The acquisition of Frantic Films VFX by the Indian conglomerate Prime Focus Group along with the post-production facility, Post Logic Studios, was big news this past November. The acquisition added to Prime Focus’ six vfx and post-production houses in India and to the four that it owns in the UK.
As a follow-up, VFXWorld takes a look at what the acquisition of Frantic Films has meant to both companies and how the integration of the various corporate cultures is going.
Prime Focus Founder and CEO, Namit Malhotra, explains why his company decided to acquire Frantic Films. “We had been looking to acquire a North American vfx company for quite some time and Frantic Films VFX presented some really unique differentiators.
Its Monkey Vs Robot Aliens in this High-Speed Short from a Group of Talented Young French Students Determined to Bring the Energy of 2D Animation to their First 3D Animated Project.
We are thrilled to have Discovery put their trust in us to develop the mark for one of the world’s great brands and preeminent television networks. The challenge was to preserve the globe that is so integral to the brand, yet find a way to make it even more connected to the name Discovery. We also incorporated vibrant typography, a contemporary color palette and a simplified, stylized earth.
Need to create a 3D realistic, caricatured or cartoon head ? Whatever the ethnicity or gender you are seeking to create, Facial Studio for Windows will greatly facilitate the once complex task of creating 3D heads.
Facial Studio for Windows features more than 500 controls covering the entire 3D head creation process. Deform anything from eyes, nose and mouth to head shape, including teeth and tongue. Modify head symmetry, ethnicity and gender as you please.
What is truly unique about Facial Studio for Windows is the application’s ability to create a head based on photos in less than 10 minutes using easy?to?use PhotoMatching technology.
Then, using Facial Studio for Windows controls, you can tweak the head, define your own facial poses, and export heads and all deformations to your favourite 3D software. In fact, Facial Studio for Windows exports to every major 3D application including 3ds max, Cinema4D, LightWave, Maya, MotionBuilder, XSI and many others using the FBX file format
Get Facial Studio for Windows today and begin creating the 3D heads you want without any fear of restriction at some point in the process.
Wait until you see what’s new in DAZ Studio 2.1! Perhaps you’ve tried to get clothes on Victoria and they wouldn’t take. Or you couldn’t find enough content to even get started. Well, those days are over. With more pre-loaded content and the new Auto Magnetize feature, you’ll find yourself engaging in DAZ Studio much quicker and for much longer. But best of all, you’ll be introduced to the new QuickStart interface, with step-by-step instructions right on your Viewport, guiding you every step of the way.
So, go ahead. Take the leap!
An Introduction to Script Editor
In this chapter we will explore the power and functions of MEL script editor.
The most fundamental aspect of MEL is command. In this chapter we will gain understanding of MEL commands.
When you open the Maya, it first runs plenty of scripts that actually builds all the interface windows and elements you see.
Maya itself has no interface. You can use Maya without using its interface. In this chapter we will discuss about the Maya
Prompt and use it to create a Maya file.
Variable is essentially a placeholder for data. Once we store data in the placeholder we manipulate and change the value of
that data, whenever we want to. In this chapter we will explore variables deeply.
An Introduction to Programming Concepts
In this chapter we will examine the process and techniques to control the flow of the script. Loops let us repeat a command
over and over. Loops check a condition and then continuously loop as long as condition stands true. Before we dig deep into
looping, let us first understand how to test and compare values in MEL.
Attribute (MEL term Attr) is any item that lives inside the Maya node. In this chapter we will learn commands like listAttr,
setAttr and getAttr.
Your scripts should be neat, elegant, boolet-proof and properly included comments. This chapter is about Style of MEL script.
MEL allows scripters to save maya scripts inside of Maya file. In this chapter we will create and explore MEL script nodes.
system command executes commands from the shell. The output of the executed command is returned as string. This command is
used to execute OS commands. In this chapter we will examine the system command and build a backup system using winzip.
You must have heard that Maya is very powerful. What makes it so powerful; it is MEL. Many artists working with Maya, ignores MEL. Either they have fear of programming or out of shear ignorance, they ignore the most powerful feature of Maya. Don’t treat MEL is just another feature of Maya, in fact whole Maya runs on scripts. When you launch the Maya application, loads of scripts are executed in the background and even you can use Maya without any interface, that is true. You can ran Maya from the windows command prompt, you just have to type Maya -prompt and Maya console will start.
We are writing in-depth tutorials on MEL, which will be followed by the Python tutorials. Following chapters are ready and will be released soon.
Chapter - 01 : An Introduction to Maya Embedded Language (MEL)
Chapter - 02 : The Script Editor
Chapter - 03 : The MEL Command Syntax
Chapter - 04 : The Maya Prompt
Chapter - 05 : Values & Variables
Chapter - 06 : An Introduction to Programming Concepts
Chapter - 07 : Attributes
Chapter - 08 : The Style
Chapter - 09 : MEL script nodes
Chapter - 10 : Hello Mr. OS
More chapters are under process.
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Introducing Genetica 3.0, our upcoming new editor for seamless textures, animations, and HDRI environment maps. Genetica 3.0 is expected to be released in the summer of 2008 for Windows 2000 and above.
Imageworks India launched a new digital production studio in Chennai, India today, according to THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE.
Imageworks is part of Sony Pictures Imageworks, and will have more than 90 employees at the full production studio working with their counterparts in Culver City and Novato, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“We plan to integrate the workforce in different centers as a single unit,” said Tim Sarnoff, President of Sony Pictures Imageworks.
