Fri, 18 May 2012 11:53:20 -0600 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=36 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=36 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:22:41 -0700 RiKToR
My point is to get you to open your mind. Archer, you had a great idea on CGcast and some of your earlier shows showed it, The last 15 or so with some notable exceptions, have been you and your friends giving biased uninformed assesments of the industry, and it goes much beyond just expressing your opinions. With an open mind it will help you as an artist, close it off and your ability to adapt to a changing environment is severely diminished and hinders your use in the industry. Check out www.fxguide.com for example of good podcasts (though about post production and finishing). Archer there really isnt anyone else doing a CGcast about the 3d/2d digital art world, and as I have said before you have the potential to make this show great, I hope you take my thoughts into consideration.]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=35 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=35 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:48:44 -0600 Archer
Note this video was made earlier then the recent ones but due to technical problems it's just being posted now.

http://www.cgcast.com/episodes/cgcastep028.wmv

http://www.cgcast.com/episodes/cgcastep028.mp4


Enjoy!]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=34 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=34 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:03:27 -0600 Archer http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=33 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=33 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:47:10 -0600 Archer
Here's what he's done so far. :)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=32 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=32 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:33:57 -0600 Archer http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=31 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=31 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:20:12 -0600 Archer
Little dynamic range: not much you can do about it other than getting a better camera and careful lighting/exposing on set.

Clipping of highlights: the clipping into white looks much harsher with cheap video cameras (even with many expensive ones) than with film. Try adding a subtle glow to just your highlights.

Depth of field. Most video cameras have small sensors which results in a huge DOF which makes everything look a bit flat and less 3 dimensional. Once again this is more true when comparing to 35mm than lets say 8 or even 16mm film. Either shot with cameras featuring a 35mm sized sensor or use an adaptor.This has a huge impact on what you call "filmlook"

Grain/dirt/scratches. Try adding in post but I'd be very careful most of the times those plugins seem to generate a rather generic dirt look. you might scan in some old photos / films and do a bit of manual work extracting the dirt but I've seen much more convincing examples done that way.

Pin registration: Only a very subtle effect but film slightly moves within the camera, thats why most of the time when comping elements into film, I feel like I need to track even when camera was locked off.
You could track some locked off filmfootage and apply to your video or use some noise functions.

Generally gamma/contrast: try to increase contrast in the dark part (while increasing gain there too). Depending on which video you shot with you might also go for less color saturation.



As far as video, ideally you would

~ use good filmic lighting,
~ control the dynamic range of the scene to avoid too much under/over exposure on the video,
~ shoot progressive or post process interlaced footage to progressive

For 3d it's looking for the same kind of results through a different workflow, but lighting is still going to be a big one.

For either you can do some post work too, look at some light tweaking of the curves to a more film like "S" shaped response, think about the colour look, and maybe add camera filters in post (grads and diffusion most likely).

In general video mostly looks like bad video because it was shot like bad video.
If you spend time setting up the scene and generally following film production values it will look a lot better.
Now just do the same with the 3d

Hype's Special trick

import your footage twice. it'll come in as either upper field first or lower field first (under Interpret Footage - Main). Change one of the imported files, so you have one of upper and one of lower. drop them both into a comp, doesn't matter which is on top, but make the top one 50% opacity.

zoom in and look at the difference as you toggle the visibility of the top layer - the difference is undeniable. look at people's hair, look at jaggy edges.

if you have really fast action or fast camera moves, this won't work too well, because it introduces a doubling effect on the motion blur of things moving fast through the frame. but for most general shots, this literally doubles your resolution.

and the same effect CANNOT be achieved by simply removing interlacing. Removing interlacing simply doubles the alternating lines of the video, which is exactly the opposite of what this effect is meant to counteract.

I've used this on everything i've ever shot with my 1ccd camera, and the first time we watched footage on one of those 4 foot wide tv's, all my filmmaker friends were asking me why my footage looked better than their 3ccd "filmlook"ed footage. I didn't tell them. Let them figure it out on their own.

I also always color correct to look more like film, and add 2 layers of grain - one big chunky monochrome-in-multiply-mode layer, and one very fine color grain layer. I vary their opacities.]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=30 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=30 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:30:37 -0600 AlexC
I'm modeling my Videologic ZXR 5.1 speakers that I have ( There so good!! ) Most of the modeling is done now, just few more tweaks and then texture time!





]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=29 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=29 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:18:26 -0600 Archer
I even didn't go on a date just to record an Interview. So here's hoping that next year will be much better!

Happy Birthday CG Cast!]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=28 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=28 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:48:28 -0600 Archer

Interview with Elsie - Recorded, to be edited

Video on taking photos for textures - Filmed, in editing

Video Overview of what you get with CG Society membership - Filmed, to be edited

Video Review of; D'artist digital painting, D'artist Concept art and Painter - To be filmed

Video Overview of Poser :P - To be Filmed


Plus more :)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=13 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=13 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:43:18 -0600 bonzepeet
just thought i'd throw this on here too : D

hopefully the forum will take off more soon so i might not be updating this here all that frequently, but if anyones interested they can follow the posts on my usual forum here..

http://www.maxforums.org/Thread.aspx?tid=392072

and over at good ole cgtalk too...

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=381917

sooo.. here's my concept for the lil beggars..

here's a quick concept i did of the monkeys



and here's some progress on monkey number one...

[img=http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9483/pmnwip1df0.jpg]

just playing around really, but see what you think : )]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=27 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=27 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:45:49 -0600 Archer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DIEM144OB0

Anyone want to discuss how they made it? I'm sure they painted the skateboard green, but thats just half the solution... the hard part would be matching it up..]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=26 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=26 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:18:40 -0600 Archer
There were some hiccups where skype would drop out for 3 seconds every now and then, so thats why some parts may seem weird :p]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=25 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=25 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:02:39 -0600 Archer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kNRrX4T0yM

Enjoy :)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=24 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=24 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:58:29 -0600 Archer
http://www.youtube.com/group/cgartist

Can't wait to see your vids and enjoy :)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=2 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=2 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:27:17 -0600 Archer
I've got a few plans for CG Cast and some other projects which shall be revealed later :)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:17:32 -0600 Archer http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=23 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=23 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:48:34 -0600 franklyn

http://www.richardadenot.com/stuff/PaintOut_Final_CC.mov
(kudos to richy for the hosting. thanks a lot mate)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=22 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=22 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:11:30 -0600 Archer
Coming up are,

-Cris from 3d palace interview
-Ailsa Interview
-Various videos casts :)]]> http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=20 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=20 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:09:17 -0600 maria http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=21 http://www.cgcast.com/cgforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=21 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:47:22 -0600 Iestyn Sorry
-Iestyn]]>