[17 Jan 2010 | 9 Comments | 737 views]
How to Read a 3×3 Matrix

Never quite understood what a 3×3 matrix is?

This is an introduction to help explain and develop intuition surrounding what is sometimes mistakenly perceived to be a difficult subject.

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Featured, ICE, XSI »

[2 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | 2,584 views]
Retiming ICE caches

A complete guide to retiming particles in ICE.

The techniques discussed in this article were used for Sky Sports’ “Super Sunday” television ident at The Mill, earlier this year.

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Featured, Video »

[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 649 views]
Storm Over Frankfurt

Back in August, The Mill gave me a new challenge. There was a new job coming in to create a viral for Audi and they wanted me to lead and act as VFX supervisor on the shoot.

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Featured, NFTS, Pyrotechnics »

[8 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | 1,641 views]
Pyrotechnics: Blowing Up a Car

Blowing cars up with a rocket launcher? Of course. It’s just another day on the SFX/VFX course at the NFTS.

Find out how we did it for real.

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Featured, Houdini »

[25 Aug 2009 | 3 Comments | 1,652 views]
Houdini: Multiparms

If you’ve ever wondered how to use multiparms in your own assets and tools, then this four page tutorial will show you how.

It also covers how to link expressions to them, and a couple of other tricks too.

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Featured, VFX Supervision, Video »

[18 Aug 2009 | 7 Comments | 999 views]
Video: Making an LED Tracker

How to make an LED tracker using a method from www.vfxhack.com.

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Miscellaneous, VFX Supervision »

[4 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 653 views]
VFX Roundup

A quick roundup of articles, videos, and other excellent resources I’ve stumbled on this week.

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Miscellaneous »

[29 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments | 565 views]
Reluctant Twitterer?

I feel slightly ashamed to admit that I’ve signed up on Twitter. I’ve heard a lot of people raving about it, so I though I would give it a go…

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Featured, Houdini, Miscellaneous »

[21 Jul 2009 | 5 Comments | 2,810 views]
Houdini CHOPs: Curves from animation

This is a simple but in depth 4 page tutorial on how to use CHOPs to create a curve from the path of an animated object.

It also takes you through the steps of creating a basic Digital Asset.

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