Last week we posted part one of our mocha Pro miniseries and as promised here is part two of four.
Bringing in the summer with a BBQ... Assimilate Style
To celebrate our collaboration with Assimilate, Escape Studios are hosting a BBQ event with our friends at Assimilate. This is a hugely exclusive event to introduce the London VFX scene to Assimilate’s post-production toolkit SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab. And we'd like to invite you! But this is no ordinary BBQ folks, vegetarians beware and if you are expecting a Birds Eye burger think again... this is an Assimilate 'steak extravaganza'.
Are You a Competition Winner?
Some of you may already know, but once a month we like to post a free tutorial on our website. We started creating these so that you could pick up new tips & tricks, tighten up the skills you already have or add a new technique to your toolkit.
The Foundry VES Career Fair
We are really pleased to have been invited to partner with The Foundry at the VES Career Fair and Technology Expo this weekend.
James Dower & Class Visit Double Negative
After a previous visit to Double Negative, James Dower and his class mates really got a taste for the high standard of work that DNeg set. And on this, their second visit, they were all keen to get some professional feedback for their own VFX Production projects.
Golden Oldies VS Shiny Newbies
The other day I was searching for an online "time waster" game during my journey home. I don’t like signing up to free gaming websites so I was thrilled to see that the old classic Snake was free to play online. For those of you who don’t know (rare, but they’re out there) Snake was a game that featured on the old Nokia phones, back in the day when phones were used for texts and calls only.
The Museum/Maxwell Render Challenge
For the 2nd year Next Limit, ronenbekerman (the architectural visualisation blog) and Designconnected have collaborated for the Museum/Maxwell Render Challenge.
The Passing of a Legend
Ray Douglas Bradbury, famous writer, poet and well-loved figure has unfortunately passed away on the 5 June 2012 at the age of 91.
Launched: Softimage Creatives Are Go!
The Softimage Creatives launch event went ahead on May 29th as planned, and it was nothing short of amazing. There was an incredible turn out of XSI enthusiasts, which confirms to us all that the community of users is still very much alive. Over 150 people squeezed into Jerusalem Bar on Rathbone Place to celebrate the launch of the London Softimage user group, and among those were visitors who travelled from Ireland and the continent. It’s this dedication to the cause that will undoubtedly help make the independent Softimage user group a real success, and I’m sure it has proved to the SiC founders that their efforts have not been in vain.
NUKE & NUKEX 6.3v8 Now Available…
We are happy to announce that the latest version of The Foundry’s compositing package NUKE and NUKEX has now been released.
Prometheus Again? No Papermetheus
Now I know that we seem like Ridley Scott’s biggest fans, with the way that we have been tad over excited with Prometheus but you’ve seen it right? It’s pretty epic! Well hold onto your hats because here is another Prometheus blog… with a twist.
Getting Inside Cerebro
At Escape Studios we are always looking to keep informed with different products that we can help you lovely folks increase your performance and streamline your workflow. Of late we have been very interested in the increase in project management software being used to boost productivity. So here is one you may not have heard about just yet…
Mixing it up with a mocha Pro V3 Mini-Series
Ever since our event over at Framestore last week we have huge demand for additional information on Imagineer Systems mocha Pro V3.
Game Over... For Now!
We know it has been a long time coming but we finally managed to get our hands on some insider info into the HBO series Game of Thrones. The second season has been just as intense and enthralling as the first and with the production for the third season renewed just two days after the second series aired, we hope to see a lot more of Westeros soon!
GTC 2012 NUKE spotlight
The GPU Technology Conference (GTC) took place in San Jose California from May 14th to May 17th. The conference is the brainchild of GPU giant NVidia and looks to celebrate global awareness of GPU computing and visualisation as well as the importance of the future of science and innovation.
Compositing: Creating the Illusion
Want to introduce yourself to some of the fundamental techniques of compositing? Well now you can. The lovely Simon Richardson, compositing escapee and one of our esteemed Studio Assistants here at Escape, has put together a free NUKE tutorial that will demonstrate exactly that. This short video will walk you through a basic CG rebuild inside NUKE, using Maya’s Mental Ray passes. For anyone starting out using this software, it’s a great insight into the processes behind building a shot ready for edit.
The President With A Past
Now this movie has been cropping up a lot recently. Our friends at Assimilate worked on it with their software SCRATCH, so we thought we should shed a little more light on it.
Get Involved With The Foundry
The Foundry are planning on launching a range of new online live product demos this summer, set to be a regular feature on The Foundry website. But before anything is set in stone they want to know what YOU want to hear about!
Its not easy being the bad guy...
Where there is light there is always dark, to maintain a little bit of balance in this world. Cartoon villains are something to be celebrated and the Animation World Network (AWN) have done exactly that, compiling two lists of the best villains- The Evil and The Funny. And hey… everyone needs a little light relief in their lives. And we are happy to provide it for you.
Will Google+ Ever be as Popular as Facebook?
We don't know yet, but we’re keen to find out. Yes, Facebook has had a huge head start as a social networking tool compared to Google, but Google+ users tend to be fiercely loyal because honestly, it’s just great - albeit a very different product.
