The Addon Repository for the 3D Space Simulator Celestia

The Celestia Motherlode: Earth Surface Maps is a post from: Ash Digital

The video, set in a fantastic illustrated world, portrays the epic journey of a heartbroken man rambling across a unique and beautifullly stylized landscape – a subtle blend of Pop Surrealism and Victorian/Steampunk aesthetic.

Artist: Ravonettes
Studio: Blind
Director: Chris Do.
Client: Vice Records/The Orchard.
Weapons of choice: Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, 3DS Max, C4d

Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed

Music Video // Heart of Stone is a post from: Ash Digital

Go behind the scenes on the set of the new film Avatar and learn all about the art of performance capture. This revolutionary new technique is changing the way CGI characters are developed.

Avatar Exclusive: Behind The Scenes (The Art of Performance Capture) is a post from: Ash Digital

Directed by Alex Roman. CG |Modelling – Texturing – Illumination – Rendering| Alex Roman.
|Postproduction & Editing| Alex Roman.
Music by Jennifer Athena Galatis.

A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.

The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman is a post from: Ash Digital

Update!

A link to this interview with Scott Patton was posted on the thread.

Scott Patton’s Amazing Avatar Digital Sculpts is a post from: Ash Digital

3D Max is one of the commonly used software for architecture and interior design field on creating good presentation of architectural projects. Although it is not that easy to use and master the techniques to achieve the best result in a short period of time, it’s still worth to learn.

Found through: #VFX search on my TweetDeck

40 Excellent Examples of Interior Designs Rendered in 3D Max is a post from: Ash Digital

Inspired by MoGraph’s new MoDynamics and the excellent possibilities offered by CINEMA 4D’s XPresso and C.O.F.F.E.E. for creating complex setups we created the film ‘No Keyframes’, which is based entirely on automated setups. Each scene represents a specific functionality, which in itself generates interesting effects. The film shows spheres as they travel through various environments, interacting with elements in these environments and causing different reactions in each of them. Contrary to the approach taken in classic keyframe animation it was important to us to create self-sustaining models whose behavior was controlled by the rules of physics, similar to a real-world physical environment. The results often surprised even us. This film includes a wide spectrum of CINEMA 4D features, which are combined to make the resulting effects even more complex and interesting.

Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed

No Keyframes is a post from: Ash Digital

Ptex has eliminated UV assignment from our studio and significantly increased the efficiency of our pipeline.

Found through: #vfx search on Tweetdeck

Ptex: Per-Face Texture Mapping for Production Rendering is a post from: Ash Digital

In anticipation to the new documentary WALT & EL GRUPO I just dug up the 3D model of the man himself. It’s free and it’s a great tool to try out some fun new techniques. The film is about Walt Disney and his ten-week trip that he and hand-picked group of artists took to South America in 1941 at the behest of the U.S. Government.

Walt Disney’s 3D Head On A Plate is a post from: Ash Digital

In addition to applying the 3D VFX to the movie, Yeatman wanted to take it one step further. He requested that the 3D elements break through the masking, allowing the viewer to get a sense of how far objects were extending beyond the confines of the scene.

Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed

G-Force: The Men Behind The Guinea Pigs is a post from: Ash Digital