New Jersey Autodesk Animation Users Group

On Friday, I went to the talk for the NJ Autodesk Animation Users Group. I was only able to listen to one speaker, but what he had to say was interesting. He discussed how rendered images could be brought into photoshop or painter to be tweaked, and then be used in an animation. He mostly works with layers and blending modes (screen and overlay he used the most) in order to subtly change the aesthetic effect (layer by layer) of his rendered image.

He also mentioned how he rendered. He suggested rendering as images and not as movie. He does this in case something crashes during the render. With images, you can pick up where you left off, whereas with the movie you have to start all over. Also, by rendering out images, if there is a frame that needs to be tweaked or changed, you can open it in photoshop, fix it, and then put it back in the sequence. He suggested using .tiff files or the maya .iff to render.

Time permitting, I would have liked to listen to the other two speakers. However, overall, I thought the information of the speaker I did get to listen to was very interesting.