13 Responses to “DVD Update”

1. nik faulkner Says:
   May 27th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

   WOW excellent news, sounds great.

   did you decide on PAL or NTSC in the end? (if both what did you master in, i’d like to by the best possible quality version)

   what, no lightwave scenes?

   cant wait

2. Chris Jones Says:
   May 27th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

   The plan is to do both (and to that end I’ve made masters of both), but nothing’s set in stone yet. Or polycarbonate for that matter. They’re both about the same quality, ignoring the inherent minor speed/resolution differences between the two formats.

   I did actually contemplate putting the LW scenes on there at one point!

3. CGI Addict Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 5:48 am

   Wowee!! Can’t wait to get that DVD in my hands! Please get some Lightwave material in there, pleeeeeeease!

   I’m working on a short myself and have been reading your stuff on this website, pretty amazing reading and an awesome short to boot.

   Here is link to my short “making of” site, nothing that comes close to what you’ve accomplished, but hey, it’s been fun so far. I update at least once every couples of weeks.

   http://www.pixelcollab.com/Site/CDDuel_Short.html

   Anyway, we need the DVD asap. And don’t forget to get some gooey Lightwave goodness in there.

   Thanks Chris,

   Mike from the States.

4. nik faulkner Says:
   June 5th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

   i see you made it over here then mike

5. Chris Jones Says:
   June 8th, 2009 at 11:02 am

   Thanks Mike, good luck with the short - interesting modelling technique!

   LW content is unlikely for this release I’m afraid, but maybe I’ll consider something like that in future if there’s enough interest.

6. CGI Addict Says:
   June 8th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

   No problem Chris, I just know anybody who picks up the DVD will appreciate the short as well as any material that;s included.

   I don’t know if how I model is a technique worth copying but it works for what I’m doing. The character(s) are undergoing changes and I’ll unveil all four next week.

   Thanks again for this site and the upcoming DVD.

7. nik faulkner Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm

   hey chris, i promise this won’t be hounding you about the dvd…..honest!

   i’m working with hypervoxels for the first time and after looking at how good your clouds are, i’m a bit disheartned with my results.

   any pointers or examples for a hypervoxel newbie?

   ta mate

   nik.

8. Chris Jones Says:
   June 24th, 2009 at 1:14 am

   Lots of trial and error! Unsurprisingly, I think I started with one of the “clouds” presets, and tweaked from there. Also I found that that using relatively few particles and letting the Hyper Texture dictate the cloud shape was more successful than trying to define the formations myself using loads of particles (I used Turbulence for the texture by the way).

   After you’ve done all that and found that it still looks bad, blend in some hand-painted clouds and use all kinds of crazy filters to try and soften the edges out.

   Here ends todays lesson!

9. Ryan Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am

   The CD is a mockup?! So, you’re mocking us are you? mmmmm

10. nik faulkner Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    thanks for the pointers chris, i’ll have another play this weekend

    cheers

    n.

11. Ryan Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 7:26 am

    Jeff Lew just came out with Killer Bean. Do you have any plans on putting an add on CG Channel? Made me think of the Passenger

12. Chris Jones Says:
    July 28th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Sorry, just been busy moving house. No plans for banner advertisements at the moment. Perhaps I’ll consider such a thing…

13. mukesh banchhor Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 6:47 am

    i read your 8 year pages and found that how crazy animator could be … nothing more to say… salute your patience… best regards for future !!

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