VFX
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Is there any good open source rotoscoping application?
As far as I got, Blender's features for masks are very good, but then they fall short when you want to tweak the animation curve for animated masks because, well, there are no curves... it's all linear, they just won't appear in the graph editor. So I was wondering if there is some other application that does that, be it specialised or not, maybe specialised for compositing would be a plus actually, considering all the video editing features that are left in the dust by Blender, because I assume the big players don't care for them and rather fund for the development of all the 3D capabilities, which I care about very little for what I usually do, so I'm not seeing any improvements on that side anytime soon
- www.blackenterprise.com Tyler Perry Halts $800M Studio Expansion Due To Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Admits 'Jobs Are Going To Be Lost'
Tyler Perry is halting plans for an $800 million studio expansion due to the rapid developments he's witnessing with artificial intelligence.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.graphics/post/154626
> Tyler Perry Halts $800M Studio Expansion Due To Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Admits 'Jobs Are Going To Be Lost'
- www.creativebloq.com 3D artists are furious with Autodesk over its new generative AI model
Project Bernini generates 3D shapes from text and 2D images.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.graphics/post/154628
> 3D artists are furious with Autodesk over its new generative AI model
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Unity Software with a ‘company reset’ walks away from film VFX and the Wētā Deal.
www.fxguide.com Unity Software with a ‘company reset’ walks away from film VFX and the Wētā dealOur best wishes to all the team members of the Unity Wētā Tools' division following its closure. UPDATE: Statement from WētāFX
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Houdini 20 Sneak Peek
www.cgchannel.com Sneak peek: Houdini 20 | CG ChannelSee the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.
Looks really amazing!
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BorisFX Acquires Syntheyes
www.cgchannel.com Boris FX acquires SynthEyes | CG ChannelPopular 3D tracking application's tech will be used across other Boris FX products like Silhouette and the Sapphire and Continuum plugins.
Interesting development. Hope it stays fresh and (relatively) inexpensive.
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Unreal Engine 5.3: five key features for CG artists
www.cgchannel.com CG ChannelCG Channel is an online destination for entertainment artists. Our mission is to inform, inspire and empower our viewers.
Really interesting to see native VDB importing and other cool features.
- www.awn.com Canada's BRON Files for Bankruptcy
Restructuring is underway at animation studio Bron Digital, live-action production company Bron Studios, and feature film studio Bron Creative, as the parent holding company cites that the pandemic and ongoing strikes gave it ‘no choice.’
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Infinigen: an open-source generator for procedural 3D environments
www.cgchannel.com Infinigen: a free generator for procedural 3D environments | CG ChannelIntriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.
Early days for the tool but seems like it would be really useful for concepting. Linux and Mac only at this point. Nvidia or Apple Silicon required.
Grab the source here: https://github.com/princeton-vl/infinigen#generate-images-in-one-command
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Great Podcasts for VFX peeps!
www.allanmckay.com Podcasts - Allan Mckay - Latest Podcasts From Allan MckayThe Allan McKay podcast is a creative and career-related podcast focused on artists in Design, Film, Visual Effects and Video Games. Typically ranking in the top 50 in the career section of iTunes. In the last few months the downloads have averaged around 40,000 downloads per month.
A little contribution to this community- although you probably already heard about Allan Mckay. If not, do check it out!
https://www.allanmckay.com/podcast-list-page/
Hoping to see this instance grow and prosper!
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Across the Spiderverse - ‘Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts’
www.vulture.com ‘Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts’Four animators say unsustainable working conditions are behind the success of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
