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| animation | 10/4/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: I'm quite interested in a double major of Animation and Cinematography/Video Production. I would ...
A: Animation...that is a real loaded question. Well, I am actually a self-taught animator, so I don't ...
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| animation | 10/4/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: I'm quite interested in a double major of Animation and Cinematography/Video Production. I would ...
A: First I need to know where you're from and?or Where you would like to go to school and i can help ...
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| animation | 10/4/2008 | Joseph Silver |
Q: I'm quite interested in a double major of Animation and Cinematography/Video Production. I would ...
A: digital techniques have transformed the entire industry, sometimes replacing old-school techniques. ...
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| Specs for a PC being used for video animation and game design | 10/4/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: I want to build my son a pc for his video animation and game design company.he writes his own ...
A: I responded to this yesterday...I don't know what happened. I was trying to get a feel for how old ...
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| Pixar Software | 10/2/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: just a quick question for you: What 3d modeling/animation programmes do the film makers Pixar use? ...
A: Hey Lee, you are correct regarding Pixar and their proprietary Renderman. Beyond that, most studios ...
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| Flash Context Menu | 10/2/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: Is there any way to completely disable the flash context menu even in the projector? thanks :)
A: I use Flash mostly for cartoon animation and I do very little action scripting. Here is a user group ...
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| best mother board for 3d animation | 10/2/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: I am priyan,I decide to get pc for 3d & editing work so could you prefer which mother board & ...
A: Hey Priyan, There are no definite answers on that, because most of that depends on budget. I will ...
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| differences | 9/26/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: My 15 year old daughter was sitting with a grooup of her peers and made a comment that there was a ...
A: They are both right. A cartoon, like a Bugs Bunny film cartoon is animation. A newspaper strip or ...
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| name of sotware | 9/17/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: sir i am a artist .I required a software by which help i can imagine how human structure(male or ...
A: Hey Jaidev, That is the easiest question I've received in the last 2 years! Without a shadow of ...
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| Action Script Syntax Erro | 9/16/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: I have been trying to add the following actionscript to a movie clip without any success: on (press) ...
A: I'm stuck on this. Try this user group: http://www.laflash.org/laflash They may have the answer ...
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| Flash Animation and Sound | 9/15/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: What is the best way to add sound to my Flash Animations? I have put mp3 files in Flash and the ...
A: I do all my audio track work in Digidesign ProTools. I first record in ProTools and make hi res ...
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| matte painting | 9/13/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: sir im a student right now ....and studying animation ...and wanted to build up my career in matte ...
A: I would think about what industry you're most interested in. If it's gaming, you may want to do 3ds ...
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| matte painting | 9/13/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: sir im a student right now ....and studying animation ...and wanted to build up my career in matte ...
A: I answered this one a few days ago...I don't know what happened. As far as matte painting, try ...
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| Maya courses | 9/9/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: My 16 year old daughter is interested in graphic arts as a career. We have purchased a student ...
A: Maya is the industry standard for a lot of things, but it is not the all-end-all. I am a 3d Max ...
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| About my career in an animation | 9/8/2008 | Joseph Silver |
Q: i would like to ask that as i am doing now A-levels(Cambridge university).can i go to animation ...
A: animators come from many different backgrounds. most do not study mathematics or physics. generally, ...
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| video format | 9/5/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: After Effects has several wide screen formats to choose from. Which would you recommend, and which ...
A: NOOOOOOoooooooo.......! LOL! don't do it layer by layer. If you are trying to add an effect to ...
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| wide screen formats | 9/4/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: After Effects has several wide screen formats to choose from. Which would you recommend, and which ...
A: Hollywood movies usually use a widescreen format that is wider than our HDTV standard. HDTV is 16x9 ...
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| video format | 9/4/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: After Effects has several wide screen formats to choose from. Which would you recommend, and which ...
A: Hey Jim, First off, understand that movie resolution is totally different than DV and HD, because ...
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| how does NBC Olympics 2008 do the graphic overlays? | 8/16/2008 | Joseph Silver |
Q: I've searched but cannot find a story about how NBC does the graphic overlays seen during their ...
A: such as those provided by chryon, are used to generate the real-time graphic overlays that you ...
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| 2d versus 3d | 8/16/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: With 2d animation, can I scan in my own art work and animate it from there? What is the difference ...
A: Look at VectorEye, On2 Flix or Silhouette for Illustrator regarding vectorizstion software. The PC ...
