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Grimoires were wizard’s diaries: collections of spells, experiments and researches. Blogs, really. Here, you will find ideas, short tutorials, and the latest news
After Effects Tone Mapper for 3D and HDR Images
Posted by Massimiliano Marras on Dec 23rd, 2011Baffled by the linear exposure control found in After Effects? Here you'll find a very simple tonemapping filter, that applies the well known Reinhard tone mapping curve.
Autodesk Acquires 3D CAD T-Splines
Posted on Dec 22nd, 2011T-Splines is a powerful subdivision surface plugin for the popular Rhino Nurbs modeler. Autodesk has just acquired this technology.
View Conference 2011
Posted on Oct 10th, 2011ViewConference, held in Turn, Italy is a fast growing international computer graphics conference. Most of the lectures are in english and this 12th edition has some exciting world's premieres.
Faster Reflection Blurring in Lightwave - Research
Posted by Massimiliano Marras on Jul 18th, 2011This is an early preview of some code based on statistical variance for glossy reflections - in layman's terms: faster reflection blur
An Adaptive Skin tip for zBrush 3.5
Posted by Daniele Angelozzi on Jul 13th, 2010A quick tip about Adaptive Skin in zBrush 3.5. Go figure: this is a tip about something's tip.
After Effects Audio Waveform Display
Posted on Jun 25th, 2010After Effects' audio waveform display seems always too small to understand what's going on. But a better display is just a click away!
DSLR Canon HDMI capture and Focusing Rectangle
Posted by Massimiliano Marras on Jun 15th, 2010A lot of video production is done with Canon's DSLRs. Would be nice to be able to capture uncompressed 4:2:2 from the HDMI port, but there's no way to turn off the focusing rectangle. Let's work around the issue.
Garageband's Virtual Instruments Cracks and Distortions
Posted by Susanna Quagliariello on Feb 10th, 2009If Garageband does not play well with a virtual instrument, there may be an easy solution
Open GL crash on Acer 5920G
Posted by Susanna Quagliariello on Sep 16th, 2008If your application crashes when starting the OpenGL library, the solution may be easy
How NOT to make a Demo Reel
Posted by Susanna Quagliariello on Apr 8th, 2008Ever wondered what makes or breaks a demo reel? More often than not the devil is in the details
Star Oohs - Make Virtual Choirs Sound Better
Posted by Susanna Quagliariello on Nov 30th, 2007Make virtual instruments sound more realistic: voices and choruses in lower end virtual instrument collections
Pal progressive chroma bug
Posted on Jul 24th, 2007Pal video shot progressive and compressed in DV or MPG produces nasty artifacts: these formats expect the data to be interlaced, not progressive.
Open and Closed framing - what's the difference?
Posted on Apr 7th, 2007In framing for video as well as for 3D graphics, the picture margins play an important role
Okay, then, how bright is 100%?
Posted on Jan 12th, 2007How bright should a light be? Is 100% a sun or a streetlamp? Biased render engines can produce stunning results, but also be confusing sometimes.
Put Black on your Black List
Posted by Massimiliano Marras on Jan 9th, 2007Black is classy, right? Right. But it's also evil, and will ruin your renders.
One Stop Vista Speedup
Posted on Jan 8th, 2007If you are still running a 32bit operating system, 3D graphics and compositing applications will greatly benefit from a little known feature in Windows Vista: ReadyBoost.
