.) Floating licenses are priced at $2,499; node-locked licenses are available for $1,699. Users may upgrade from either Sapphire version 1 or 2 to Sapphire 5 for the special price of only $299, and monthly rental licenses are priced at $169. Support for Sapphire version 1 for After Effects will end effective August 31, 2010.

Since the company's founding in 1996, GenArts software has been utilized in thousands of films, television broadcasts and commercials, including more than 20 Oscar-nominated pieces such as Titanic; I, Robot; Armageddon; Star Wars Episode I, II and III; The Matrix trilogy; The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Pearl Harbor; Spider Man; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Transformers; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Avatar and many more.

CS5

Guillaume — Sat, 01 May 2010 07:33:00 +0200

Pour ceux d'entre nous impatients de tester les fonctionnalités de Adobe Photoshop CS5 et les autres applications de cette même suite, nous rappelons qu'il est possible de télécharger en version "trial" ces logiciels, pour le moment en anglais seulement, à cette adresse : http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

La Master Collection CS5 pèse 4,45GB à télécharger. Elle comprend:

Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended

Discover new dimensions in digital imaging

Adobe Illustrator® CS5

Explore new paths with the essential vector tool

Adobe InDesign® CS5

Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing

Adobe Acrobat® 9 Pro

Deliver revolutionary digital documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF

Adobe Flash® Catalyst™ CS5

Create expressive interfaces and interactive content without writing code

Adobe Flash Professional CS5

Create and deliver rich interactive content

Adobe Flash Builder™ 4

Develop cross-platform rich Internet applications

Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5

Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites and applications

Adobe Fireworks® CS5

Rapidly prototype and design for any device

Adobe Contribute® CS5

Simplify website management

Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5

Bring high-performance editing to next-generation storytelling

Adobe After Effects® CS5

Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard

Adobe Soundbooth® CS5

Create and edit audio with ease

Adobe OnLocation™ CS5

Shoot better and faster with powerful production tools

Adobe Encore® CS5

Deliver virtually anywhere

Autodesk Maya tutorial : Condensation

Guillaume — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:58:00 +0200

Le site CGTUTSPLUS propose un tutorial pour Maya permettant de créer un effet de condensation via le module Visor.

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/autodesk-maya/quick-tip-create-realistic-condensation-on-glass-with-maya-paint-effects/

Autodesk Maya 2011

Guillaume — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:15:00 +0200

Un article complet et intéressant sur Maya 2011 est disponible en français ici :

http://www.siteduzero.com/news-62-35896-p1-autodesk-annonce-l-arrivee-de-maya-2011-pour-avril.html

Demoreel 2010 (preview)

Guillaume — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:08:00 +0200

Preview de la demoreel 2010:

There's Someting About MARI

Guillaume — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:44:00 +0200

Mari ... Utile et Beau

"Mari was originally developed at Weta Digital. The technology was driven by the texture department's need to handle complex, high resolution textures on 3D models in Lord of The Rings, King Kong and Avatar. Born out of genuine production experience, Mari was designed as a full 3D paint tool with a responsiveness and feature set that puts even the best dedicated 2D paint systems to shame. Mari is extremely scalable, coping easily with an obsessive level of detail – literally tens of thousands of textures – quickly and elegantly."

Plus d'informations ici. Case study de l'utilisation de Mari sur Avatar en cliquand le screenshot ci-dessus.

Quelques tutorials pour Nuke 5, Nuke 6 & Nuke X

Guillaume — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:38:00 +0100

Quelques tutorials pour The Foundry Nuke, puissant logiciel de compositing ayant entre autre servi à créer Avatar, ont été regroupés ici :

Les Tutorials éditeur qui se trouvaient sur CGTeach seront tous transférer sur Compositing.fr dans la mesure où CGTeach ne sera axé que sur des tutorials de qualité à faible coût, en téléchargement, le tout bien sécurisé tels que les HTTPS le stipulent. L'ouverture des tutorials de CgTeach.net ne devraient plus tarder vu l'avancement du site.

http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/nuke/training/tutorials/

Nuke 6 & NukeX 6 disponibles

Guillaume — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:18:00 +0100

Nuke 6 et NukeX 6 sont disponibles en téléchargement, pour Linux 32bit ou 64bit, Mac 32bit, Windows 32bit ou 64bit.
Sans licence, Nuke fonctionnera en mode PLE pour votre apprentissage.

Pour télécharger Nuke 6, cliquez-ici

La documentation complète au format PDF est accessible à ce lien, et les raisons de The Foundry de passer de Nuke6 à NukeX sont lisibles ici.

What's new in Nuke 6.0?

Nuke 6.0v1 introduces a new RotoPaint node providing rewritten and additional new tools for creating and animating detailed roto shapes, paint and clone strokes, integrated together in a non-destructive layer-based hierarchy.

Keylight, the industry-proven blue/green screen keyer, now ships with Nuke 6.0v1 at no extra charge.

What is NukeX?

NukeX 6.0 extends the range of tools usually found in the compositing environment adding an integrated 3D camera tracker, automated and manual lens distortion tools, FurnaceCore – The Foundry’s reengineered set of Furnace plug-ins - and a DepthGenerator plug-in. Offering VFX users two different Nuke products enables facilities of all sizes to implement a Nuke solution to fit a range of artist and customer needs. Nuke continues to be an evolving, flexible solution ideal for a multitude of VFX tasks, while NukeX brings previously inaccessible tools and workflow options to compositing artists, saving time and increasing the quality of their work. Nuke and NukeX are fully script compatible, with Nuke capable of viewing and rendering nodes created using the extended NukeX toolset.

S3D: Animation d'information sur le relief

Guillaume — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:09:00 +0100