| | | | Re: TV Master - Loudness vs Max peak
by Joseph Barnett on Sep 24, 2009 at 9:33:18 am
in the Audio Professionals Forum
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the responses it's really helpful. We are based in Denmark and create mainly 3D and special effects, however we also offer Grading and editing so more and more we are the last link in the chain. What I'm wondering is our audio | | | | |
| | | | Re: Aliasing on hard edge masks
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 23, 2009 at 5:48:38 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Chris,
I’m not sure which anti-aliasing settings you are referring to in Smoke so if you can elaborate that might help. But you might try adding a edge tool after the mask and turn on shrink. This will obviously shrink the mask a little but it als | | | | |
| | | | Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Dean DeCarlo on Sep 23, 2009 at 5:31:52 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Seriously doubt they will be doing Combustion users any favors in terms of Flare. It would be nice if Flare was affordable and sold as a regular product. Autodesk might just take over the desktop high end compositing market with it but as usual their | | | | |
| | | | Re: zdepth pass problems
by Frank Carlisle on Sep 23, 2009 at 2:26:20 am
in the MAYA Forum
You have to open your animation in the FCheck with the "z-buffer" checked on. Stop the playback, save out the animation, and let it play through. This should create a usable zDepth iff sequence for you.
I've been using zDepth render pass for work | | | | |
| | | | Re: how convert to avi non compress
by David Johnson on Sep 20, 2009 at 1:47:13 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Among the best (and most expensive) are Sorenson Squeeze, Grass Valley ProCoder and Autodesk Cleaner. Xilisoft makes some cheap converters that are ok, but I've found their software slightly buggy although it does work. There's a good free one out th | | | | |
| | | | Re: Part 3 of Tutorial final posted!
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:03:51 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Eric,
Thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad to see my work is being posted everywhere.
Ken LaRue
Autodesk Application Engineer
Maya Composite / Toxik / Flame / Combustion
Training DVDs: http://www.thestreetproductions.com | | | | |
| | | | Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Alan Okey on Sep 17, 2009 at 7:47:37 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Mark Suszko] "I am seriously considering throwing in the towel on Combustion because I lack faith in it being supported much longer, as well as fears that it will be crippled or buggy when we go to Snow Leopard OS. "
C* is already crippled/busted | | | | |
| | | | Re: Part 3 of Tutorial final posted!
by Eric Craft on Sep 17, 2009 at 6:47:27 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Just FYI the Online Help for Maya Composite can be found on the Autodesk site here, and the same tutorial as a PDF and the source files can be downloaded for the Autodesk site here.
-Eric | | | | |
| | | | Part 3 of Tutorial final posted!
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 17, 2009 at 12:55:51 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
If you visit "The Area" http://area.autodesk.com/ you can now go through the entire Maya Composite 101 tutorial I wrote. Part three is now posted and you have access to parts 1 and 2. As Phil Hoppes had posted some people have had issues with the zip | | | | |
| | | | Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Dean DeCarlo on Sep 16, 2009 at 3:56:19 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
I'm spending time getting skills in AE but keep going back to Combustion for comfort and capabilities. Combustion still serves most of my needs just fine so I'm not going to bail it any time soon. I was planning on spending time getting acquainted wi | | | | |
| | | | Re: Mocha for AE versus Motor
by Ross Shain on Sep 16, 2009 at 1:50:35 am
in the Imagineer Systems Forum
motor is limited to just roto (no tracking exports) but works with more applications than After Effects. If you need to deliver roto work to other systems beyond AE, motor is the more robust sfw. Otherwise, you will be running all roto work through A | | | | |
| | | | Re: Feathering a garbage matte
by Eric Jurgenson on Sep 14, 2009 at 12:44:23 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
If you were familiar with After Effects, you would probably know about the softness parameter on the masks. If you aren't familiar with After Effects, it would be too complicated for me to to explain the whole process. Thus the brief answer. Unfortun | | | | |
| | | | Re: Toxik Lessons on Autodesk Area Website
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 9, 2009 at 1:49:18 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Phil,
Thanks for the heads up on the files I will report this to the Area team. I did not split them up they did.
