Carl's Corner :)

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Carl wrote: this is straight out of the camera no post work

Did you shoot jpg or raw? If it is jpg what post processing do you have the camera configured to do? All raw images will benefit from sharpening.

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Carl wrote: you ain't so young

Here is another give away.

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Carl wrote: CS2 it doesn't support 40D

un-f-ing believable! Are you certain about that? That's just crazy.

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Carl wrote: they are trying to force the camera manufactures to use a standard raw

I don't think there ever can or should be a standard raw. Things like sensor and stabilization technology will continue to evolve, each requiring a specific interface definition. That said, the Cannon raw converter is quite good, I used it for quite a while before switching to Adobe's ACR. I like ACR. So you shot in jpg. What post processing do you have the camera doing? I think by default they are set to bump up saturation, contrast and do some sharpening.

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Carl wrote: no art books or photography books

Well, it is only one of many shelves but I take your point on the ratio. Both of those interests came to me within the last couple of years.

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Carl wrote: rustic furniture because it is the opposite to modern society of metal, glass and concrete though secretly you yern for it but can't admit it

That analysis is a little too complicated. Actually I had some boxes I needed to unpack and found some unused fence posts in the yard so I cut them up.

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Carl wrote: looking for meaning where there is none

none, so far...

I wish you could have seen my collection of stone, glass and crystal orbs. I had to sell them. I gave up the reefer years ago but I would sure like to have all my old bongs back - that would be a cool collection.

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Carl wrote: you like clutter

You want clutter! I have tons of shelves that look just like this.

note:the blue glow off to the right is central to my plans to take over the world.

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Ronviers wrote: I gave up the reefer years ago but I would sure like to have all my old bongs back

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Carl wrote: You can have some of mine.....I only use my "Man-of-war" Mega-hitter.....

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Hey, what if C-A-T spelled "dog"???

LMAO.....

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Carl wrote: Crap!!! I dropped my roach and burnt a hole in my pants!!!

..... LMAO.....

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Carl wrote: it makes me resent adobe

me too

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Carl wrote: now your frightening me

It's about time.

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StevieJ wrote: Hey, what if C-A-T spelled "dog"???

LOL... wow, man...that would be so cool..

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm not around these days, too busy with that real life thing.

Bought Carrara Pro 6 at DAZ's last sale and hope to learn modeling on it. I'm tired of buying models and I really would like to make my own props that no one else will have. I really hate doing a picture and having people point out who made each of the models or who made the clothes. I want something that will actually be unique to me.

So, besides smoking pot and burning holes in your pants, anything exciting happening here?

I get it! Carrara is not a tutorial to model a Carrara. It is a full-blown modeling package! D'oh! It looks great. I am just starting to read about it.

The spider should be a fun one to learn. The car and the human will be the hardest ones I think.

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StevieJ wrote: What skirt???

LMAO

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Carl wrote: the travelling Archibald Exhibition tonight

I like Peteris Ciemitis and David Bromley but best I like Alexander McKenzie - I love Sarah Blasko. My next girlfriend will be just like her - except her face will be a little rounder.

Hey, I just noticed this guys head looks exactly like mine!

Ron, you got a crooked head and huge ears?

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ahimsa wrote: you got a crooked head and huge ears?

No, I was only talking about the size relative to the shoulders. The facial features are dissimilar.

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ahimsa wrote: The invitations will be sold to people having weddings and parties that are not Victorian

I take offense to that I'm a Victorian [ The State I live in ]

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ahimsa wrote: I started a business

excellent

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Carl wrote: Ron has chicken legs and a watermellon head

I have to buy my hats at the men's big-and-tall shop and my pants in the boys department.

I can tell you this much, first hand, having chickens stand on your shoulders may be very pretty but it is also very uncomfortable.

Sorry I shouldn't make fun of anyone appearance, I was going to delete that but you beat me to it

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ahimsa wrote: I still wear Barbie underwear

I'm all confused. Maybe you should post a pic or something.

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Carl wrote: I shouldn't make fun of anyone appearance

Don't worry, I'll get you back...

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ronviers wrote: I'm all confused. Maybe you should post a pic or something

LOL I can see Ahimsa shaking her head saying MEN!!!

