Rsync notes

Posted by on Dec 29, 2012 in blog | No Comments

using rsync on OS X 10.6.8 to backup directories: n = dry run v = verbose h = human readable t= sync directory /usr/local/bin/rsync –stats –progress -aNHAXxhvt –fileflags –protect-decmpfs –force-change /Volumes/SOURCE/ /Volumes/DESTINATION/

FFMPEG endoding tips for VFX

Posted by on Dec 28, 2012 in blog | No Comments

  Nice writeup on using ffmpeg in a VFX pipeline https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/vfxEncodingGuide  

Analyze Brightness in a Region of Pixels to drive Grade Node

Posted by on May 13, 2012 in blog | No Comments

‘There may be a tool that already does what I’m about to describe, but I’ve done something like what (I think) you want in the past by cropping to the small area that you want to analyse then put a sufficient blur on that small area to smooth it all out, then reformat the small crop ...

Installing PyQt on MacOS X 10.6.8

Posted by on Nov 16, 2011 in blog, development | No Comments

Make sure you have the latest Mac OS X Update installed (10.6.8 or 10.7) Make sure you have the latest version of Xcode installed (available from Apple Download the Cocoa Mac binary package for Qt from Nokia Run the Qt installer and wait for it to finish Download the latest stable build of SIP from Riverbank Computing Download ...

How to Read the DP’s Mind & Stay One Step Ahead

Posted by on Sep 12, 2011 in blog | No Comments

How to Read the DP’s Mind & Stay One Step Ahead

Krachen_Tools v1.0 for NUKE

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 in blog | One Comment

Krachen_Tools v1.0 for NUKE by Niccolo’ Barbero K_Denoise: It works on YCbCr colorspace instead of RGB. It helps to soften digital artifact working with different parameters on: black dots, white dots an over coloured dots K_LumaKeyer: advanced tool that give you the opportunity to perform a luma key in different color space K_AlphaEdge: It helps ...

Long Exposure Photos of Yurikamome High Speed Rail Transit

Posted by on Aug 17, 2011 in blog | No Comments

Long Exposure Photos of Yurikamome High Speed Rail Transit #photography

Sony’s Grover Crisp on the restoration of Taxi Driver

Posted by on Jun 28, 2011 in blog | No Comments

Sony’s Grover Crisp on the restoration of Taxi Driver

Core Skills of VFX Handbook

Posted by on Jun 6, 2011 in blog | No Comments

Core Skills of VFX Handbook The Core Skills of VFX Handbook has one simple but ambitious aim: to improve the new entrant skills available for the UK’s VFX industry. The handbook is relevant to both students and tutors; it is designed to assist universities and colleges to raise the standard of VFX courses available and therefore the new talent ...