Admittedly more interesting in concept than in execution, but here’s something I made:
And for further context, a map.
Sketchup to Photoshop to After Effects
Here’s a collection of links that helped me figure out a process to bring a 3D model from Sketchup to After Effects via Photoshop.
1) Install this plugin to export an .obj file from Google Sketchup:
http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2007/01/wavefront-obj-exporter.html
Apparently the “pro” version of Sketchup will export obj without the plugin, but it’s $500 and I felt cheap.
2) Import the .obj file into Photoshop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrIz2-FqH8
3) Setup lighting in Photoshop:
http://layersmagazine.com/add-lighting-to-the-3d-model-in-photoshop.html
4) Import the Photoshop file into After Effects:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS510B8F17-8644-43ce-977F-96784840A64B.html
UPDATE: Now that After Effects CS6 includes built-in raycasting, this probably can be simplified somewhat.
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Wii Balance board as mouse
I’m interested in this use of the Wii balance board as a mouse on the computer.
It’ll be about 100 times easier to set up than some of my more elaborate concepts for exercise browsing, like the rowing machine or the giant joystick. It also takes up less space than a treadmill desk.
Tagged computers interface
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Got no sense of taste
I made an animated GIF from the Channel101 series Gumbel.
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Drawing attention
It’s perhaps a small thing, but check out what happens at the start of each level in Pursuit of Hat.
At the beginning of every level, the character and the hat go through a little attention-getting animation routine. It quickly answers the question “Where am I?” and “What do I need to get?” I’ve played plenty of less-polished games where for every new level I had to spend a moment searching for my character or his goal, that I know this kind of thing helps out a lot.
Tagged game design, video games
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McLarenator
So, after seeing a Norman McLaren thing on how he would draw on a film’s audio track, I got interested in ways I could generate an audio file on the computer. I’ve made a sort of software synth I call the McLarenator. Here it is as an EXE file
I’ve got a demo video of it up on vimeo:
McLarenator Demo from R Hill on Vimeo.
Tagged audio, flash, I made this
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Mentioned in Uptown?
So my short film The Pumpkin Sam Theories was mentioned in Uptown.
It’s just a side-comment. The article was about the Winnipeg Horror festival, which I was screened in last year.
What this reflects is that the Winnipeg film scene is even larger and more diverse than it seems on the surface. For all the brilliance showcased by members of the artist-run Winnipeg Film Group … there is seemingly a parallel and often invisible world of local filmmaking creativity.
Take one animated film showcased in 2010, Ryan Hill’s The Pumpkin Sam Theories.
“It’s a lot of work doing something like that,” Bacon marvels. “Some people are really dedicated.”
So I am seemingly from a parallel and invisible world. WoooOOOooo!
Found on a box of “Pasta Dinner”
“Modified ingredients?” Modified from what to what? And calling something in the ingredients list an ingredient seems redundant. Trying to Google it gives me plenty of results for “genetically modified ingredients” and a few for “modified milk ingredients.” The latter seems more likely, given it’s supposed to be cheese-flavoured, but it seems strange to omit just what it is that you’ve modified.
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New rule
Anyone who ever says “get over it” in any online discussion is a troll. No exceptions.
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home-made camera
I’m just collecting some notes, if I want to play with a home-built camera of some kind.
This is the plan for a laser-cut photo camera. I found it while looking for a Super 8 camera. It might be possible to modify it.
I had previously shot some stuff with a Super 8 cartridge hung off the back of a still camera. The exposure was too dark. I have to figure out some of the math involved. One element is to consider how much the crop factor changes when you’re shooting 8mm instead of 35mm.
And this is an 8mm projector kit, which might also have some useful elements in it.
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