| | | | ReelGrid
by Vida Amor Angway on Jun 19, 2012 at 7:00:34 pm
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Completed Productions 2012 | | | | |
| | | | Service: Genesys D&A
by Ajlan Altug on Jun 17, 2012 at 3:24:31 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2006-Present: Founder and owner of GENESYS Design & Animation, Istanbul
• Animation Direction, Post-Production Supervision on various media and TV commercial productions.
2005-2006: Senior 3D Generalist - Imajika FX an | | | | |
| | | | Service: Dennis S. Jepsen
by Dennis S. Jepsen on Jun 17, 2012 at 9:05:01 am
in the COW - Services Forum
3D Generalist
The Danish Film School
October 2010 Animation Mentor
Animals & Creatures Master Class
2011 Maya
3D Studio Max
Blender
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premier
Adobe After Effects Vanløse København Denmark , Animation, 3D, , 3D Char | | | | |
| | | | Genesys D&A
by Ajlan Altug on Jun 17, 2012 at 8:24:31 am
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2006-Present: Founder and owner of GENESYS Design & Animation, Istanbul • Animation Direction, Post-Production Supervision on various media and TV commercial productions. 2005-2006: Senior 3D Generalist - Imajika FX and Imaj | | | | |
| | | | Dennis S. Jepsen
by Dennis S. Jepsen on Jun 17, 2012 at 2:05:01 am
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Animation Mentor Animals & Creatures Master Class 2011 | | | | |
| | | | Re: MacBook Pro 17" vs. Mac Pro
by Walter Soyka on Jun 13, 2012 at 9:27:35 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Richard Herd] "Why not unix or linux, for you?"
Application support.
I'd have to give up Creative Suite and (probably) C4D, and switch to some combination of Nuke, Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, and Smoke Advanced. That doesn't seem as practical as | | | | |
| | | | Re: render multi scenes ?
by Mark Brawn on Jun 7, 2012 at 9:17:10 am
in the Blender Forum
Am I missing something? When I try to run the 2 lines in the Blender 2.6 text-window (the new `script-window`, I believe), I just get an error: "Python script fail, look in the console for now...".
Apologies for such a noob question... only been | | | | |
| | | | Re: Nuke composition workflow question
by Conrad Olson on Jun 4, 2012 at 5:39:58 pm
in the Nuke Forum
Your second suggestion is the correct workflow for this. Render your 3D scene from Bender and composite with the rendered sequences in Nuke.
I'm afraid I'm used to having camera data all figured out for me by a different department so I don't deta | | | | |
| | | | Re: Adobe Mercury Playback NVIDIA only Legality
by Ben Jones on May 26, 2012 at 7:50:12 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I know that is the theory, but for example, the Quadro 4000 has 256 CUDA cores.. the 690GTX has 3000 CUDA cores, and they cost about the same amount of money. I have rendered for days on my 470GTX without problem, and had my Quadro 4000 overheat (th | | | | |
| | | | a Blender workflow related question...
by Wilhelm Weitknecht on May 24, 2012 at 10:10:00 pm
in the Blender Forum
Anyone have experience using Blender and Nuke together in the same workflow? I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment, just having made the move from AE to Nuke and now needing to find a specific workflow for my new project. I have some chromakeye | | | | |
| | | | Nuke composition workflow question
by Wilhelm Weitknecht on May 24, 2012 at 9:44:30 pm
in the Nuke Forum
Greetings COW'ers! Perhaps you would have some advice for someone just having made the move from AE to Nuke, and feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment...
Here is my situation. I have chromakeyed footage which I need to place inside a scene creat | | | | |
| | | | Service: AudioBrad Media
by Brad Dugdale on May 20, 2012 at 8:51:02 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
I have over four years experience as a freelance editor and motion graphics designer. I have worked with a variety of clients including Dell, Freescale, and Rice University. I have a film making degree from the University of Montana and have logged | | | | |
| | | | AudioBrad Media
by Brad Dugdale on May 20, 2012 at 1:51:02 pm
in the Forum
I have a film making degree from the University of Montana and have logged hundreds of hours of tutorial from Lynda.com and other software education sites. I also know HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Python. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Sphere plugin, for Motion 5 ???
by Deyson Ortiz on May 18, 2012 at 1:21:12 pm
in the Apple Motion Forum
Hello Helge. If you want to get into 3d I would highly recommend blender.org. It is a free 3D tool that I use. You can also export camera and keyframe information to motion for further compositing.
