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Nevada OKs TV/Film Production Tax Credit

Nevada OKs TV/Film Production Tax Credit

Jun 2, 2013

As some of you may be aware, Tax Credits play a big part of where films and TV series get made. Vancouver was at one time the 3rd largest production center in the world after Los Angeles and New York. Over the years however it has lot this ranking to other centers like London, Toronoto and Montreal after extremely competitive tax credits and shifts in talent...

Free Video: Compositing Buffer Export

Free Video: Compositing Buffer Export

May 11, 2013

This video covers some of the functionality, workflow and quirks of LightWave 11.5's Compositing Buffer Export. It's not a comprehensive video about the tool, or the concept of multi-pass rendering, but it does show the basics of how to use the tool and warns about a fairly big gotcha with it.

New Video! Introduction to TurbulenceFD For LightWave3D

New Video! Introduction to TurbulenceFD For LightWave3D

May 6, 2013

Kelly “Kat” Myers is back again with “Introduction to TurbulenceFD for LightWave3D”! Intended for first time users of TurbulenceFD as well as a reference for more experienced users of LightWave3D, this video tutorial will help in deciphering the various settings and meanings in the plug-in. Exploring the fundamental concepts behind...

Free Video: Procedural Fire Texture

Free Video: Procedural Fire Texture

May 1, 2013

Procedural Fire I stumbled upon a pretty nifty way to make a rolling fire procedural texture last week and polished it up a bit for this week’s video. This is all done as a Textured Environment backdrop and uses two Procedural Layers (their positions are animated) and two Gradient Layers The video shows me recreating the effect from scratch. I go through...