Reel of the Week: Adam Swaab 2010
Adam Swaab is a freelance CG and Visual Effects Director based in L.A. (Los Angeles, CA for my international people). He’s been Emmy nominated and received numerous awards for his great work…
Archive for the ‘Tools & Tutorials’ Category
Camera Projection and GI in Cinema 4D Tutorial
NickVegas from GreyscaleGorilla started the year with a really insightful Cinema 4D and After Effects tutorial called Camera Projection and GI in Cinema 4D .He goes through setting up the scene in…
GSG: Getting Rid of Banding
Here’s another GSG (GreyscaleGorilla) After Effects tutorial. Nick explains how to get rid of banding when creating gradiants. I tihnk these are some pretty good techniques and you can apply most of them…
WordPress.tv
I was having some trouble with a site I was working on this weekend and while trouble shooting, I came across Wordpress.tv. It’s a visual resource for trouble shooting, setting up and just getting used to the wordpress universe. I think it’s pretty dope. Enjoy.
I-Tech Laser Keyboard
I was surfiing online and I stumbled across this laser keyboard. It’s called the VKB by i-Tech.It uses laser and infrared technology and bluetooth technology to sync to your PC, mac…
Stu Maschwitz: Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look
I came across a really insightful tutorial on color correcting. It’s by Stu Maschwitz, Sin City’s Visual Effects Supervisor and Red Giant TV Creative Director. He takes us into Adobe After Effects and shows us how to get the looks seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3…
GET UP! Cool Alarms
My replacement blackberry, which was replaced for another reason, is having new problems now. Dropping calls, losing messages, and the alarm stopped working on it. So now Indira has to wake me up until I get it replaced… again. So this made me start looking for alarms online and I found some really cool and innovative alarm clock designs to get me up in the morning. Enjoy.