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My new animation loop 'squirl' is now available here on Video Hive. A free HD frame sample is available here!
These animations were made with the amazing Apophysis software. Check it out when you get a chance, and I guarantee you'll become an addict!

My new animation loop 'hello_sun' is now available here on Video Hive. A free HD frame sample is available here!
These animations were made with the amazing Apophysis software. Check it out when you get a chance, and I guarantee you'll become an addict!

My new animation loop ‘quantum_rebirth’ is now available here on Video Hive. A free HD frame sample is available here!
These animations were made with the amazing Apophysis software. Check it out when you get a chance, and I guarantee you'll become an addict!

Client: Multinational media training institute
Location: London, UK
Date first run: February 2006
Involvement: Entire process, solo project
Applications: Cinema 4D
Target: Potential 3d and multimedia students

Here's most of the media from one of my 'complete beginners' workshops. They were created a while ago but work fine in newer versions of Cinema 4D (principles and tools are the [...]

Just a couple of useful links to explain camera moves and composition terms
Camera moves
Composition and camera movement

I should put these in the links section, but this is quicker for now.

FXGuide.com
CGTalk.com
CGChannel.com
SIGGRAPH
VFXPro.com
Turbo Squid
Flay.com

Reference resources:

www.3d.sk - Human reference photos.
www.1000skies.com - High Dynamic Range (HDR) sky textures.
BBC Motion Gallery - Video clips from BBC news and documentaries
Open Video Project
ImageAfter - Hires textures and images
FotoSearch - stock photo library search portal
NASA Blue Marble Earth Imagery - [...]

I should put these in the links section, but this is quicker for now.

Animal Logic
Blue Sky
Cinesite
Digital Domain
Double Negative
Framestore CFC
ILM
MPC
The Orphanage
PDI/Dreamworks
Pixar Animation Studios
Rhythm & Hues
Rising Sun Pictures
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tippet Studio
Weta

Aisha had a quick question about which DVD format is suitable for home produced videos.
For background, I paraphrased the following from here: http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3
There are six recordable versions of DVD:
DVD-R for General, DVD-R for Authoring, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD+R
DVD-R and DVD+R can record data once, like CD-R, whereas DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW can be rewritten [...]

Ren asked about whether you can make a 16:9 movie rather than 4:3 for your project. I am fine with this, although it can be a bit fiddly setting it up correctly for a DVD.
There are various standards of widescreen, to aid compatibility with older TV sets.
Letterboxed - actually 4:3 ratio (like 'normal' TV) but [...]