Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Fliparoni

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My newest iPhone application is now available. Fliparoni, It's a video puzzle game for the iPhone. Improve your visual sense. Click on ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Squiggles

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For those interested I updated my iPhone/Touch paint program Squiggles. Click the Squiggles link above to see demo video and images. This ha...
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Space Race

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For those interested in a blast from the past (late 80's?, early 90's?) a ShowScan simulator ride I directed and Supervised is poste...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

iPhone

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I've been tied up lately with a lot of other things. (Hence the delay in getting new postings up). One of those things is a paint progr...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Designing Visual Effect Shots

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Designing Visual Effect Shots, Part 1 (This posting started getting very long and cover a lot so I’m breaking it into smaller postings. I’l...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

VES & Gnomon - Golden Compass Breakdown

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Gnomon School Of Visual Effects And The VES Welcomes The Visual Effects Team From The Academy Award Nominated, The Golden Compass Feb 28, 20...
Sunday, February 03, 2008

Depth of Field and VFX

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Depth of Field and VFX This is in response to a question from a reader about depth of field and how it relates to visual effects. Models Wit...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

VFX Schedules

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More reader questions regarding schedules What is a 'Shot Timeline'...is this some sort of device used to tell the amount of time ...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

VFX management

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Here are a few reader questions. As I’ve said before each company and each production is a bit different. There are no standards of operat...
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Monday, December 17, 2007

Close Encounters Book

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There's a new book on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. This was the first film I worked on and the author covers the behind the scen...

VFX Supervisor article in Variety

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Click on the post title to go to an article in Variety about visual effects supervisors. Some productions are catching on. Here's the...
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Visual Effects in India

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NPR did a story on vfx animation in India last week. Click on the Post Title above to go to the article or use the link below. http://www.n...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Audio Reminder

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This is just a reminder for those who subscribe to the audio feed to check out the latest articles posted here. http://www.effectscorner.co...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Comparisons

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When you go to an eye doctor he asks you to compare two different lens choices. “Is this better or this better?” Step by step he refines t...
Friday, November 23, 2007

LA Shows - Matte Painting, Illustrations

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The Academy is having a couple of events in the next 2 or 3 weeks of interest. Motion Picture Illustrators exhibit in their gallery until D...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Mac Widget for Effects Corner

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Click the link of the title and download a Widget for the Mac to display the highlights of the last 10 postings here. Click on the article ...

Photo Real and Realism in Visual Effects

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At the start of most projects every director requests their shots be photo real What does Photo Real mean? Are realistic vfx shots a lot mo...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Visual Effects Society

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Just a reminder to check out the Visual Effects Society (VES) sometime. If you're a professional with 5 years or more experience then...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Budgeting VFX

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Budgeting VFX I covered some of the basics of this in the post/podcast Bidding and Preproduction I’ll be going into more detail in this ...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Naming conventions and workflow

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Naming conventions and workflow. Since this question has come up a few times I’ll try to address it here. Note that if a company is alrea...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Filming the Fantastic

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I recieved this email the other day from Mark Sawicki along with a notice from the Visual Effects Society. Unfortunately I haven't seen...
Friday, June 29, 2007

More on VFX Time Crunch

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fxguide has a follow up to the Variety article on the crushing post-production schedules for visual effects. This was touched on in my Wa...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Visual Effects Schools

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[For anyone considering visual effects school please check out this article: VFX in Los Angeles – 100 hour weeks & homeless   Puts thin...
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