Luminoir

Here’s a link to a quick video I made to show what you can do with the Macro buttons on any Wacom Tablet.
View it in HD so you can see the details.

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Tools for the remote editor

There are times you wish you could teleport to your office to make that small change and render the sequence, burn the dvd, or export to the ftp.
Or, you might have set the project to render and headed out for dinner hoping to return to see it done, only to realize [...]

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I’ve been considering a move to the southern hemisphere for a while and was wondering if there are any kiwis out there that can shed some light on what working in New Zealand is like.
I understand animators are more in demand there at the moment, with Weta leading the way.
What are the opportunities like in [...]

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The reality is that writing a full length post with a variety of tips neatly woven together takes more time than I have to spare.
Thus, I’ll be blogging more bite sized nuggets surrounding a particular technique, hack or workflow. That way I update more often and get more useful information in the public sphere.
Some of [...]

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On occasion, I’m asked what my best work is. Other times, I’m asked which is the best project I’ve worked on.
The answers to these questions aren’t always the same.
Sometimes, when you’re working on a really polished product, where the footage is well shot, sound is recorded perfectly and the director is organized and clear with [...]

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Here’s a short video taken with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 taken at 1280×720 24p.
It’s native codec is MJPEG, this file was transcoded to h264 to be uploaded to vimeo.
Click the HD link within the player to see the HD version at vimeo.
More to come on the camera and it’s weaknesses and strengths.

Rockband with real rockstars [...]

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