Atomike Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 In case you haven't seen it, Zach has a video podcast which he updates regularly with his work: http://www.hash.com/users/zachbg/vodcast.html His stuff is always great, but this week's Olympic-themed video is particularly hilarious. Zach probably has the most consistently laugh-out-loud animations, and I can't imagine why you wouldn't subscribe to this excellent podcast. Go do it now!! Quote
Dhar Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Yeah. Zach's da bomb. He is one motivating factor for me. Go Zach go Quote
ZachBG Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 thanks guys... I swear I didn't pay anyone to write this... (runs away, embarrassed that he'll pull a Sally Field...) Quote
ddustin Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 thanks guys... I swear I didn't pay anyone to write this... (runs away, embarrassed that he'll pull a Sally Field...) It was excellent!! Quote
Admin Rodney Posted February 23, 2006 Admin Posted February 23, 2006 I can't imagine why you wouldn't subscribe to this excellent podcast. I can. Bandwidth, blocked internet sites and firewall issues. The world just isn't fair to us animation fanatics. I'll catch up later with ZachBG's work though. Looking forward to that. Go get 'em Zach! Quote
Zaryin Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Haha, that was pretty funny. Was that rendered with AO? Quote
*A:M User* Shelton Posted February 23, 2006 *A:M User* Posted February 23, 2006 Very nice!! Excellent work! Steve Quote
ZachBG Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Haha, that was pretty funny. Was that rendered with AO? Everything except the last shot, which used a Jeff Lee skylight rig. Quote
oakchas Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 very nice Zach... hahaha! Shaggy's no doubt going to be a spokesman for "head on" headace remedy! Quote
Stuart Rogers Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Was that rendered with AO?Everything except the last shot, which used a Jeff Lee skylight rig.I notice there's some illumination flickering in the last shot. Was that a problem, or something you left in because you had better things to do than re-render? It's a good fun piece. I also thought your State of the Union anim was very funny. Quote
ZachBG Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Thanks! There was flickering because Jeff's skylights have a problem occasionally with 24 fps, for some reason; they get out of sync eventually, depending on the number of passes. I've never been able to figure out why. I would have done that bit with AO as well, if it hadn't popped out at 30 minutes per frame. I'd like to re-render it, but I'll probably never get around to it... Quote
Dhar Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Hey Zach, what do you use to record sound? hardware/software/price? Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 25, 2006 Hash Fellow Posted February 25, 2006 Zach is the king of the Animation:Master one-man short! What? No crowd noise? Quote
ZachBG Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 Hey Zach, what do you use to record sound? hardware/software/price? I use Pro Tools LE with an MBox; basically a USB interface with two XLR/instrument jacks. It's fairly expensive as sound interfaces go--$250--but you get to use the same software that Skywalker Sound uses. (I say "fairly expensive" but most ProTools interfaces are in the thousands of dollars.) Then I have an Octava mic which I got for like 10% of retail at Guitar Center (this was two years ago at least, so I doubt that promotion is still running.) But sometimes, if I don't have the mBox handy, I just use a free, open-source sound editor called Audacity and my built-in mic or a headset mic. That's all you need, really, especially if you process the sound with a hiss remover. What? No crowd noise? Hey, the crowd is very quiet during dives! It's like a tennis match, except with water. And no rackets or John McEnroe. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 25, 2006 Hash Fellow Posted February 25, 2006 What? No crowd noise? Hey, the crowd is very quiet during dives! It's like a tennis match, except with water. And no rackets or John McEnroe. A gasp from the crowd[attachmentid=14713] And then a distant "That's gotta hurt!" LoonGasp.mov Quote
nimblepix Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 As the movie reviewers say, "laugh out loud funny." You have awesome skills! Your timeing is spot on. Wow! Quote
3DArtZ Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 I couldn't see any of these.... and I have the latest qt installed.... Hmmm Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com Quote
ZachBG Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 If anyone's interested, I re-rendered the final shot of this with AO and soft reflections... and added Robert's crowd gasp; thanks, Robert. You can find it here. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Perfect! AND HYSTERICAL! You're a gem. Quote
Gary Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 I subscribed to Zach's podcast with iTunes, but I only get the audio on playback (I've got QT v7.0.4). Am I missing something in the settings somewhere? Thanks for any help. Quote
Stuart Rogers Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 I subscribed to Zach's podcast with iTunes, but I only get the audio on playback (I've got QT v7.0.4). Am I missing something in the settings somewhere?Probably not - you're probably missing a codec, although that does seem unlikely as you have the latest version of QT. Have you tried downloading the movie file directly instead of using iTunes? That's what I did (I have QT 7.0 on a Mac) and had no problems. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 10, 2006 Admin Posted April 10, 2006 Thanks for bumping this up guys. I finally got to download and see it. (Now where is my applause .wav?) Very very funny. Absolutely great stuff. Bravo... Encore! Quote
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