When using Frischluft Lenscare (FL Depth of Field) or similar plugins in Compositing Programs such as After Effects, to create Depth of Field on your renderings, lots of times you get bad looking edges in areas where the depth-delta is quite large.
Especially when you have a rendering with no cg-background, that will be composited onto a sky or similar backdrop. This can be fixed.Continue Reading
Often times the hierarchy is so deep, it takes ages to find the selected object in your Object Manager.Continue Reading
When looking for inspiration for your next project, a great place to start are short films, that have proven to know how a good story is told.
The Animated Shorts in this Article are some of the best you’ll see and guaranteed to stay in your mind for quite some time.Continue Reading
This quite simple rule of thumb, which was first documented in the 18th century, is today used by filmmakers and artists, who want to achieve a more interesting image composition.Continue Reading
Have you ever tried figuring out the difference between Straight Alpha and Premultiplied alpha and when to use what?
Some people insist premultiplied alpha is the way to go, some say straight alpha. To be frank, both are equal in most situations as long as the math and compositing software’s interpretation of the channels is done correctly. But there are cases only one of the two should be used for best results!
But lets start with an explanation of what premultiplied and straight alpha is:Continue Reading
You have the technical skills to create a short film, but are trying to get your head around storytelling and structuring your story? Thinking about how to write a short film?
Learn how successful short films and even most of todays feature films structure their story, to make it compelling to the audience.Continue Reading