Adidas Superstar Originals
Adidas Superstar Originals, post-production and VFX at Fin Design+Effects in Shanghai and Sydney.
Nuke Tool – Rounded Rectangle + Tutorial
I was reading the excellent blog DoingThatWrong by Dan Sturm (who I don’t personally know) and saw his article about Rounded Rectangles. As I was reading the article and downloaded the tool, I wondered how I would have made a similar tool, and how to get around the limitations Dan is pointing out in his article. My [...]
CGStudioMap is back! Now Open-source.
Some of you may remember CGStudioMap, which used to be the most comprehensive database about CG studios around the world. It shut down a bit over a year ago, and it's been missed dearly by many. Some tried to imitate it, with more or less success, but now, the real thing is back. The Team [...]
Coca-Cola T-Rex
The first collaboration between MPC Shanghai, MPC London and MPC Bangalore. We created a full CG dinosaur, digital matte paintings and assembled it into this cool commercial in just a few short weeks. It was an interesting challenge to figure out the best workflow between 3 different locations in 3 different time zones. […]
HDR pack #2: Christmas lights and studio apartment
Here are 3 more HDRI for your lighting needs. They are full 360×180 degrees, 8K and 9.5K wide, .HDR format. Download for free below. […]
Nuke & Python: Making your first functional plugin: Node colors presets. Part 2/2
Last week I wrote about how to make your first little plugin for Nuke using Python. It was a good start but it was missing a few functions to be fully done. The biggest issue was that once a preset is created, you had no way to edit or delete it, without going to change [...]
Nuke & Python: Making your first functional plugin: Node colors presets. Part 1/2
We’ve looked at a few examples of Nuke code in my previous posts, and hopefully, you’re starting to get around to reading Python code. Today I’d like to take you through the whole process of making a small python plug-in. We will start by defining the project, think about different solutions, define the main structure [...]
HDR pack #1: Meadow and Train Station
I found these 2 HDR images I shot back in 2010. They are full 360×180 degrees, over 7K wide, .HDR format. Download for free below. […]
Nuke & Python Beginners: Understanding object types and using the API reference.
In my previous article, Getting Started with python for Nuke, I threw a link to the official nuke python API reference at the end, without much explanation. In this article, I’ll try to give you a bit of guidance on HOW to use that incredibly useful documentation. […]
Metalepsis
One of the first project I had the chance to supervise when I arrived in China. Created for a charity fund raising, and projected at an art Gallery in Shanghai. […]