March - Week 3

So this has been an incredibly busy week.  The news of a baby on the way has definitely taken front row to everything else in my mind... including homework.  I think the Lord is doing some pretty awesome work in showing us that He is going to provide for us through this and in growing a heart in me to be a more selfless man, even if that means spending a bit less time on school and a bit more time prepping for a new baby.  Everyday I feel like He's showing me what an awesome wife I have.  I have to say, I love the transition.

With that said, however, I'm loving class this month.  I've had a chance this past week to learn some new compositing software called "Nuke".  Without getting overly complicated, Nuke is a software that is used to combine one or more images/videos to give the illusion of a single shot.  It's been used on movies like "Avatar" and "Where the Wild Things Are" for previsualizations and panoramic composites.   

This week we were tasked with taking multiple shots and combining them into a 2 second animation.  The two shots above were modeled in Maya and then composited in Nuke for the video. The compression seems a bit rough on the video here so it may be a bit grainy and it's super short so you may have to try and watch it a few times.

More to come next week.  To my family: I love you guys... see you next month!   and to my wife: you're amazing, ... oh, and your nose whistle is cute.  I Love you.