Ken LaRue
Autodesk Application Engineer
Maya Composite / Toxik / Flame / Combustion
Training DVDs : http://www.thestreetpr | | | | |
| | | | Toxik Lessons on Autodesk Area Website
by Phil Hoppes on Sep 9, 2009 at 1:09:14 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Ken,
Not sure if you would catch this comment here or on the Area site so I posted both places. I wanted to let you know that your rar files are corrupt. I have tried to unpack them both in Windows and on my Mac. The initial error is in 1h_renders | | | | |
| | | | Re: Any other keyers?
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 5, 2009 at 1:57:32 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Chris,
Don't give up on the Master Keyer. I'll try to help you here with some quick tips but trust me I have some training coming very soon for the keying tools.
There are 2 color pots and blend percentage in between them. Select the left pot | | | | |
| | | | This doesn't sound right...
by craig whit on Sep 4, 2009 at 12:30:40 am
in the MAYA Forum
Hey everyone,
I am looking to purchase an educational copy of Maya 2010 for school this term but have found out that Autodesk no longer has an educational version of Maya for the Mac....so...I called Autodesk and spoke to two different people in c | | | | |
| | | | Re: Building a new edit/finishing suite.
by gary adcock on Sep 2, 2009 at 10:28:40 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Loren White] "We've got $16,000 for the package, got if the BMD does the job.. Im not gonna waste money. "
Yeah but who does RED recommend for hardware?
its about the time you will not waste when something goes wrong, its about working in FCP u | | | | |
| | | | Re: Animation software for moving scenes
by Dave LaRonde on Sep 2, 2009 at 5:38:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[pedro casais] "All elements are created on a 3d software."
Oh. Well, that is NOT going to be reasonably priced. It will be the most expensive 3D software available.
Creating a photorealistic human means that you'll have to create a skeleto | | | | |
| | | | Re: 2 Aja Kona Cards can handle 2 simultaneus video stream?
by gary adcock on Sep 2, 2009 at 12:50:04 pm
in the AJA Kona Forum
[Shane Ross] "I saw one MacPro with TWO Kona LHe cards installed capturing two streams at NAB."
I did not say that it could not be done, I said not easily, since there are no off the shelf solutions you would need to be able to access to the KONA | | | | |
| | | | Video length does not match audio...
by vinny dellay on Sep 1, 2009 at 7:49:56 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hi there!
I'm having a problem that for the life of me I can't figure out.
I shot some footage on a Sony Ex1. The footage was shot at 23.976 g=frames per second. I import into Premiere CS4 without problem and do my editing. I then export t | | | | |
| | | | Cinema 4D R11.5 Announced
by Adam Trachtenberg on Sep 1, 2009 at 3:01:39 pm
in the Cinema 4D Forum
Maxon has announced the release of version 11.5, a major upgrade that includes (but is not limited to) the following features:
* MoDynamics: incorporation of true hard-body dyamics into the MoGraph module;
* Completely rewritten Picture Viewer | | | | |
| | | | I'm selling a new in box! copy of 3ds max 2010
by Michelle McNamara on Sep 1, 2009 at 10:29:04 am
in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum
Hi,
I won this copy of Autodesk 3ds max 2010, but since I am mostly a 2d animator I have no real need of it.
It has serial numbers and everything you need to get it happening. The box hasn't even been opened.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayIS | | | | |
| | | | Object Transparency
by Aye Haich on Aug 30, 2009 at 8:18:07 pm
in the MAYA Forum
Hello everyone,
I am a Autodesk Maya newb and have the following problem.
I am using image planes of a car, to make a model.
My object gets in the way of details in the image plane, I would like to make the object I created somewhat transpar | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP editor turning to smoke
by moody glasgow on Aug 27, 2009 at 4:32:36 pm
in the Autodesk Smoke Forum
I would recommend learning Smoke, but then again I am a little biased. I did the classroom training offered by Autodesk, and it was great! Definitely worth the money in my opinion. But, we had just bought a Smoke at the time, so after I was done | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is combustion right for me?
by Alan Okey on Aug 27, 2009 at 12:41:00 am
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Eric Craft] "Just curious which tools are you missing from Combustion? I know there are things in the works for Toxik development."
