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Jul
18
2010
The Art Of Toy Story 3
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The Art of Toy Story 3
by Charles Solomon

A new book in Pixar’s excellent ‘art of’ series is now availiable to order.

Aug
29
2009
Gore Zoid 3D Animation Now In HD
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Gore Zoid 3D Animation in HD on Vimeo

The animation was rendered to a HD tga sequence at a resolution of 1280×720. This was then output to an uncompressed Quicktime file which came in at a whopping 2.64GB! It was then converted for upload to the excellent Vimeo site through the Quicktime Pro Player using H.264 6000kbps video compression and AAC 44.1kHz 320kbps for the audio. This came in at a more respectible 46.3MB whilst retaining the best quality currently available for a compressed video.


Original image – Compressed H.264 with gamma bug – After correction

To get around the H.264 lightness gamma bug, open the uncompressed source movie in Quicktime and click through to Window > Show Movie Properties > Video Track > Visual Settings and set Transparency to Straight Alpha. Save this as a self-contained movie. This should now be fixed when compressing to H.264

For anyone who has experienced the following Quicktime compression problem… ’Error -43: a file could not be found’, save the new compressed file to your C: drive instead of any other drive letter, as the player doesn’t seem to like it.

Jul
10
2009
CGportfolio Featured In Newsletter
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Screenshot From The CGsociety Newsletter

 

Screenshots From The CGsociety Portfolio Website

My CGsociety portfolio featured on the weekley news letter under ‘Popular Portfolios’. I have currently only got one image on there but plan to put more up very soon. http://andywhiteley.cgsociety.org/gallery/

CGPortfolio is currently one of the best ways for anyone wanting to get their work noticed by industry professionals. It is highly recommended that you sign up. Registration is free although you have to pay an annual subscription to add more images and to access the video hosting features.

Apr
01
2009
Blogger To Wordpress
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After disappointment with the lack of navigation features and slow publishing in Blogger (using ftp and the classic template)  I have finally taken the leap and transferred my 3D Animation Blog to the hosted Wordpress version.

Although the initial set-up of a hosted Wordpress.org blog is a lot more long winded than the Wordpress.com version, it is a lot more advanced than Blogger and much more scalable through style sheets, plug-ins and widgets. It also has more of a professional word processing feel to it, where as Blogger seems to be under developed.

Lester Chan has created some of the most useful Wordpress plugins.

Sep
04
2008
Gore Zoid 3D Animation
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Screenshot From Gore Zoid 3D Animation Click For Hi-Res Image

3D Gore Zoid Animation on YouTube

Added Sound FX and uploaded hi-res 3D Gore Zoid Animation to andywhiteley.com The animation was created using Maya, Mental Ray and Final Render. Composited in After Effects. See how I achieved flicker free global illumination and other methods including compositing techniques in the Making of 3D Gore Zoid section.

Nov
25
2007
3D Animation Bookshelf
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Screenshot From 3D Animation Bookshelf

Added a 3D Animation Bookshelf section.

I have included ‘art of’ and ‘making of film’ books from major studios including Pixar, ILM and Dreamworks. I have also included 3D animation Blu-ray DVD’s.

Sep
02
2006
New T-Shirt Designs
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T-Shirt Selection Screen On Website


T-Shirt Design Book

Added a new t-shirt store section consisting of six unique designs. To browse the T-Shirt Design Book above, click and drag the pages. If you would like to buy one of the designs please go to my main website at andywhiteley.com and click on the “T-Shirts” button at the right hand side.

Sep
01
2006
New Website Version 2.0
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The new version of the website is more user friendly. It is easier to navigate due to the added information bar and project selection bar at the bottom of the main screen. I have incorporated a more pleasing blue and orange colour scheme instead of the plain white, while attempting to keep the colours muted so the images stand out more. The bookshelf section is now a lot easier to navigate with a cleaner layout.

May
01
2005
New Domain Name Registration
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It has been taken for years, but I finally managed to register the andywhiteley.co.uk domain name with UKReg.co.uk This will redirect to my .com domain name.

Sep
01
2004
Changed To Fasthosts
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Changed hosting account from Bargainhost.co.uk to Fasthosts.co.uk mainly because of a rise in price per mb, but also due to a better quality of service. Fasthosts is also integrated with my domain name handler UKReg.co.uk so it’s easier to manage.

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