Monthly Archives: March 2010

In the works: SteamPipe

By greg | Published: March 31, 2010
We’ve been busy working on a new standalone web-based asset manager called SteamPipe.  The system, focused on animation and visual effects pipelines, aims to be simple, yet powerful and flexible.  From our extensive pipeline experience, we set out to make a general tool which we hope will soon become a standard in the CG industry. Features: Flexibility [...]
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Don’t Feed the Creatures…

By admin | Published: March 25, 2010
Director: Kickstand Producers: Rob O’Neill, Daniel Dawson, Greg Elshoff Modeling: George Smaragdis, Bryan Eck Rigging: George Smaragdis, StretchMesh Animation: George Smaragdis, Jonathan Lee, Bryan Eck Lighting and Compositing: Jonathan Lee Sound Design: George Smaragdis and Paris Smaragdis Special Thanks: NYFrequency. Shot on RED, produced at Kickstand, Brooklyn, NY in 2009. Shot breakdown on our reel: vimeo.com/8089163
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Maya Python UI

By greg | Published: March 4, 2010
A lot of people ask me how to deal with UI’s in Maya, especially how to lay things out properly. The example below shows a simple way to construct a ui in Python. One thing that’s nice about using Python for ELF UI’s is how UI names can be easily unique and accessible. [...]
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A Couple of User-Created OpenPipeline Video Tutorials Posted!

By robo | Published: March 3, 2010
A few of the students over at Animation Mentor posted tutorials about how they use OpenPipeline in production. Thanks to Paul Borawski Jr. and Peter Ruschel for making the effort and for supporting OpenPipeline.
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