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Fire and Smoke VFX for a Commercial & R&D

Josh — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:26:08 +0000

I created all of the VFX for this spot on a pretty quick timeline. I also Supervised the shoot and created some basic previs from set measurements. We had some practical fire on set but it wasn’t enough so I added digital fire with TFD and also had the DP shoot some practical elements for me to layer in as well.

Here is some R&D I was doing with TFD and X-Particles.

SIGGRAPH Render

Josh — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:30:51 +0000

This was one of the projects I talked about during my SIGGRAPH presentation for MAXON. This is a shot I created while beta testing R14. I used the new camera calibration tag, motion camera, normalizer shader and aerodynamics. I also modeled and textured (bodypaint) a trashcan for the scene and rendered some TFD dust coming out of it. Also, you can find a similar project I made in the R14 Content Browser.

New Cineversity Class: Creating a Magnetic Crane Rig

Josh — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:06:13 +0000

In this series I walk you through the process of creating a magnetic crane rig. You will learn about Spline Dynamics, Xpresso, Rigid Body Dynamics and more.

http://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/magnetic_crane_rig

The Can Crush – Cinema 4D

Josh — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:11:42 +0000

Here’s a test I made using Projection Man to aid in camera mapping, pose morph, dynamics and the new Physical Renderer including DOF and Motion Blur.

3D World Magazine – Future Publishing

Josh — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:42:40 +0000

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. The new issue of 3D World Magazine (issue 146) will feature an article I wrote accompanied by over 150 minutes of tutorial video. It will be on sale in UK newsagents July 26th and on sale in US newstands from August 19th. Hope you enjoy it. Link to 3D World site announcement.

Abstracted – Short Film

Josh — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:41:33 +0000

One rainy night a few weeks ago I went out and shot some footage with my T2i using the new Technicolor CineStyle. My main goal was to show some of the very strange abstractions found in rain. I then used Premier CS5 to cut the footage and After Effects to remove noise, add Technicolor LUT via lut buddy. At around 00:00:45 some of the footage reminds me of Trapcode Form.

Music: Sigur Ros

C4D: Airplane Take Off

Josh — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:34:34 +0000

Just a quick little test of a Jet taking off. Started out as just an object matchmove exersie but then I decided to push it further by adding in a CG Jet, heat haze and a few other things. See the After/Before below.

Best to watch on vimeo for full effect. Click on the Vimeo icon.

Before video with Object Matchmove done in SynthEyes.

Dexter Mock Up

Josh — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:54:30 +0000

I created this in C4D and Photoshop. I modeled the knife in C4D and textured it in BodyPaint 3D then created all the blood in photoshop. This was about 7 hours of work. Still wrapping my head around BodyPaint.

Nature’s Hill

Josh — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:46:46 +0000

Just a test I put together in a few hours. I was doing some test grass renders with hair last week for a project but didn’t end up using anything so I thought I would create a quick little scene. I used Cinema 4D’s hair for the grass around 750,000 hairs and After Effects for the compositing. I created the bird rig with Cactus Dan’s tools inside of C4D then used it as a sprite in Trapcode Particular. I used Optical Flares as well and lenscare.

Winter’s Blob: Preview for up and coming tutorial.

Josh — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:57:17 +0000

Here’s a look at an up and coming tutorial that I’m working on. I shot the footage with my 550D, shot a HDR on set, shot a lens grid, match-moved the footage in SynthEyes, added some CG elements in C4D, rendered in Vray then comped it all together in After Effects.

Thus, it will be a pretty in-depth tutorial .

Music: Daft Punk from The Tron Legacy soundtrack. Track 2: The Grid. I had to edit around Jeff Bridges voice.