Aardman and Primary School Children to make new animation

Posted about 1 month ago by Paul Goodison - Posted in General

Aardaman know for Wallace and Gromit (and lots more) are to make a new animation with Primary aged children I just read (bit late) at the Independent:

 

The British animation company is working with the Tate Gallery to produce the first Tate movie – a 20-minute animated film drawn entirely by children aged between five and 11.

What a great idea! I hope they pull it off successfully.

I was quite shocked to discover that my daughter (in Year 8 now) was animating in Adobe Flash last year.

Excellent news for the industry that children are being encouraged to explore the use of this technology!

Posted by Paul Goodison
Tags: animation , aardman , creative industry , adobe flash ,

Photoshop PhotoMosaics

Posted about 1 month ago by Paul Goodison - Posted in Software

Really liked this tutorial by Tyler Jordan (at CSS Creme) that gives you a way to produce a photo mosiac using photoshop, very simply.

Here's my version using the tutorial - this is of Clun Castle in Shropshire.

By the way - I didn't have Contact Sheet II installed by default with Photoshop CS4 and had to go and download from Adobe (although it is on the install disks for CS4)

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Tags: photoshop , mosaic ,

Holomatrix - we can't wait!

Posted about 1 month ago by Paul Goodison - Posted in Plug-ins

We're very excited by the news that Aharon Rabinowitz and Dan Ebberts are producing a new plug-in, due to be released through Red Giant Software (where he is a marketing director). The plug-in, Holomatrix, looks to be able to generate holographic effects and matrix style effects (hence the name D'oh). You can find out more from John Dickinson's interview with Aharon.

I'm hoping we can get some demos out quickly once we get a copy!

Posted by Paul Goodison
Tags: plug-ins , adobe after effects , red giant software , aharon rabinowitz , dan ebberts , Holomatrix ,