
A fairly common question in the world of VFX amongst people starting out is “What filmback setting should I use for matchmoving footage from my video camera?”

Last year I managed to work on two films about pirates. The first being the fourth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series and the second being Aardman’s The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (or Band of Misfits …

Quick post, just some colour lookup tables for Technicolor’s Cinestyle profile for Canon DSLRs.

A renderman compliant displacement shader which supports multi-tile texture maps using the udim naming convention. The shader supports both displacement and bump mapping.

A renderman compliant shader (3Delight, PRman) for rendering multiple tile UV layouts – such as those used by programs such as Mari, Cyslice and Zbrush.

People who work in camera stores love to tell you what is and isn’t possible with a camera. Putting old manual lenses of varying make and model on modern digital cameras is one of their most beloved no-no’s.