Animation is concentration... and organization (slides)

Hi guys,

I'll be giving a lecture this weekend at San Luis Digital (San Luis, Argentina). I'll talk about how we use agile software development methodology on the rigging department during my adventures at Kandor Graphics and some basics of pipeline in animated films.

Here is a link to the slide deck (spanish only), there're plenty of animated gifs, memes and graphics so I don't think that language is such a big deal on this one.
- LIVE (heavy on images, might take a while)
- Repo

So, if you're going to be in San Luis this weekend please join us at SLD, it'll be fun :-)
Cheers!


By the way, reveal.js rocks!

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Git For Softimage

Hi folks,

I've been working with Git as version control system on my developments for a while and thought it might be useful add some version control abilities to my softimage projects.

https://github.com/csaez/gitforsoftimage

It implements:

• Commit history
• Branching
• Remotes

If you don't want to continue the 'incremental save' madness, or if you are looking for an easy way to collaborate with others in small projects, give it a try, it's free and open!

Let me know what you think,
Cheers.


By the way, if you're not familiar with distributed version control systems there are a few key concepts that must be considered, don't forget to check the documentation.

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QuickLauncher

Hey folks,

Today I want to share a tool I've been using for a while, it's a simple menu to search and launch softimage commnads and scripts (you can set the script directory on the preferences).

In order to make it fast I'm caching the commands and script paths (just the paths, the script itself is loaded on runtime), so if you add a new script file or connect/disconnect workgroups please make sure that the cache is reloaded (there's a command just for that) and everything should be fine.

The menu requires PyQtForSoftimage and is available here.

Give it a try and let me know what you think :-)
Cheers!

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RigIcon goes open source

Hi folks,
Do you remember rigicon? now you can get it from github!

There's also a brief documentation and a pre-packed xsiaddon in case you don't want to mess with the source code, dependencies and so on... if you have no idea what I'm talking about take a look at the old preview.

You will need PyQtForSoftimage installed in your system, other than that everything should work fine OOTB.

Cheers!

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Justin and the Knights of Valour - Official Theatrical Trailer

Hi folks,

There's a new trailer for Justin and the Knights of Valor, a Kandor Graphics film where I had the pleasure of working as Rigging Supervisor.

Working on this project was an AMAZING experience, I was able to jump into the project from the beginning and participate in the design of almost everything rigging related, help shaping the character pipeline and work with some of the most talented/clever guys I've ever met (well done guys, you rock!).

I can't wait to see it in theaters... and don't forget to watch the trailer in HD ;)

Cheers!

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Justin and the Knights of Valour - Official Teaser Trailer

Here it is... check out the first teaser trailer for the film in which I've been working on, has been a blast! :)

More at http://justinandtheknightsofvalour.com

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Holymonks' face rig

Hey guys,

I did this one a while ago but I never share it here, it's a custom tool designed to quickly wire up facial rig for an animated tv series.

The rig itself has nothing special but it worked fine for their needs/schedule constraints, so everyone happy :-)

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Honda Oddysey

I just found a TV commercial in which I've worked long time ago, I did the generic character rig and the jellyfishes.

It was a remote work for Gizmo, good job guys!

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Demo Reel 2008

Hey folks,

My old demo reel ... there are some things I would do differently but this comes from the me of 2008 ;-)

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