If you would like to have a go at making some “super trippy” animations using generative AI tools you have come to the right place. Writing on Linkedin, Head of Immersive at design agency Seymour Powell, Chris Doughty has provided us all with a handy set of instructions. Download and install Python 3.10.6 – https://lnkd.in/eWH67UVv Download and […]
In February 1957 Walt Disney recorded this video in which he talks about how the company made and used multi-plane cameras to create image segmentation in 2.5 dimensions and give depth to animated feature films. Here’s the Wikipedia explanation for how the technology worked. The multiplane camera is a motion-picture camera that was used in the traditional animation process that moves a […]
As this is being written, hot on the heels of MSG Sphere’s immersive cameras’ trip to the ISS, a specially trained new astronaut, Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep, is also heading into space. Together with an ESA European Service Module, he is the only passenger onboard the first flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which is being […]
As performance capture grows to become one of the most powerful tools at a filmmaker’s fingertips, specialists Animatrik and creative agency Territory have produced this useful infographic focusing on its history, mechanics and uses. Source: MovieMaker
An article from earlier this year by Noah Kadner on the frame.io blog highlights the range of additional skills required to make movies using virtual production techniques and technologies, including games development, visual effects, video I/O, real-time animation, tech support and theatrical stage experience. With virtual production, the only people who actually need to be […]
Writing on Linkedin, offbeat.xyz co-founder Christopher Travers draws our attention to the facial capture work being done by VFX company Digital Domain in 2022. DD’s new demo video on YouTube below shows how a real-time facial capture using a webcam can be mapped onto an avatar to personalise the UX of the game you are playing, and […]