With the aim of properly getting back into keeping this thing updated, I’m trying to hit the ground running…..
So, after a little (ahem) break, I’m going to do my best to bring you weekly shake tips.
My aim with these is to try to introduce you to various tools that you may not have used much […]

The TimeX node is one that people are either terrified by or ignorant of how it works. If you’re not afraid of it, then you shouldn’t be usingit. I’ve seen numerous scripts completely collapse around someone’s ears (often my own…)
It’s a bit like any other extreme sport - if you have respect for what it […]

I remember one project I worked on - it was a couple of shots for a friend’s short, and I had to put a picture onto a (then blank) cinema screen. There was someone standing on a stage in front of the screen who I had to roto out. Looking back on it, it was […]

I’ve heard a lot of people talking recently about A Scanner Darkly, and the semi-animated look that the film has. (If you haven’t seen the trailer, you can watch it on one of the pages linked to from here)
I don’t know how they did this - I’ve heard rumours that it was rotoscoped by hand, […]

This is the last one that I’m going to be able to drag over from VFXTalk, as I only ever did two extensive tips over there…. I’m going to have to come up with something original for next week!
Concatenation is one of those things that you either understand entirely, and use to your advantage all […]

(I’m having some trouble getting this post formatted correctly… apologies if it doesn’t look right - it’ll be keeping changing until it looks good…)
I’ve been away all weekend (plus monday) so I was ‘unavailable’ to post yesterday (if you count being on a boat on a canal all day as ‘unavailable’, anyway…
I promised some Shake […]