What is up?!

Okay been a bit, what is new?! First it’s personal, then some pictures. For added effort, a couple links to some ‘Braindance’ and ‘micro house’ I would be caught listening to.

I’ve just completed my finals for an A.I. for Robotics class. Wow. It’s was a wonderful follow-up to my first class, Intro. to Artificial Intelligence. My brain has been stretched in good ways, and my Python programming chops are up.

It was fascinating to learn about what used to be a mysterious concept to me. I’m not sure how I’ll use my new found powers, but I’ll try and use them for good. Obama asked the nation to ‘get educated’ and I’m doing my part. Even better, both classes were free! If you have any interest in Computer Science (of which A.I. is part of) I suggest checking out UDACITY. It almost goes without saying but Khan Academy was part of these efforts.

Work – you gotta do it and I’ve been busy, working for Lowes while on duty at Mass Market apparently.

2 wide shots of garden carpet unrolling around 11 seconds in. Houdini, mantra, Nuke. Maya, Arnold.

CG Sup. I got my hands all over this one, but the credit is certainly shared with my friends! Maya, Arnold, Nuke. Vray for door knobs.

And just in case you’re not sure ‘what we did’.

Lastly, I can’t take any credit for the paint simulations (that was ILP), but I did the pre and post visualization. Don’t worry though, I’ll be getting my hands wet soon enough. Maya, Naiid, V-Ray, Nuke.

Now for some fuggin jams! This is typically the kinds of things I listen too while working. First some Braindance by Global Goon…

Then some ‘micro house’.
DJ more

More of the above here.

My 2011 Visual Effects Demo Reel

I present my 2011 VFX Demo Reel with all new content.
Pinkreel 2011. 113MB. HD720p. 24fps. 3:03. H.264. Help from many. Music by Plaid.
High resolution version of the above picutre.
It’s been a few years since my 2007 demo reel, I hope you enjoy it.

You can find a detailed list of my responsibilities for the various spots on my resume page. Plus I’m happy to discuss ‘how we did it’. That’s the fun part.

This was edited on my Debian Linux 6.0 “squeeze” distribution (64-bit) with Kdenlive. I used Quicktime compressed with JPEG maximum quality for the intermediate codec from original source material. Running on an Intel Core i7 CPU. The playback was pretty amazing. This is why I donate to free and open source software and you should to.

Apple Shake on Debian Linux 6.0 64-bit [updated]

Updated for Debian 6.0 “squeeze”.

If you’re like me you think Shake was the pinnacle of image compositing packages. Everything else is just more of the same. One thing it still does better than anything is allow for back end pipelines. ALL of shakes compositing features are available from the command line. This is because in version 1, you had to build your compositing ‘trees’ by writing text files by hand (with vi of course). More or less you typed out your own .shk file.Yep, scriptwriter heaven. The actual UI didn’t appear till 1.5 or maybe 2 (my memory is hazy on this techinical bit).

So, I’m still interested in running it (on linux) to this day. However in the modern world Shake needs a little to help to run on these newer operating systems.

After a grueling few hours of crawling through the cobwebs I’ve figured it out. Assuming you’re doing most of the stuff here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1264840.html

You need these packages:
libx11-6_1.0.3-7_i386.deb
libxi6_1.0.1-4_i386.deb

Install the /usr/lib/lib* files in the .deb archive from to the $NR_SHAKE_LOCATION/lib/