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Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) at Mapillary
Today, Mapillary is launching NeRFs, a new feature that will allow you to explore landmarks and popular sites in detailed 3D views – all reconstructed from 2D images uploaded to Mapillary.
https://blog.mapillary.com/update/2024/03/11/Mapillary-NeRF.html
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=17.751177534360437&lng=0&z=1.5
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India’s PhantomFX To Acquire Oscar Winner Phil Tippett’s VFX Company Tippett Studio
https://deadline.com/2024/03/tippett-studio-to-be-acquired-by-phantomfx-1235855050/
Under the agreement, Tippett Studio will retain its name and continue to provide high-level VFX and post-production services to the major studios, networks, and independents.
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Lisa Tagliaferri – 3 Python Machine Learning Projects
A Compilation of 3 Python Machine Learning Projects
- How To Build a Machine Learning Classifier in Python with Scikit-learn
- How To Build a Neural Network to Recognize Handwritten Digits with
TensorFlow - Bias-Variance for Deep Reinforcement Learning: How To Build a Bot for Atari with openAI gym
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Photography basics: Shutter angle and shutter speed and motion blur
http://www.shutterangle.com/2012/cinematic-look-frame-rate-shutter-speed/
https://www.cinema5d.com/global-vs-rolling-shutter
https://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Camera-Shutter-Speed
Shutter is the device that controls the amount of light through a lens. Basically in general it controls the amount of time a film is exposed.
Shutter speed is how long this device is open for, which also defines motion blur… the longer it stays open the blurrier the image captured.
The number refers to the amount of light actually allowed through.As a reference, shooting at 24fps, at 180 shutter angle or 1/48th of shutter speed (0.0208 exposure time) will produce motion blur which is similar to what we perceive at naked eye
Talked of as in (shutter) angles, for historical reasons, as the original exposure mechanism was controlled through a pie shaped mirror in front of the lens.
A shutter of 180 degrees is blocking/allowing light for half circle. (half blocked, half open). 270 degrees is one quarter pie shaped, which would allow for a higher exposure time (3 quarter pie open, vs one quarter closed) 90 degrees is three quarter pie shaped, which would allow for a lower exposure (one quarter open, three quarters closed)
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Ethan Roffler interviews CG Supervisor Daniele Tosti
Ethan Roffler
I recently had the honor of interviewing this VFX genius and gained great insight into what it takes to work in the entertainment industry. Keep in mind, these questions are coming from an artist’s perspective but can be applied to any creative individual looking for some wisdom from a professional. So grab a drink, sit back, and enjoy this fun and insightful conversation.
Ethan
To start, I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time for this interview!Daniele
My pleasure.
When I started my career I struggled to find help. Even people in the industry at the time were not that helpful. Because of that, I decided very early on that I was going to do exactly the opposite. I spend most of my weekends talking or helping students. ;)Ethan
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That’s awesome! I have also come across the same struggle! Just a heads up, this will probably be the most informal interview you’ll ever have haha! Okay, so let’s start with a small introduction!
