Detroit ACM SIGGRAPH

Feb 27 event: Computer Graphics & Animation Presentation with Distinguished ACM Speaker Judson Rosebush

detsig — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:34:23 +0000

Detroit chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH presents

a Computer Graphics and Computer Animation Presentation with
Distinguished ACM Speaker: Judson Rosebush

Feb 27th 6 pm
@ Baker College of Clinton Township Student Center
34401 South Gratiot Avenue

Clinton Township, MI 48035
Pre-register here

Cost: $5 (Free for chapter members )
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Topics: Computer Graphics, Visualization and Interactive Techniques

Few people are better qualified to talk about the use of computer graphics in advertising, feature film, and television than lecturer Judson Rosebush. This insider’s view presents the step-by-step process of how computer graphics and animation are designed and fabricated, how a commercial studio is organized, what hardware and software is employed, and how to estimate costs. Includes the history of the medium and and ongoing research being done in the field.

Presenter: ACM Distinguished Speaker Judson Rosebush

Next Meeting Feb 27th

detsig — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:30:54 +0000

Featuring Distinguished Speaker Judson Rosebush

Character Design Contest

detsig — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:07:59 +0000

I wanted to start Feb with the announcement of the contest and meeting featuring Distinguished Speaker flying in from NY Judson Rosebush to give a speech on Computer Graphics and Computer Animation.

Syd Mead Progressions Exibit August 25th to September 22

detsig — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:56:31 +0000

Join us for a Special Lecture series with Syd Wednesday, Sept. 19th.

California-based Syd Mead is a visual futurist and concept artist best known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. The exhibition ‘Syd Mead: Progressions’ features more than 50 original paintings spanning the artist’s celebrated five-decade career. Mead’s Toyota Lecture looks back on his half-century of envisioning the future.

Presented by Toyota and College for Creative Studies

TAUBMAN CENTER

460 W. BALTIMORE AVE.

DETROIT, MI 48202-4034

For more information Visit:

Syd Mead Presents Progressions

Toyota Lecture Series Presents Syd Mead

Mental Ray Training with Michael DeForge

karamarf — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Treat yourself to the inside skinny on rendering fully programmable and physically correct light simulation. Michael DeForge was trained by Mental Ray creators Mental Images, and now he’s ready to share that knowledge with us.

This is a FREE Detroit ACM SIGGRAPH event. All are welcome.

The event will be held on August 4 2012, beginning at 1:00 PM.

Our host for this event is the Art Institute of Michigan, located at 28125 Cabot Drive, Novi, MI 48377.

Tour of Raleigh Michigan Studios

rrockafellow — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:30:35 +0000

Detroit ACM SIGGRAPH will be touring Raleigh Michigan Studios in Pontiac on Wed. May 23rd from 6-7:30pm.**Note Date Change

Location:	Raleigh Michigan Studios, 1999 Centerpoint Pkwy. Pontiac, MI 48341
Cost:	Free
Registration URL:	https://www.123signup.com/register?id=smgtt
Information Page URL:	https://www.123signup.com/event?id=smgtt

The tour will be about an hour and a half, and we will run through how the studio came to be, what it can do, what productions it has worked with, etc. On our tour we will view the sound stages, hair and make up department, wardrobe department, screening rooms, visual effects and many other departments.

Registration is encouraged so we can anticipate how many plan on attending.

March Open Screening Credits

karamarf — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:00:57 +0000

We had another packed roster for the 2012′s first Open Screening night! Here are the presenters, in case you missed out, or are looking to reach out:

Rich Jackson gave us the inside scoop some highlights from his demo reel, including the Benelli shotgun compositing shot

www.animationworksllc.com

Charles “Pat” Leppan showed samples from his youtube channel, including the Baker Year of the Dragon animation he’d completed with Paul

http://www.youtube.com/charlesleppan

Darryl Johnson – showed his demo reel, including the vaporizing zombie girl

http://www.youtube.com/userpick05

Brian Gottlieb shared a video & some 3D printed samples of his own

bg3d.com

Jon Hillis loves environment modeling & PS compositing; he showed his demo reel, including “Four Corners”

www.wix.com/jrhcreator/portfolio

Kara Marfia showed some samples from her portfolio

happyfunpoints.com ~ http://www.youtube.com/karamarfia

Paul Powlison showed samples of his work at Baker as both student and work-study employee

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-powlison/21/132/656

Jamie Surgener played his SF short “AVABOT”

http://www.youtube.com/jamiesurgener

After a short break for munchies, Pat Leppan demonstrated ‘Mocap on the Cheap’ with 3 PS3 Eye cameras, tripods, and a laptop – he also captured pure mocap gold – did we ever circulate a link for those BVH’s?. Additional info about the setup can be found at ipisoft.com.

Thanks to everyone who came out to share your work and your passion!

Internships available!

karamarf — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:08:49 +0000

With A Twist VFX is accepting applications for interns with an interest in areas including animation, texturing, compositing and digital matte painting. This internship is for the Michigan location.

Internship Description: Interns will be given the opportunity to shadow VFX artists, assist producers with runs and other administrative tasks. Ability to work on projects when time allows and is needed.

Qualifications: Must be a team player and demonstrate interest in the visual effects field with a desire to learn and grow within our
organization. Reliable transportation and cell phone required. Internship is unpaid except for mileage reimbursement. School credit is available. Interns are required to work a minimum of two 8 hour days per week.

Training Provided: Interns will receive training in various VFX programs such as Syntheyes, 3dsMax, Maya, and Nuke as well as hand-on experience working in the entertainment industry. How to Apply: Please send a reel and resume via email to internship@withatwiststudio.com No phone calls please.

The closing date for applications is February 1st , 2012.

Contact Information:
Internship Email: internship@withatwiststudio.com
Website: www.withatwiststudio.com

Bring Your Brain and Be Creative

karamarf — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:46:10 +0000

Cindy Sifonis shares her insights into the cognitive processes involved in creativity. Learn something about keeping those creative juices flowing.

Don’t miss out!

August 29th screening was a hit!

karamarf — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:23:35 +0000

A huge thanks to all of our presenters – we finished right on time, but we’ll definitely set up time slots next time to guarantee a spot to those pre-registering.

* Representing our host, Alex Ionescu presented the ePrize LLC 2011 and 2010 demo reels.

* Mark Willis (Demo Reel) I presented the trailer for Trespass (you won’t find any green boxes in those glasses!) and a time-lapse short film – filmed on location in southwestern Michigan.

* Dave Perry: highflightstudios.net presented his demo reel (you don’t want to miss Dave’s hard surface modeling).

* Joseph Coleman: presented his demo reel – which I’m not going to hesitate to say, demonstrated very powerfully the effect of a well-polished reel – and a short, which I’m failing to find a link for.

* I don’t have a reel to link yet, but, I demo’d the results of my time with the Joan of Arc modeling tutorial to get some feedback & crits.

* Jasmine Harris was unable to attend, but here’s her portfolio.

I wish I had links to the rest of the great material shown that night, but thanks to all of you for sharing your work!