Here is a tutorial on how to do an earth: http | | | | |
| | | | Can blender 2.63 read LXML files?
by Andreas Sizynski on May 11, 2012 at 9:12:37 pm
in the Blender Forum
I have been reading/googling around and it appears that you need a python script for Blender to successfully import an LXML file.
However, everything I have been reading is nearly three years out of date. Has Blender increased importable file for | | | | |
| | | | Re: Realistic Waving Flag/Banner Effect?
by Tudor "Ted" Jelescu on May 9, 2012 at 7:24:43 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Cinema 4D is used by a lot of AE folks. 3D Max is another option.
Blender is free and has a growing community.
On the other hand, Zaxwerks Invigorator Pro and the other Zaxwerks plugins are tightly integrated with AE as plugins, and can do a lot of | | | | |
| | | | Re: AE Exporter Bug
by Bartek Skorupa on May 9, 2012 at 12:22:21 pm
in the Blender Forum
It's been a while since I last time visited creativecow, so I didn't have a chance to notice your posts about my exporter from Blender to After Effects.
I must admit that I never had a need to export animations longer than about 30-60 seconds, so di | | | | |
| | | | @The Blender 3D Survival Guide - Part 1
by Ken Lawson on May 2, 2012 at 8:00:29 am
in the COW - Tutorials Forum
I essentially want to make animated titles for my film productions. When I first downloaded Blender I concluded that I would never be able to do anything with it, having tried so-called tutorials on You Tube done by people who haven't the faintest id | | | | |
| | | | Re: What are you thinking about CS6?
by Tangier Clarke on May 1, 2012 at 10:04:26 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
Definitely interested in checking it out, but I reall love FCP X and the direction it's going. I think it's unfortunate as its being said that Adobe made FCP 8. Despite the growing pains of FCP X, I like the forward thinking Apple took and look forw | | | | |
| | | | Re: 3D chair
by Joseph W. Bourke on Apr 30, 2012 at 2:06:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Techniques Forum
You're right about AE not being "true" 3D, although there are plugins such as Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator, and the long-promised Element 3D from Video Copilot, which, if it ever arrives, should become the king of the hill for bringing 3D OBJ files into A | | | | |
| | | | Question on supported graphic cards for CS6
by Mark Arens on Apr 28, 2012 at 5:07:59 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I have a Windows 7, 64 bit, Alienware Aurora, 16GB Mem, Intel I7 desktop.
I have a Single ATI Radeon HD 5970, 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card.
I love this card, ATI finally has updated drivers, no issues.
I have read about CS6 supporting certain car | | | | |
| | | | Re: Virtual Lighting Studio
by Mark Suszko on Apr 16, 2012 at 5:30:59 pm
in the Lighting Design Pros Forum
Well, it is for ME: I used to buy a lot of issues of COMPUTER ARTS and DIGIT Magazine, and each issue came with a CD or DVD-ROM full of trial and freeware apps, including a free version of Poser before DAZ took over.
