Hi Guys

I found this Stop Motion Animation

Paul

Hi Guys

I wanted to inform you (HND1 & Foundation GRFX) that tomorrow 20^th March 07 and on the 21^st March 07 you will not have lessons with me since I will be attending a course. You will still have other lessons.

Paul

Hi guys this might interest you!!

Adobe have just announced that there will be 2 versions of Photoshop CS3 comming out. The new Photoshop will be called Photoshop CS3 Extended. With this new version will have the possibility to render and incorporate 3D images into your 2D composites. Stop time with easy editing of motion graphics on video layers. And probe your images with measurement, analysis, and visualization tools.
Click here to read more.

Hi guys
Here are some sites to help you

For the Web
Flash – Adobe
SwishMax – SwishZone

TV and Film (Motion Graphics and VFX)
After Effects – Adobe
Combustion – Autodesk
Flame – Autodesk
Inferno – Autodesk

2D Toon Animation
Toonboom Studio Express – toonboom
Toonboom Studio – toonboom
Harmony – toonboom

3D Animation
Maya – Autodesk
3DS Max – Autodesk
Lightwave – Newtek
Cinema 4D – Maxon
Houdini – Side effects
Softimage - Avid

Paul

Now this was the first Animation done by a New York newspaper cartoonist James Stuart Blackton who interviewd the inventor Thomas Edison who was experimenting with moving pictures as you saw in the previous post. In 1906 they publicly released Humorous Phases of Funny Faces the first animation. Blackton used about 3000 'flickering drawings' to make this first animated picture. He is the forefather of the animated cartoon. The animation shown in the previuos post was a test they did before this. The novelty brought explosions of laughter and was an instant hit!

Paul

Hi HNDs

This term we will be starting Animation Techniques and to get you in the mood I will be posting some interesting facts and sites on this blog. To begin with here is the first interactive animation ever produce. Pretty ingenious considering it was done in 1900. No Computers, no DV Cameras etc.


Enjoy

Hi Guys
I was delighted today to meet your parents and it was a pleasure to talk to them and you during the open day.
I found some good sites you might be interested in
http://www.3d-create.com/keko/home.php
Go to this site and check this guy’s short animation and read his about me page. Very interesting.

Adobe has restarted issuing the online proxy pdf magazine. You can find and download the premiere issue and subscribe here
http://www.adobemagazine.com/ Get inspired. Then get to work!

I would like to see some of your comments about what I’m posting. Those of you who have registered to the blog and would like to comment about a post just click on the pencil symbol and leave a comment. Like this the blog would become more interesting and we can even help one another here.

Take Care
Paul

I have just invited HND 1 students to this blog so that they can
also participate. I will post sites related to the next term unit assignment –
Animation techniques.
If you want to join in create a gmail account if you
do not have one go here https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount but if you have one already there is no need to do so.
Regards

Paul

Il-Gaġġa at ninth European Film Festival

By MaltaMedia NewsFeb 22, 2007 - 10:27:52 AM

Maltese full-length feature film Il-Gaġġa, directed by Mario Azzopardi over 35 years ago, will feature in the ninth Edition of the European Film Festival.
The Festival which, as in the past is being organised in collaboration with the Embassies of the EU Member States, will be launched on Saturday, 3rd March 2007 and run until Saturday 24th March to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome which was signed on 25th March 1957.
This edition will feature a variety of films from twenty-one Member States including Malta. Nineteen films are being presented at the Eden Cinemas, St. George’s Bay and two at the Citadel Theatre, Victoria, Gozo.
Il-Gaġġa will be screened on the first night. It based on a novel by Frans Sammut. Even though this film was a product of University students in 1971, it remains extremely topical and influential in today’s day and age. It is also one of Malta’s first cinematographic masterpieces, involving a long list of local talent. The 75-minute film was transferred to digital format and enhanced by Studio 7 Productions.
The second is an evening of Maltese short, recently produced films followed by a discussion on how the EU can help catalyse a film production industry in Malta. Only last week, the EU launched its new MEDIA 2007 programme which is set to financially boost to Europe’s film industry over the next seven years.

As in previous editions, the 9th European Film Festival will also be contributing to raise funds for a good cause. This year's proceeds will be collected in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust which provides information, advice, support and, where appropriate, financial assistance to anyone affected by Cystic Fibrosis.

Tickets at a voluntary price of Lm1 for each show will be available at the box office of both venues as from Friday 23rd February 2007.