Alexander Gao
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offtopic, but I’m just amazed! The COW pretty much has tutorials on everything!
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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I’m wondering if this is a problem with too much load on one firewire card?
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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ONE more thing!
After further review, I am not positive that MASSIVE was developed by Weta.
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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by the way: http://www.massivesoftware.com
Alexander Gao
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Massive was developed not BY LOTR, but FOR LOTR, by Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s FX company behind LOTR’s effects. This was a cheap and easy task by NO means. It must have taken TONS of knowledge and smarts to write Massive, which basically allows you to set behavior for thousands of characters, even based off of what is going on in the scene.
Anyway, start small if you don’t really know how after effects is used. I’d suggest googling “After Effects Tutorials”, and first getting a feel for the capabilities of the program. Then, you can start tackling fancy effects, etc. AfterFX is great for compsiting, 2D/2.5D animations, and motion graphics, but it’s not a 3D package, and you won’t be able to generate life-like 3D figures with it very easily.
For 3D packages, check out softimage xsi, maya, and cinema 4D to name a few.
Hope I helped a little bit…
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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(Uninterruptible Power Supply)
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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haha. Forgive me for not having any info to share about ups’s, but tony, that was a joke, right? (I can’t tell!)
Alexander Gao
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“Hollywood” films are mostly shot with film that natively records aspect ratios of, say, 2.35:1. This is much wider than 16:9. Keep in mind: 16:9 is a ratio of width to height, and there is no such thing as “wider” 16:9. Ass mentioned, FCP does have a widescreen matte feature where you can basically cut off the top and the bottom to make it appear as wide as you like.
One more thing, the GL2’s 16:9 is not true 16:9, so you’re losing clarity in shooting it that way.
Alexander Gao
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No, and No.
Alexander Gao
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Alright, thanks for the help, Steve. You really know what you’re talkin about!
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”