For anyone doing 3D work or compositing for film, using 32-bit images for light probes and exact light interactions is vital. The ability to create HDR images has been somewhat difficult to achieve with some other software out there, but with Adobe Photoshop CS2 it’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.
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Madonna: Behind the video
Video accompanies 21 of Madonna’s 22-song concert and includes a montage of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a sketch of the New York skyline that appears to be drawn real-time as she sings, “I Love New York,” and a rider falling off a horse, referencing her 2005 accident. (There are also X-ray and MRI images of her bones taken after the accident, an inside Madonna joke, Harvey said.)
Harvey’s operation includes a nine-person crew, 22 hard drives, six digital video cameras and two miles of video cable. He manages and manipulates images and video using Adobe Production Studio, a suite of software including Adobe’s After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop programs.
“It’s the savior,” Harvey said of the software. “Without it I’d be dead in the water. We would not be able to do our jobs.”
ZBrush.info Wiki
Now, at www.ZBrush.info, everything you wanted to learn about ZBrush is available in an easy-to-use, easy-to-access wiki. The technology behind the wiki allows every ZBrush user to become part of the team documenting ZBrush by developing their own content or by editing content put up by others.
ZBrush.info builds upon the amazing community that we have at ZBrushCentral and that everyone at Pixologic is very proud to be part of.
John Nack on Adobe: 12 Tips for Photoshop Text
This is one of those blog entries that start innocently enough, but which quickly become War and Peace in length. But take a second to scan it quickly if you find yourself setting text in Photoshop. Some of the tips will be familiar, but I’ll bet that others will strike you as new.
Are you looking for a consumer-level digital video editing package whose workflow is so easy you barely need to read the documentation? Consumers aren’t trained Hollywood professionals, and just want to get their footage onto a DVD as quickly and painlessly as possible. Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus is one of many consumer editing packages claiming to deliver that kind of ease of use, and adds the ability to capture and edit HDV footage and in addition to a few professional-level effects and cleanup tools.
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2006 FIFA World Cup: Autodesk technology used to create world-class HDTV content.
Autodesk has announced that its technology was used to create HDTV content for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Autodesk solutions provide digital artists with the creative tools and processing power necessary to quickly and efficiently produce content containing the level of detail required for HDTV programming. Post-production facilities that relied on Autodesk technology include: Deep Blue Sea, Locomotion, METAphrenie, Method Studios and The Mill.
The digital camera market moves fast, and it seems that your choices expand every day. Here’s how to get the best model for your situation.
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After considering cost, category, and resolution, looking at exposure control is the next way to choose the right digital camera. How much manual control do you want? Is automatic white balance important? And does film speed matter in a film-less camera?
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So you’ve got a DV camera lying around, and you’ve been wondering what to do with it. Perhaps you’ve even been enterprising and shot a few videos already but aren’t happy with the results.
Don’t be discouraged, and certainly don’t write off video as a medium. Video is a very powerful way to communicate messages visually and to accentuate rich applications and experiences. And you don’t have to be related to Spielberg to squeeze good results out of consumer-level gear.
Here’s some advice – in the form of three quick tips – that you can use to start pulling the best results out of your homegrown videos.
Tips for Rookie Video Producers
Combustion 4 is a big, bodacious visual-effects app that serves up loads of pro-level tools; think of it as a competitor to Adobe After Effects Pro. Many effects artists – especially folks familiar with Autodesk’s big-iron effects workstations – prefer Combustion’s unique way of doing things, and the latest version won’t disappoint that crowd.
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