If you want really free using | | | | |
| | | | Re: Reveal text as liquid mask
by Joseph W. Bourke on Apr 12, 2012 at 1:17:39 am
in the Adobe After Effects Techniques Forum
Martin -
You might want to start out playing around (not exactly the appropriate term, since ALL 3D packages take a lot more than playing) with Blender, which, for a free application, has some pretty good liquid simulation capabilities among o | | | | |
| | | | Re: After Effects and cc sphere
by Benjamin Ausmith on Apr 10, 2012 at 3:54:37 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I would think that having the spaceship auto-orient towards the camera could probably produce an effect that is desirable without the headache of learning Blender. It'd still be a flat plane, but if it's not rotating about the Y axis, it'll be a flat | | | | |
| | | | Re: After Effects and cc sphere
by Erik Waluska on Apr 8, 2012 at 10:10:52 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I think I finally understand what you want but there is nothing that will take a flat 2D image like that and make it into a 3D object with depth in AE -- or at least nothing I'm aware of. Photoshop extended might sort of work but you have to have a 3 | | | | |
| | | | Re: Chroma key waving lines
by Shawn Miller on Mar 28, 2012 at 5:56:38 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Simon Ubsdell] "Good point - should have thought of that. It's just that I'd rather poke my eye out with a sharp stick than do this stuff in AE ;-)"
Fair enough. I wonder if this can be done in Blender... I haven't tried it, but I know it now ha | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multiple 3d models in Adobe After Effects cs4
by Nathan Greene on Mar 21, 2012 at 1:53:46 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Sorry, I can't help you with animated textures. I have no experience there. My guess is that you're not going to be able to bring those into After Effects easily. Go with Todd's suggestion and render out footage items from Blender and use those direc | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multiple 3d models in Adobe After Effects cs4
by Nathan Greene on Mar 20, 2012 at 1:45:13 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
In what format are you exporting the model out of Blender? I don't know too much about Blender, but I'm pretty sure you can export to a variety of formats. Photoshop will import .3ds and .obj, and maybe some others, too. For the work I'm doing, I'm i | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multiple 3d models in Adobe After Effects cs4
by Tyler Sheridan on Mar 19, 2012 at 8:41:22 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
So i'm not sure if i remembered to mention this in the original post, but that method i used to get the models into after effects was using Photoshop 3d layers. The problem, i think, is not so much the texture in after effects as it is in Photoshop. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Multiple 3d models in Adobe After Effects cs4
by Nathan Greene on Mar 16, 2012 at 1:52:22 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I was just working on this a couple of days ago, but like Todd said, it's a bit finicky. I'll tell you how I got it working and some of the problems I'm still having. I'm working in CS5.5 trial, so your mileage may vary.
Before I do that, let me t | | | | |
| | | | Service: aaronstar.co
by Aaron Star on Mar 16, 2012 at 8:27:45 am
in the COW - Services Forum
15+ years in film production, IT and video services. AA
AFI training
UCLA extension classes
On the Job experience.
Photography and Encoding. Strong Windows / PC experience with video editing systems and networking.
DSLR, 35MM, DV, AVCHD, DVCPRO | | | | |
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by Aaron Star on Mar 16, 2012 at 1:27:45 am
in the Forum
AA AFI training UCLA extension classes On the Job experience. | | | | |
| | | | Re: FCPX and Shake vs FCPX and Motion
by Ian Bailey on Mar 15, 2012 at 2:24:59 pm
in the Apple FCPX Techniques Forum
Hi Sam,
It's certainly the case that Shake is very capable and there is still training material available. However you will encounter problems as OSX and QuickTime are up-dated (which will benefit FCPX and Motion) and Shake won't handle new video | | | | |
| | | | Multiple 3d models in Adobe After Effects cs4
by Tyler Sheridan on Mar 14, 2012 at 8:27:54 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I'm having an issue with an after effects project of mine involving 3D models. 3 of them to be exact.
I created a model of the honda jet in Blender 3D and figured out how to export it using Photoshop cs4 so i could get it into after effects. i have | | | | |
| | | | AE Exporter Bug
by Chris Haley on Mar 10, 2012 at 8:07:09 pm
in the Blender Forum
I was trouble shooting an AE crash on Blender project import for about an hour and came to a very strange bug.
I'm posting to bring attention to it as well to see if anyone here can verify the bug.
Open a new Blender project, set the duration o | | | | |
| | | | Render Farm
by Jason Schoenfeld on Mar 8, 2012 at 5:39:27 pm
in the Blender Forum
Lately, I've been wanting to render out more complex animations/scenes, but it seems my computer is a little slow and some animations can take up to 8 hours to render 2 or 3 seconds worth of image sequences. I've tried multiple ways to increase my re | | | | |
| | | | Selecting Keyframes on one side of the playhead
by Chris Haley on Mar 8, 2012 at 4:09:30 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
The subject pretty much sums up the question.
Can I select all key frames on one side of the playhead? I do this in Blender.
