http://blog.cgsutra.com Where cgRokrs Rock.. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:43:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en silhouettes, it prepares the audience to what is about to happen in your scene. It gives them time to process your character's actions and intentions, thereby making it absolutely clear what the character is doing or thinking. On another level, anticipation helps to emphasize the physicality of your ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/07/02/tips-on-anticipation/ Advertisements are everywhere.  On the back of cereal boxes, on the sides of busses, on billboards, in magazines, on TV, and, of course, the internet.  It’s funny, most people spend a lot of energy trying to avoid advertisements, but in the world of graphic design, advertisements allow us to look ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/07/02/55-incredible-product-advertisements-you-havent-seen/ Pixar Animation Studios once again redefines CG animated features with its 10th film, Disney/Pixar's Up. A square. A circle. Two fundamental shapes in geometry, two iconic shapes in computer graphics. And, the simple basis for the visual style—the shape language—of Disney/Pixar’s 10th animated feature, ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/07/02/the-shape-of-animation/ The truth is that you can't single out any one principle as "the" most important. In the past, I've said that animation is kind of like golf. Have you ever tried to golf? Well, I'm not much of a golfer, but I've learned enough to know that there are dozens ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/07/02/of-the-12-principles-of-animation-which-is-the-most-valuable-how-do-you-apply-it-on-the-job/ Adobe researchers Hailin Jin and Aseem Agarwala*, collaborating with U.Wisconsin prof. Michael Gleicher & Feng Liu, have unveiled their work on "Content-Preserving Warps for 3D Video Stabilization." In other words, their tech can give your (and my) crappy hand-held footage the look of a Steadicam shot. a technique that ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/07/02/super-cool-video-stabilization-technology/ QTF0031-Use crop tool to animate clouds. QTF0032-Resize & Scale Tool. QTF0043-Mask Intro QTF0044-Mask Paint Modes QTF0045-Wand Mask Tool QTF0046-Bitmap Mask QTF0047-Letterbox Tool QTF0048-Camera Shake Tool QTF0049-DVE Tool Watch More coming Soon. http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/04/10/nine-new-fusion-tutorials-released-on-cgsutra/ The ceremony had a total of 13 awards across 4 categories, plus the top three best films which were My India, My Pride (Frameboxx Kamla Nagar), Child‘s Play (Frameboxx Chandigarh), My Friend Nojo (Frameboxx South Ex). While My India My Pride was the universal favorite and received a standing ovation ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/04/08/frameflixx-inaugural-awards/ Get Inspired http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/03/05/gallery-updates-gurpreet-soni/ We have released two new tutorials today, tut QTF0040 is about taking velocity pass in Maya and QTF0041 describes, how to use that pass to generate motion blur using velocity vector inside of Fusion. Maya - Velocity Pass Fusion - Velocity Vectors http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/03/05/maya-velocity-pass-fusion-velocity-vectors/ Yikes - the eyelids are a big subject! Here are some quick tips that come to mind: 1) The lids follow the eyes. As the eyes look around, imagine that they are pulling the eyelids along for the ride - particularly the upper lids. 2) Overdone Lids = Muddy ... http://blog.cgsutra.com/2009/02/07/whats-the-importance-of-eyelids-in-animation/