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Gods are fragile things
Read more: Gods are fragile things’Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.’
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Erik Winquist – The Definitive Weta Digital Guide to IBL hdri capture
Read more: Erik Winquist – The Definitive Weta Digital Guide to IBL hdri capturewww.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/the-definitive-weta-digital-guide-to-ibl
Notes:
- Camera type: full frame with exposure bracketing and an 8mm circular fish eye lens.
- Bracketing: 7 exposures at 2 stops increments.
- Tripod: supporting 120 degrees locked offsets
- Camera angle: should point up 7.5 degrees for better sky or upper dome coverage.
- Camera focus: set and tape locked to manual
- Start shooting looking towards the sun direction with and without the ND3 filter; The other angles will not require the ND3 filter.
- Documenting shooting with a slate (measure distance to slate, day, location, camera info, camera temperature, camera position)
NOTE: The goal is to clean the initial individual brackets before or at merging time as much as possible.
This means:- keeping original shooting metadata
- de-fringing
- removing aberration (through camera lens data or automatically)
- at 32 bit
- in ACEScg (or ACES) wherever possible
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Epic Games cuts around 16% work force, 830 jobs
Read more: Epic Games cuts around 16% work force, 830 jobshttps://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/layoffs-at-epic
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894266/epic-games-layoffs-fortnite-unreal-engine
Tim Sweeney sent the following email to Epic employees:
As we shared earlier, we are laying off around 16% of Epic employees. We’re divesting Bandcamp and spinning off most of SuperAwesome.
For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn, investing in the next evolution of Epic and growing Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators. I had long been optimistic that we could power through this transition without layoffs, but in retrospect I see that this was unrealistic.
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Vahan Sosoyan MakeHDR – an OpenFX open source plug-in for merging multiple LDR images into a single HDRI
Read more: Vahan Sosoyan MakeHDR – an OpenFX open source plug-in for merging multiple LDR images into a single HDRIhttps://github.com/Sosoyan/make-hdr
Feature notes
- Merge up to 16 inputs with 8, 10 or 12 bit depth processing
- User friendly logarithmic Tone Mapping controls within the tool
- Advanced controls such as Sampling rate and Smoothness
Available at cross platform on Linux, MacOS and Windows Works consistent in compositing applications like Nuke, Fusion, Natron.
NOTE: The goal is to clean the initial individual brackets before or at merging time as much as possible.
This means:- keeping original shooting metadata
- de-fringing
- removing aberration (through camera lens data or automatically)
- at 32 bit
- in ACEScg (or ACES) wherever possible
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WSL – Windows Subsystem for Linux
Read more: WSL – Windows Subsystem for Linuxhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature of the Windows operating system that enables you to run a Linux file system, along with Linux command-line tools and GUI apps, directly on Windows, alongside your traditional Windows desktop and apps.
https://ubuntu.com/desktop/wsl
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Personalize Anything – For Free with Diffusion Transformer
Read more: Personalize Anything – For Free with Diffusion Transformerhttps://fenghora.github.io/Personalize-Anything-Page
Customize any subject with advanced DiT without additional fine-tuning.
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Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) at Mapillary
Read more: Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) at MapillaryToday, 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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Netflix Opens Its First Animation Studio in Burbank
Read more: Netflix Opens Its First Animation Studio in Burbankwww.awn.com/news/netflix-signs-huge-animation-studio-lease-burbank
Streaming giant takes on over 170,000 square feet to house its first dedicated animation studio.
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9 Best Hacks to Make a Cinematic Video with Any Camera
Read more: 9 Best Hacks to Make a Cinematic Video with Any Camerahttps://www.flexclip.com/learn/cinematic-video.html
- Frame Your Shots to Create Depth
- Create Shallow Depth of Field
- Avoid Shaky Footage and Use Flexible Camera Movements
- Properly Use Slow Motion
- Use Cinematic Lighting Techniques
- Apply Color Grading
- Use Cinematic Music and SFX
- Add Cinematic Fonts and Text Effects
- Create the Cinematic Bar at the Top and the Bottom
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