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| 2d versus 3d | 8/15/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: With 2d animation, can I scan in my own art work and animate it from there? What is the difference ...
A: Yes you can scan in your art work but to truly animate it you may need to vectorize it. This means ...
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| animating a picture sequence | 8/9/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: I imported a series of PNG pictures that make up an animation into After Effects as a "sequence" and ...
A: Hey Jim, I just want to make sure first that you are importing a sequence properly... In AE, if ...
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| animating a picture sequence | 8/9/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: I imported a series of PNG pictures that make up an animation into After Effects as a "sequence" and ...
A: You can quickly change how fast or slow the entire composition is by adjusting it's frame rate. You ...
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| animating a picture sequence | 8/9/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: I imported a series of PNG pictures that make up an animation into After Effects as a "sequence" and ...
A: There's probably a preference for duration of each pic you bring in. I don't use After Effects the ...
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| animating image sequence | 8/9/2008 | Joseph Silver |
Q: I imported a series of PNG pictures that make up an animation into After Effects as a "sequence" and ...
A: in after effects, time-stretch your .png sequence to shorten it. for example, in the time-stretching ...
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| career in animation | 8/7/2008 | Joseph Silver |
Q: I am not sure whether to go for 3d animation or 2d animation or any other animation. Can you please ...
A: my advice is to find an area of animation that interests you. ultimately, i believe you will excel ...
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| career in animation | 8/7/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: I am not sure whether to go for 3d animation or 2d animation or any other animation. Can you please ...
A: 3D has a greater number of applications, gaming, television, visualization, even cartoons. If you go ...
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| Advice regarding animation | 8/5/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: I have read past answers given by you and I feel you are the best person to ask this question. ...
A: Maya seems to be the program of choice. Figure out what aspect of it you want to be an expert at and ...
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| 2d animation on flash | 8/4/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: . i have a 2D animated job from an expensive airline company.. they have provided the photos and the ...
A: What is the schedule and total run time expected to be? The cost can vary greatly based on these ...
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| Downloading Maya Personal Learning System | 8/3/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: This is Anita who worked at Warners with you on Pinky&the Brain. How are you? I've got a question ...
A: I think you're going to have to call Maya tech support or Windows tech support on this one. Sorry I ...
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| TVC procedure | 7/29/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: We need to make a TVC for a theatre.. First is to shoot the games from a computer and then put it in ...
A: I never heard the term TVC for commercials until now. You learn something new every day! If you're ...
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| school for animation. | 7/25/2008 | Andrew Ransavage |
Q: I was wondering on your thoughts on 1 year animation courses.I looked at http://www.daveschool.com/ ...
A: I'm not familiar with the school you linked but their info seems very impressive, although so does ...
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| flash price? | 7/23/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: Know where I can find a Flash animation program for a good price? And thanks for answering my ...
A: If you are taking a class or going to school you can get a great discount at: ...
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| After Effects animation | 7/23/2008 | Joseph Silver |
Q: Any way to do frame by frame (traditional) animation on After Effects? I recently got the program ...
A: then import the sequenced artwork into after effects. for example, you can create a sequence of ...
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| AE animation | 7/23/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: Any way to do frame by frame (traditional) animation on After Effects? I recently got the program ...
A: Hey Jim, Sure you can, but I'm not sure you would want to try do draw the frames in After Effects. ...
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| AE animation | 7/23/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: Any way to do frame by frame (traditional) animation on After Effects? I recently got the program ...
A: You can do it but it's much more time consuming than using other programs that are made for ...
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| cartoons | 7/13/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: What is the process of pitching my cartoon script to a network? Contact marketing? Do I need a ...
A: If you're writing a script for an existing show you need an agent. If you're pitching you're own ...
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| Disney Art | 7/4/2008 | Russell Calabrese |
Q: I have something and I don't know what it is. To start with, it's a 12x15 piece of thick cardboard ...
A: If you can send me some Jpegs of it with some close up details I can research it for and give you an ...
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| import file to powerp point and retain animation | 7/3/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: I saved an animated file as an html and bmp file. when I import it into power point I lost the ...
A: First of all, I want to apologize for taking so long to respond. I was out of town on business, and ...
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| 3dsmax and photoshop tutorials | 6/23/2008 | Andre Hickman |
Q: I have just started using 3dsmax and Photoshop. Can you tell me any good tutorials for them..as for ...
A: Most people do not realize how easy it is to find 3D Max tutorials. Simply go to Yahoo or Google ...
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