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ronviers wrote: Don't worry, I'll get you back...

Oh ........... remember forgiveness is a virtue That blue light is troubling

Manon Lives!!! Hope all is well....

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ahimsa wrote: I still wear Barbie underwear

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Carl wrote: You must be tiny or there very tight

I'm not going to touch that one..... .....

It looks good to me for the price Craig but I don't know much about 3d programs, it does say free trial down load which reverts to learning after trial period and can be used as a free converter, so what ya got to loose

Check these tunes out and tell me what you think.....turned up, headphones, and no distractions.....some recent "abstractions" that I liked.....

"Half Light (tail credit)" - soundtrack to "The Mothman Profecies"
http://free.napster.com/player/?play_...type=track

"Love Song for a Vampire" - sountrack to "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
http://free.napster.com/player/?play_...type=track

"Passive" - A Perfect Circle
http://free.napster.com/player/?play_...type=track

After I started working with ff I began to wonder when to use displacement maps and when to use geometry. Yesterday I ran on to this article wherein they state this:

"Motion blur and displacement are the holly grail of visual effects,...displacement and motion blur do not seem to go together very well," as a result most of the skin texture and scales were modelled and not done with displacement maps in 3D. Render times were therefore an issue, " when you ray trace shadows it becomes a huge deal out of Mental Ray, .. it has become a huge huge deal, - the person who develops a good 2D motion blur will be a millionaire." Cafefx found that to render motion blur in 3D would take a 4 hour render per frame and turn it into a 20 hour per frame. But still they had to work hard to get the realism Burrell wanted."

This was all new to me. It looks like two of the primary determinants are render time and whether there will be motion blur – interesting. Does anyone know of a movie that has some outstanding vfx motion blur? This is not something I have ever thought about noticing before.

Yeah, I heard "Passive" from the movie "Constantine" and liked it.....both the movie and the song. I say "abstractions" because they are kinda off the beaten track of what I usually like.....select songs from groups like Goo Goo Dolls, Vertical Horizon, Evanescence, Def Leopard, Linkin Park, Pink Floyd, Econoline Crush, etc.....quite a mix of hard and soft rock (depending on my mood) that you can actually hear the words.....

I've even been known to listen to the "Best of Bread" every once in a while..... LOL.......

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Carl wrote: the new chronicles of narnia and the lion had the effect

I look forward to watching it. If it's too kidsie I will just watch the special features included on the DVD - usually I prefer that to the movie itself.

Here is what Digital Domain had to say about the motion blur they used in Speed Racer.

"On top of the hard geometry of the race track and its environment, someone at DD calculated these massive data sets also had some 2.1 million digital crowd members watching the final race. All of which needed to be motion blurred -- both motion blurred accurately and as a stylistic decision and technique. To do this, a combination of Mental Ray and DD's own 2.5 post processing motion blur was used. Doug Noble at DD wrote a new motion blur tool as the actual motion blur varied on different objects in the same scene.

Motion blur is caused by the duration of the exposure which is turn is controlled by the angle of the shutter on a traditional film camera. During post, the Wachowski Brothers along with VFX supervisor John Gaeta and digital supervisor Dan Glass would set individual shutter angles on separate objects. They would request in dailies "make that car 45 degree shutter, that one 120 degree shutter, cartoon motion blur on that, back on 120 degree here.. etc " explains Libreri. They had "multiple combinations of the shutter angles for the motion blur on multiple objects in the scene, and if the Mach 6 blew by the camera, then they may have a combination of 180 degree shutter angle, mixed and blurred with video shutter angles", so you would see the Mach 6 cleanly but with trailing motion blur speed lines. This was done in the composite in Nuke."

This one is supposed to be kidsie too but I am really looking forward to seeing it. The critics panned it but maybe it is because it is so highly stylized. It may be viewed differently ten years from now. I remember Roger Ebert, my favorite critic, gave a bad review to Alien when it came out, but many years later, decided it was a "great movie" but that it has scared him too much when he saw it the first time. The Wachowski brothers are given more artistic latitude and money than anyone in the world, well, maybe not Spielberg, so it could be pretty good - at least look good.