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Archive for January, 2008

Video Trace is Awesome

ACVT revealed its new modeling software called Video Trace at a recent Siggraph event. “VideoTrace is a system for interactively generating realistic 3D models of objects from video—models that might be inserted into a video game, a simulation environment, or another video sequence.” I can see this nifty piece of software coming in handy for [...]

January 30th, 2008

Monster “Slots”

My good friend from Ithaca George Cuddy recently did some 2D vfx work on a Monster.com spot titled “Slots.” George helped me out on a number of projects at Ithaca and has since moved to California to work at the amazing visual effects studio A52. Props George, keep up the good work!

January 26th, 2008

Dieter Rams

Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps us to understand a product. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is durable. Good design is consequent to the last detail. Good design is concerned with the environment. Good design is as little design [...]

January 15th, 2008

Forget the Film, Watch the Titles

At last The Submarine Channel has made my dream site. Forget the Film, Watch the Titles is nothing but the best tv, movie, and short film title sequences. “At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines several moving image techniques – film, animation, cgi – to compress the essence of [...]

January 15th, 2008