http://netherlogic.com/gullet random outbursts about art, media and simple machines Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:03:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Friday, we wrapped two films on the same day. It's been a heck of a ride, working on The Road and Happy Tears, and while I'm glad to be finished, I'm proud of my work and I'm going to miss both of them. I also can't wait to put ... http://netherlogic.com/gullet/its-a-wrap I hacked up this script because I was frustrated with rendering in the Nuke UI, tired of typing out command-line render commands, and our renderfarm wasn't alive yet. I'm posting it because I bet there's other people in the same situation and I hope it can ease your pain. This script ... http://netherlogic.com/gullet/nuke-launch-command-line-renders-from-the-ui Last night I took an hour to watch Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye. It's an interesting documentary about an amazing man. The most amazing moment was a 15-second shot where Mr. Cartier-Bresson is beginning to sign a new edition of prints. He uncaps his pen, then decides where to make ... http://netherlogic.com/gullet/the-signature Current murder and nonnegligent manslaughter stats for Philadelphia since 1 January 2008 is available here. Pennsylvania has an interesting system for State Police stats reporting. http://netherlogic.com/gullet/philly-murder-count Need to explore this Duchamp resource: http://www.freshwidow.com/duchamp-aug96.html http://netherlogic.com/gullet/duchamp http://www.zazaziza.com/fornogoodreason/category/somethingscopes/ Wow. First, Polaroid discontinues instant film and now this. It's been an interesting month. http://netherlogic.com/gullet/lcd-polaroid-camera http://netherlogic.com/gullet/this-is-where-i-got-my-start-in-film I've just finished a new version of my demo reel. This one focusses on compositing with a little dose of motion graphics. Also updated my resume and wrote out a new cut sheet to accompany the new reel. Get 'em here: the Reel, the Resume, and the breakdown. http://netherlogic.com/gullet/new-demo-reel-posted i've been spending way too much time on a recent project. i'm stuck at the point where i play floating point imagery back to the screen and the chroma is eating my nice clipped luminance values. most likely this is clear as mud to you. me too. i need to ... http://netherlogic.com/gullet/radiance-high-dynamic-range-imagery-tone-mapping-aaahhhhh Awesome! There is a web community of people who like to shoot Polaroid film:http://polanoid.net/  In other news, Jessica and I visited the Andre Kertesz show at Silverstein Photograhy in NYC this weekend. Beautiful work. The tiny size and perfect detail really draw you in. So sad. I feel lucky to have seen these photographs ... http://netherlogic.com/gullet/httppolanoidnet