I'd love to see Maya Composite (Toxik) inherit these Combustion tools:
- framebuffer support for popular video | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is combustion right for me?
by Alan Okey on Aug 26, 2009 at 9:27:05 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Eric Craft] "Be sure to place some blame on Apple then, too. I am running Combustion 4 on Vista x64 without any problems. You can't place all the blame on the software developers when the OS developers are dropping the ball. "
How can I blame App | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is combustion right for me?
by Alan Okey on Aug 26, 2009 at 3:12:31 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Adam Benson] "Yes, AutoDesk has almost completely stopped any upgrades to Combustion. Part of this is because Combustion works. Why fix it?"
Adam, I agree with you as far as Autodesk adding new features to Combustion. Combustion has a great too | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is combustion right for me?
by Adam Benson on Aug 26, 2009 at 3:49:30 am
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Combustion is a fantastic product. In my opinion it blows AE out of the water. Yes, AutoDesk has almost completely stopped any upgrades to Combustion. Part of this is because Combustion works. Why fix it?
The rumors that Autodesk is going to kil | | | | |
| | | | Re: Noob Toxik question
by Eric Craft on Aug 24, 2009 at 9:08:36 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Gary Davis already did one of those available over at the AREA. If you are looking for Compositing then you should be good to go with the videos over at the AREA and the Autodesk Self-Paced Training page. Outside of Compositing and VFX (Blurs, distor | | | | |
| | | | Re: 3D Max Under Apple Bootcamp
by Joe Vice on Aug 23, 2009 at 7:52:36 pm
in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum
Have you tried running the 3dsMax trial version available from the Autodesk website? There's shouldn't be any issue with the latest graphics cards from nVidia.
Architectural renderings by Lunarstudio.
Architectural Renderings | | | | |
| | | | 3D Max Under Apple Bootcamp
by Tom Strong on Aug 22, 2009 at 5:46:36 pm
in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum
These questions are for Intel Apple Mac Pro system users running 3D max under Bootcamp.
1. Anyone have experience using the new Macintosh Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 card with Max under bootcamp Windows?
2. What mac video card best supports the 3D M | | | | |
| | | | Re: Noob Toxik question
by Kenneth La Rue on Aug 21, 2009 at 1:50:42 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Hi Phil,
I'm in the process of hitting you with a lot f training for Maya Composite/Toxik, a lot for free and some for purchase.
I will have a training page on the Area under Maya very soon. (http://area.autodesk.com/) There will be written tu | | | | |
| | | | Re: Noob Toxik question
by Eric Craft on Aug 20, 2009 at 9:39:46 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Plus if you think about it .mov is only supported on Mac and Windows 32bit, so only 2/5 of the Toxik OS platforms. Would you invest time and money in something that works on less than half of your target platforms? Also, Toxik supports network render | | | | |
| | | | Re: Scottish one two sentence voice over
by Christopher Rotter on Aug 20, 2009 at 4:23:08 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
Hey, how do you know I use Autodesk products ???? :)
I suppose give me a sample using the sentence "What have I told you about using Autodesk products"
in a average tone, with two versions one where the female is sounding young like a child and o | | | | |
| | | | Re: Scottish one two sentence voice over
by Karen Baldwin on Aug 20, 2009 at 4:07:09 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
Sure, what do you want her to say?
Give me a sentence with instruction, for example.
'Christopher.. what have I told you about using Autodesk products'
(Elderly female talking to child, softly, scorning, warning, angry, shouting etc).
Also how ol | | | | |
| | | | Re: Would you buy Shake now if you didn't have it?
by Phil Hoppes on Aug 20, 2009 at 12:14:49 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
I would say that chances of Shake working on Snow Leopard are pretty good. From what I've seen (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10310131-37.html and other posts) the changes between Leopard and Snow Leopard are just not that great. The big differ | | | | |
| | | | Re: Audio in Toxik?
by Eric Craft on Aug 19, 2009 at 2:01:17 am
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
I don't think that will be a problem. I don't think people are going to be paying $500-600 per hour to watch someone work in Toxik. Toxik also lacks the hardware acceleration that Flame offers. Also, I am guessing the Systems tools will always be one | | | | |
| | | | Re: Audio in Toxik?
by stephane Auge on Aug 18, 2009 at 10:14:12 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
That's my point. If you add these features to Toxik (witch would not be very difficult)you've got a Flame running on a workstation that's Autodesk probably don't want.
