Do You Know ? (God of War III)

First comes the idea! "Our director Stig decided he wanted Helios to go down in an epic fashion, with his head being ripped off. Then comes the execution. We had the animation department create the head rip and eye bulge. Then character art modeled some guts and we used some shader tricks to get the ripping effect to happen. The fx department added the blood and the rigging guys put the whole thing together.”

Creating a usable set of tools in Maya was the first challenge to meet before even beginning to model. “When the studio started, we decided to use Maya and make it our editor. All of our tools are in Maya. We have five technical artists and three tools programmers who are dedicated to creating tools for the artists, designers and animators. Each department has their own toolboxes to maximize workflow. We use Maya’s particle systems, its rigging/animation system and key framer. We’ve created a CGFX shader that utilizes the hypershade and renders in the perspective window. Pretty much any feature that we have on the PS3 renders in Maya and what doesn’t, we have live linked with Maya attributes. Our Programming Team created an entity system in Maya that uses connections and scripting similar to other game engines and editors...

-God of War Team-

Do You Know ? (G.I. JOE)

Do You Know that G.I. JOE used for almost 124 VFX for that movie alone ?

And that they SPENT, yes, SPENT a lot of money for CRUSHING cars ? I mean, REAL cars, not CG cars..wow...

Tahukah kamu film G.I. JOE menggunakan hampir 124 visual effects ?

dan mereka mengeluarkan dana, ya, mengeluarkan banyak uang untuk MENGHANCURKAN mobil-mobil ? Maksudku, mobil BENERAN, bukan mobil CG alias mobil palsu..wow..

Do You Know ? (Ironman)

"Do You Know ?" is a new feature in this page, containts news, tips & tricks, and other issues around CG / Multimedia.
"Do You Know ?" adalah fitur baru di halaman ini, berisi berita, tips & tricks, dan informasi2 seputar dunia CG / Multimedia.


So let's get started.

Do you know that Ironman movie used at least 1000++ PC just for rendering purpose ?
In this industry, they call it a RENDER FARM.
Just for 1 frame (1 second = 25 frames) it took around 8 hours to render. Can you imagined how long this "Ironman" character show up in that movie alone ? Hmmm.....

Apa kalian tahu kalo film Ironman menggunakan sedikitnya 1000++ PC hanya untuk proses rendering ?
Di dunia industri, mereka menyebutnya sebagai RENDER FARM.
Hanya untuk 1 frame (1 detik = 25 frame) memakan waktu sekitar 8 jam hanya untuk render. Bisa bayangkan berapa lama karakter "Ironman" muncul di film itu ? Hmmm.....

Some software infos

When we talk about Multimedia, we often to ask "what is it exactly ?", and if we focused on Indonesia, Surabaya especially (since ranimation studio is in Surabaya), many people don't understand the word "Multimedia"..how sad...

OK, some tips for beginners :
1. Do know what is your purpose in doing design (what design, who's you client, who's your target market, what product, etc)
1. Cari tau tujuanmu apa dalam mendesign (design apa, sapa clientnya, konsumen/pasar, produk apa, dll)

2. Do know how to achieve. This concerns of what software(s) to use.
2. Harus tau gimana cara mencapai tujuanmu. Ini menyangkut pemilihan software apa yang akan digunakan.

3. Do practice and learn a lot of softwares, improve your software skills, don't be lazy and pretend you're the one.
3. Latihan dan belajarlah banyak software, tingkatkan software skillmu, jangan malas dan jangan bersikap kamu yang paling bisa.

Those 3 points above refers to your software knowledge. So i'll breakdown the softwares which practically used in most production house in Indonesia especially (don't compare Indonesia to Hollywood)
1. Adobe Photoshop. This software often used for arranging images, retouch photos, posters, even simple animation (the output is .gif).
1. Adobe Photoshop. Software ini sering digunakan untuk mengatur image, retouch foto, bikin poster, sampai animasi simpel (hasilnya berbentuk .gif)

2. Adobe Illustrator. This software is used for making illustrations, vector art, and any other vector-based images.
2. Adobe Illustrator. Software ini digunakan utk membuat ilustrasi, vector art, dan semua image berbentuk vector.

3. Adobe Premiere. This software is used for arranging video, capturing video, and render video.
3. Adobe Premiere. Software ini digunakan untuk mengatur video, meng-capture video (dari kamera ke komputer) dan render video.

4. Adobe After Effect. This software is used for making motion graphic (e.g : MTV bumper, title, etc), animating still images and is compositing software.
4. Adobe After Effect. Software ini digunakan untuk membuat motion graphic (cth : bumper MTV, Opening bumper ceriwis, Opening bumper wisata kuliner, title, dll), meng-animasi gambar diam, dan merupakan compositing software.

5. Macromedia/Adobe Flash. This is a hyper-super-duper excellent interactive multimedia software. Can be used for website, presentation, game, slides, 2D animation, etc.
5. Macromedia/Adobe Flash. Ini adalah super duper hiper kleper software multimedia interaktif yang bagus. Bisa utk membuat website, presentasi, game, slide, animasi 2D, dll.

6. Macromedia/Adobe Dreamweaver. This is a twin of Flash. Can be used for making website, compositing images and turn it into website.
6. Macromedia/Adobe Dreamweaver. Ini kembarannya si Flash. Digunakan utk membuat website, dan meng-komposisikan jpeg dan mengubahnya jadi website.

7. Macromedia/Adobe Director. This software is used for making a touch screen become interactive ! If you ever wonder how can you make a touch screen presentation, this is your answer !
7. Macromedia/Adobe Director. Software ini digunakan untuk membuat touch screen jadi semakin interaktif ! Kalau ada yang pernah bertanya bagaimana cara membuat presentasi touch screen, software inilah jawabannya !

8. Autodesk 3dsmax. A 3d-based software for making 3d animation, architecture, etc.
8. Autodesk 3dsmax. Sebuah software berbasis 3d untuk membuat animasi 3d, arsitektur, dll.

9. Autodesk Maya. A twin of 3dsmax, often used for animation purpose.
9. Autodesk Maya. Kembarannya si 3dsmax, lebih sering digunakan untuk animasi (karena emang didesign ke arah animasi 3d).

Well, those are some Multimedia softwares which you can look and try, and hopefully you guys can develop a new, hidden talent in multimedia design !

A good news to those who lives in Surabaya, because you can have a multimedia courses with acceptable price @ Vectorscope, School of Creative Technology. For more infos can ask me here.

Go Go Go !