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MotorStorm’s E3 2005 trailer in at #30 in GT’s all time Top 100

triff — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:42:17 +0000

This video has a pretty special place in my past because up until this point, even a bad review of a game I’d worked on, posted on a website only twelve people read was flattering.

This was the first work I did for Evolution, initially designing/building the yellow dune buggy in 3ds Max and then, having discovered I’m a bit of a render/shader nerd, getting involved in the direction of the trailer, which was eventually shown alongside the announcement of the PlayStation 3 at E3. Massive, massive buzz.

GameTrailers Top 100 – Trailers # 20-41

More info over here.

Physically-Based Real-Time Lens Flare Rendering (SIGGRAPH 2011)

triff — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:00:35 +0000

I’ve always been an ultra nerd when it comes to digital representations of any physical phenomenon, particularly optics and things involving light/surfaces/rendering. I’ve also got a bit of a rep for having ‘laser eyes’ and spotting teeny visual problems things that often maybe I shouldn’t Lens flares are pretty much cliché #1 in computer graphics, so when this paper popped up from SIGGRAPH (which I haven’t attended now in 6 years), I was slightly surprised and, I’ll admit it, skeptical.

The maths of the refraction behind their calculations and the visual result more than satisfy my penchant for realism, if this tech is marketable as a plug-in compatible with mainstream VFX/motion graphics apps from After Effects up to Nuke, Smoke etc, and maybe even streamlined into console compatible middleware, I think they’re onto a winner.

Physically-Based Real-Time Lens Flare Rendering (SIGGRAPH 2011 Paper) from Matthias Hullin on Vimeo.

iPhone SLR Mount for Canon and Nikon lenses

triff — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:26:11 +0000

Gotta say I’m a little confused about these types of gadgets – if I’m going to take my lenses out, surely I’ll be taking my SLR too? It’s hardly an ‘in your pocket’ photographic solution which is the main time I’d be using my iPhone as a camera anyway. It’s also way overpriced and I can’t imagine why the iPhone 4 version is $60 more – because iPhone 4 owners have more money? Because they had to cover the flash at massive expense?

That said, the thought of using some iPhone software like Hipstamatic with quality optics and manual focus is mildly intriguing and I’m sure there are all sorts of innovative gadget/software combinations out there but it’s not enough to make me spend $250 on this and not a new lens or other ‘proper’ photography kit.

More: The iPhone SLR Mount.

Apparat – DJ KiCKS

triff — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:13:36 +0000

Brilliant new mix for !K7′s DJ KiCKS series from Berlin’s Apparat and an interview on Pitchfork where he discusses influences and the aims behind this mix, which has practically been on repeat on my iPod since it came out.

Tracklist
01. Apparat – Circles
02. 69 – Rushed
03. Telefon Tel Aviv – Lengthening Shadows
04. Apparat – Interlude
05. Luke Abbott – More Room
06. Oval – Legendary
07. Patrice Baumel – Sub
08. Martyn – Miniluv
09. Ripperton – Echocity
10. Cosmin TRG – Tower Block
11. Scorn – Falling (Autechre “FR 13″ Remix)
12. Born Ruffians – I Need A Life (Four Tet Remix)
13. Pantha Du Prince – Welt Am Draht
14. Phon.o – Intervall
15. Burial + Four Tet – Moth
16. Vincent Markowski – The Madness Of Moths
17. Ramadanman – Tempest
18. Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill
19. Spherix – Lesser People
20. Oval – TV Power
21. Joy Orbison – The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow
22. Apparat – Sayulita (DJ-KiCKS)
23. T++ – Worn Down
24. Tim Hecker – Borderlands

Red Bull Music Academy lectures

triff — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:09:53 +0000

The Red Bull Music Academy has a pretty extensive library of its lectures online by all sorts of electronic artists. I missed the Modeselektor one at Bauhaus Dessau at MELT! 2010 so it’s good to be able to pick this one from London up.

In their own words: “Welcome to our huge and ever-growing video archive. This is where you can find videos of Academy lectures, from MPC-60 and s950 workouts with DJ Premier, to looking under the bonnet of some of studioland’s finest analog mixing boards with supa-engineer Russ Elevado. Start exploring hundreds of sessions and workshops from pioneers across the fields of production, mastering, songwriting, remixing, arrangements, the lost art of DJing, analogue synthesis, drum programming, and much more right here.”

Other lectures by Cut Chemist, Kieran Hebden, uZiq, Kode9, Martyn, Steve Reich, Buraka Som Sistema, Robert Moog, Adrian Sherwood…… List just goes on and on.