Or in Final Cut using, I forget what the tools called, but the "T" key allows you to select all clips starting at a giv | | | | |
| | | | @Tudor "Ted" Jelescu
by Eric Kirk on Mar 7, 2012 at 11:24:43 pm
in the COW - Videos Forum
Hi Ted,
Thanks! Also, thanks for asking about that abyss project. I was trying so many different angles on the water with things you showed me, messing around with Blender (which is a big time render hog) that I nearly ran out of time.
So, I r | | | | |
| | | | Re: Distor tool question
by Mark Suszko on Mar 5, 2012 at 8:31:35 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum
I looked at the sample commercial.
My first choice to make a spot like this would be to buy Toon Boom studio and do it right.
You could get away with using the home edition and feeding the results into FCP for further manipulation and layeri | | | | |
| | | | Service: Bogdan Militaru
by Bogdan Militaru on Mar 4, 2012 at 12:42:44 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
Tandem Film/ Family Film March 2011 Ion Creangă Theoretical High School Bucharest 1993 - 1997
Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Gimp
Familiar with Linux and Microsoft Windows environments. Bucharest Bucharest Romania , 3D, 3D, 3D, | | | | |
| | | | Bogdan Militaru
by Bogdan Militaru on Mar 4, 2012 at 4:42:44 am
in the Forum
Ion Creangă Theoretical High School Bucharest 1993 - 1997 | | | | |
| | | | Service: Adrian Alexis
by Adrian Alexis on Mar 3, 2012 at 11:06:50 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
I have worked as a freelancer for the past year and a half at various studios including Bravo Media Inc. and the stop motion studio Charged in Brooklyn. I primarily work in After Effects and Cinema 4d creating motion graphics and animation. I have | | | | |
| | | | Adrian Alexis
by Adrian Alexis on Mar 3, 2012 at 3:06:50 pm
in the Forum
I have worked as a freelancer for the past year and a half at various studios including Bravo Media Inc. and the stop motion studio Charged in Brooklyn. I primarily work in After Effects and Cinema 4d creating motion graphics and animation. I have ha | | | | |
| | | | Service: J. Brandon Maughon
by Brandon Maughon on Mar 2, 2012 at 11:57:32 pm
in the COW - Services Forum
Video Editor/Producer, Moxie Media
New Orleans, LA May 2008-Present
Editing various projects on Avid Media Composer. Motion Graphics design for videos including special effects, logo & type animation using After Effects & Blender. Working with a | | | | |
| | | | J. Brandon Maughon
by Brandon Maughon on Mar 2, 2012 at 3:57:32 pm
in the Forum
Video Editor/Producer, Moxie Media New Orleans, LA May 2008-Present Editing various projects on Avid Media Composer. Motion Graphics design for videos including special effects, logo & type animation using After Effects & Blender. Working with assist | | | | |
Podcasts | | | | blender 3d tutorials podcast
The Blender 3D Survival Guide - Part 5
Paolo Ciccone shows the foundation of creating an animation with Blender. With the animation configured and ready he then shows how to render it to a clip that includes an alpha channel and how to import the animation in After Effects. | | | | |
| | | | blender 3d tutorials podcast
The Blender 3D Survival Guide - Part 3
In this episode of the Survival Guide, host Paolo Ciccone shares how to create 3D text in Blender. We also discover how to use the 3D cursor, how to move, scale and rotate objects in the 3D space, how to position the camera to frame and more... | | | | |
| | | | blender 3d tutorials podcast
The Blender 3D Survival Guide - Part 2
In part 2 of the Blender Survival Guide, host Paolo Ciccone shows users how to complete the customization of the Blender desktop and how to save our preferences so that they become the application's default. | | | | |
| | | | blender 3d tutorials podcast
The Blender 3D Survival Guide - Part 9
In this episode of the BSG Paolo shows you how to create a simple animation of flying photos in a 3D space. In the process we see how to setup the Blender environment to show the textures of a scene in real-time. | | | | |
| | | | blender 3d tutorials podcast
The Blender 3D Survival Guide - Part 10
In this episode of the Blender Survival Guide we explore in detail how to edit existing keyframes for a simple animation. The video shows how to re-time portions of the animation, how to add hold keyframes, how to create loopable animations and more... | | | | |
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