Animation, 3D scripts and tools, stuff and nonsense

Another polish pass – almost there!

Download movie: 11sec_jan09_polish_02

Another polish pass – almost there!

Download movie: 11sec_jan09_polish_02

First polish pass for this month’s 11 Second Club. No lipsync yet, but i’m starting to get down to the nitty gritty, faffing with fingers, tweaking timing and sorting the spacing.

Download movie: 11sec_jan09_polish_01

So much to do on this one, but it’s starting to come together. There’s anticipations anticipating anticipations, and some funky spacing issues. But it’s clear that HAL is talking, and i’ve got some props in for the plug pull.

Download movie: 11sec_jan09_blocking02

Here we go again! This time it’s Jimmy Stewart doing a Space Odyssey with a love sick HAL (or, as hardcore geeks will know, his sister SAL). He’ll pull out some cables at the end, hence the big gesture (that’ll require some sim work, i think).

Download movie: 11sec_jan09_blocking01

Fixed a bug in cgBreakDown – it now ignores fcurves with no keys (very practical idea, thanks SoftImage). This previously caused the script to error out. Grab it on the cgBreakDown page.

The wordpress app for the iPhone sure is mighty purty!

Okay, so you’re creating an After Effects script (my condolences to you, by the way) to create a mask or a shape layer. And you want to create an *open* mask. And you’ve been banging your head against a brick wall, because the damn thing always wants to close. Here’s how to fix it… Read more

Final!

Download movie: 11sec_nov08_submit_03

Full of lipsync-ey goodness and lots of general polish. Hopefully i’ll be able to do a little more work on it over the weekend before i need to submit it. It also features a high res carbonite model (thank you Zbrush and the fast mallet brush).

Download movie: 11sec_nov08_polish_02