3D modeling

Satirical cartoons are illustrated reports that usually represent current events and personas with a comical slant. ‘Proving That is Easy to Produce Clean Coal’ was a political cartoon by the authors affiliated with Inkcinct. This cartoon was published in The Australian on the 2nd of February 2017. It was used against the Turnbull Government when the Liberal – National Coalition announced that it would be easy to produce clean coal while having a beneficial profit to loss ratio. Turnbull’s clean…

In this section, I will discuss how motion capture technology used in the making of ‘Avatar’ particularly via the swing camera. Motion capture in Avatar was exceptionally plugged for creating the realism of the film. However, motion capture was used in interestingly and creative ways in Avatar. One aspect of such use is employment of swing camera. People may ask what is swing camera? Swing camera is a virtual camera that could show the low resolution view of Pandora when shot the motion capture…

Lumion 8 Puts Beautiful Renders within Reach Create stunning visualizations easily with Lumion. This 3D architectural visualization tool can win business for architects, creative professionals, and interior designers. It allows users to use CAD technology and easily create stunning architectural visualizations. Beautiful visualizations that can make clients see not imagine your ideas can be created in a just a few minutes. Take your large polygon models and then create a virtual walk-through.…

Kevin Tod Haug, the client VFX Supervisor, contacted Cinesite Montreal initially in (do we know the month?) to talk about ‘out of this world’ environments and ‘epic’ set extensions for Mrs Fadil’s afterlife sequence which was going to be imminently filmed in Toronto and in Oklahoma. Very quickly, we also got involved in the look development of the storm, which is a character in itself, alongside other sequences. In total, we worked on 18 different sequences split over 5 episodes (1, 2, 3, 4 and…

Animator: Digital Gods The future of almost every aspect of our lives is digital. While a relatively new career compared to most, animation is quickly gaining ground and popularity. It is a very skill based field, and there are many talented individuals who want to do it. With entertainment increasingly making use of CGI and related technology, animators are in high demand. According to Learn.org, job growth is expected to be around 6% from 2014 to 2024, which is in line with most…

Animation is brought to life through images, voices, objects,and sketches as well as music using motion or movement through frame by frame sequence. QUote Animation have been around since the biblical ages. For example; In Egyptian Hieroglyphics characters are in motion by the way they are throwing their spears, Woolly Man-month are pulling larger stones, and slaves building the Pyramids. Another example of animation is cave covered in art work of cavemen slaying Dinosaurs.…

We don’t see much of the facial performance capture in movies as it requires a lot of effort. You have to record an actor making all kinds of facial expressions in different conditions frequently for training a capture system to match expressions, which is kind of difficult for a studio that doesn’t have much money. Disney Research has found a solution for this. It has developed a facial capture system that would dramatically reduce effort and time to capture facial expressions. With the facial…

Harun Farocki’s “Parallel vol 1” exhibits how the digital representation of water, trees, fire, and clouds in video games have progressed over time. The video highlights the transformation from simply pixelated squares to realistic movements. The advanced CPGs have made distinguishing a video game from film difficult, as seen by the side-by-side moving clouds example. Farocki argues that computer images seek to relieve film of its duty to depict reality. This argument is similar to that made by…

The use of 3D animation has grown enormously in feature films over the last decade. Major film studios, such as Disney and Pixar have released more 3D animated movies than ever before. Technology is advancing and consumers are demanding realistic animation along with this evolution. Based on the performance of recent 3D films, the trend of 3D animation is bound to continue and develop further. 3D animation’s influence on American society is growing with the help of the stable major…

enhancement technology of virtual items appear in reality, is not completely replace it (Architecture Mixed Reality n.d.). Based on Azuma(1997), augmented reality system is defined as a combination of real and virtual, real interaction and registered in 3D. On the other hand, enhanced virtual sex is also known as mixed reality, is a real and unreal technology merge. Enhanced virtual environment mostly in a virtual space, being integrated physical and virtual objects interact in real time. The…