Category Archives: Compositing

We Walked Away With 4 Awards

Best Direction Best Voice Acting Best Sound Design – Which Includes Music Runner-Up for Best Picture I hope everyone enjoys watching this film as much as I enjoyed helping to make it. Until next time …

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Social Networking

So it turns-out that what I call “Ass-Kissing” is what my Cousin Mary calls “Social Networking”. Who knew? Anyways – I’m trying, really I am. You see, when I like someone I tell them. I don’t push a “like button” … Continue reading

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Lynda.com *WOOT!*

Part of working on the book entailed upgrading to Adobe InDesign CS5. As a bonus for purchasing the upgrade (another reason I love Adobe) they offered a choice of freebies, one of which was a 31 day free trial on … Continue reading

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Hybrid – That ‘Borderlands’ Look

Tom Jantol recently turned me on to the look of the game Borderlands. It’s an interesting amalgam of 2D cel-shade and 3D shade.  While the characters are outlined like 2D they also have soft fill gradation in tones found in … Continue reading

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Simply AMAZING! World’s Smallest Stop-Mo Animation

Thanks to Ricky Grove for this fascinating share of Animation Genius! The Nokia N8 has been used in the making of the world’s smallest stop motion character animation. Certified by the Book of Guinness World Records, the animation was created … Continue reading

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Back to the Cel Shade Drawing Board and Some Reflection

HD Hybrid test from Anim8tor Cathy on Vimeo. I’d posted this on Vimeo a while ago and meant to blog about it but got caught-up in other things. This is an experimental cel shaded scene using both photo-reference and iClone. … Continue reading

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SB1070 – Winner: Best Editing, Best Special Effects – 48Hour Film Project/Machinima

  SB1070 from Anima Technica on Vimeo. NOTE: TO ANY RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVES reading this – The Name of the ship “SB1070″ was an inside joke between the cast. It IS NOT IN ANY WAY a validation of the crazy shit … Continue reading

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Real-Time Animation is NOT Machinima

Real Time Animation – iClone, Movie Storm, Muvizu, etc – is NOT machinima. Real Time Animation requires that the animator create or obtain 3d models, create or obtain textures and materials, create or obtain wardrobe, sets, props, lights, music, sound … Continue reading

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48 Hour Film Project: Machinima

It was both a pleasure and an honor to spend the last 48 hours with my closest on-line buddies creating our entry for the 2010 48 Hour Film Project. Our Team, War Technica, comprised the following members: Anima Technica, Warlord, … Continue reading

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Because I Can’t Talk Too Much About Garteth Edwards

I know I’ve posted about this before … but really … pay attention. Until next time …

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