I think it's a hard decision for Autodesk markting people because Toxik with | | | | |
| | | | Re: Audio in Toxik?
by Eric Craft on Aug 18, 2009 at 8:41:04 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
And Flame is used for motion graphics, same reason it has 2d/3d text:Autodesk® Flame® software is the ultimate visual effects system for high-speed compositing, advanced graphics, and interactive client-driven design.
-Eric | | | | |
| | | | Re: Industry Standard Programs.
by Kristin Leys on Aug 18, 2009 at 8:42:49 am
in the Apple OS X Forum
Industry standards tend to change fairly quickly, since this is posted in Mac OSX forum I'll assume you're interested in software which works on that platform.
Adobe After Effects. It's a good solid workhorse, fairy easy to learn, bloody near im | | | | |
| | | | Re: Audio in Toxik?
by Kenneth La Rue on Aug 17, 2009 at 1:28:18 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Stephane,
Currently there is no audio support in Maya Composite/Toxik.
Ken LaRue
Autodesk Compositing Application Engineer
Combustion / Toxik / Maya Composite Training DVDs
http://www.thestreetproductions.com | | | | |
| | | | Re: So long, Toxik.
by Alan Okey on Aug 14, 2009 at 6:54:46 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
[Kenneth La Rue] "You get the full package of Maya which used to cost $5000.00. I know the 3ds max users are saying what about me. All I can say is you need to trust the fact that Autodesk IS listening to its clients. "
Ken, it's good to know that | | | | |
| | | | Re: So long, Toxik.
by Kenneth La Rue on Aug 14, 2009 at 6:03:24 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Alan,
I have heard already that Autodesk is killing Toxik but that is not true only the name. I understand why people might think that and the only way we, Autodesk can prove we are not killing the technology is to continue to develop it and add t | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCP 7 Shortcomings
by Steve Dillbeck on Aug 13, 2009 at 8:45:44 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Love my intel Mac Pro, Seamless (tapeless) P2 workflow.
I use both FCS2 and Adobe Master Collection CS4 together all on my MAC Pro everyday and can't imagine it any other way.
If I could get Motion to work like After effects and not crash or fr | | | | |
| | | | Windows Hardware & Software | HP Skyroom: Power & Simplicity for Remote Workgroup Tasks
In this article, Ron Lindeboom looks at the powerful HP Skyroom technology, which allows team members to interact in high definition video with one another, as they work on projects and approvals remotely. Highly powerful, yet priced within reach of many small to medium-sized companies -- nevertheless, the system is powerful enough for even major players like Dreamworks Animation, who used the system during the making of the blockbuster 'Monsters vs Aliens.' Powerful, elegant, simple to use.
Review, Feature
Author: Ron Lindeboom |
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| | | | Autodesk 3ds Max | Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Particle Paint Helper
In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz Michael Hurwicz looks at the new Particle Paint feature, which allows you to spray particle seeds on any object. You then use new operators in the Particle Flow system to convert these seeds to particles. The tutorial demonstrates freehand painting and uses the new Birth Paint operator to convert the seeds to particles.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Hurwicz |
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| | | | Autodesk 3ds Max | Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Graphite Modeling Tools
In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz introduces the new Graphite Modeling Tools, and in particular the Generate Topology feature, which allows you to quickly change the underlying structure of an editable poly to resemble bricks, tiles, diamond shapes, and a number of other options. The tutorial uses bricks as a demonstration of this capability.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Hurwicz |
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| | | | Business & Marketing | Heavy Iron
How can a creative business survive, much less prosper, these days? DigitalFilm Tree's Zed Saeed offers a possible solution that combines embracing new, disruptive, low-cost technologies, and investing wisely to add value.
Editorial, Business
Author: Zed Saeed |
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| | | | Autodesk 3ds Max | Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Viewport Label Menus
In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz looks at the new viewport label menus, which provide quicker access to some of the most common viewport-related functions, such as showing statistics, showing and hiding the grid, changing the view (e.g. front, back, perspective), and changing the shading mode (e.g. smooth and highlights, wireframe, edged faces)..
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Hurwicz |
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| | | | Autodesk Combustion | Writing a Logo with Light
In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Ayman Abdel-Basset demonstrates a quick, easy way to use the eraser of the paint operator and the particle system of Autodesk Combustion to create a nice writing logo effect -- complete with shining rays. This tutorial is for advanced users of Combustion, but also has some useful tips for new users.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Ayman Abdel-Basset |
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| | | | Autodesk Combustion | Sapphire Plug-ins Provide Big Help on ''Little Manhattan''
Film editor and FX artist, Alan Edward Bell shares some Hollywood secrets in this discussion of his recent job for 20th Century Fox and New Regency Pictures, "Little Manhattan." One tool he came back to again and again was GenArts' Sapphire Plug-ins -- both during the editing stage to create effects within Final Cut Pro, and during the finishing stage to finalize the effects at film resolution within Autodesk combustion.
Interview
Author: Alan Edward Bell |
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| | | | Autodesk 3ds Max | Modeling the New James Bond Introduction
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to recreate the opening gun barrel sequence from the two newest James Bond movies in 3d Studio Max using the default scanline renderer, minimal modeling, and only standard materials.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Park |
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| | | | Autodesk Combustion | Creating a Promo Transition with Combustion
As the lines between television and the internet continue to blur, it seems like every TV channel wants you to look at their website. Whether you're CNN or community television, you'll have to rise above the straight cut or dissolve to get the viewer's attention.In this tutorial, Lee 'Rod' Roderick will show you how to use Discreet combustion to create a promo transition that combines digital video and motion graphics. Once you set it up, you can substitute your own clips and text.
Tutorial
Author: Lee Roderick |
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| | | | Autodesk 3ds Max | Cosmic Winds
This is the project file George used to create the Cosmic Winds movie. The file uses native 3DSMAX procedural textures, so it will not open on anything but 3dsmax4.
Tutorial
Author: George Polevoy |
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| | | | Autodesk Combustion | Creating the Old Movie look with Combustion
Contributing Editor, Bimo Adi Prakoso demonstrates some techniques for Creating the Old Movie Looks with Combustion in this tutorial. He adivises readers that, ''Many plugins for creating an old movie look are available at various costs, but the challenge is creating one without any plugin at all. Actually, it's a simple, straight forward process''.
Tutorial
Author: Bimo Adi Prakoso |
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Podcasts | | | | 3d animation tutorials podcast
Autodesk Maya - Creating a Logo Part 2
In this Maya tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda continues building the logo in Maya by adding shaders to the geometry, later adding light and then renders the final logo. This is part 2 of a 2 part series Creating a Logo in Maya. | | | | |
| | | | 3d animation tutorials podcast
Autodesk Maya - Creating a Logo Part 1
In this Maya tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda begins tracing a logo in a vector application, then uses the graphic to start building the logo in Maya to bring it to life. This is part 1 of a 2 part series Creating a Logo in Maya. | | | | |
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Episode #067 - March 17, 2009
Autodesk Toxik 2009 Features with Ken LaRue, VideoPier HD, Amplitude Fender Amp, New Tek 3PLAY, first live 3D webcast, next Firefox this summer, P22 Music Pro, PhotoFreebies and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net | | | | |
| | | | creative cow podcast
Episode #066 - March 10, 2009
Inside Autodesk Toxik with Vincent Brisebois, SATA hits 6 Gbs, ATI FirePro 2450 sports quad-monitor, $100 off MacBook Air, New MacPros, Compact Disc's birthday, Starplayr calls off Sirius/XM player and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net | | | | |
| | | | 3d animation tutorials podcast
3ds Max - Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Graphite Modeling Tools
In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz introduces the new Graphite Modeling Tools, and the Generate Topology feature which allows you to quickly change the underlying structure of an editable poly to resemble bricks, tiles, diamonds and more. | | | | |
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