Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob02.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.40] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5324975 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:05:48 +0100 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.208]) by atl4mhob02.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBKK8jLi020171 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:08:45 -0500 Received: (qmail 892 invoked by uid 0); 20 Dec 2013 20:08:45 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 76.169.86.67 X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.8?) (torno@sydefxink.com@76.169.86.67) by 0 with ESMTPA; 20 Dec 2013 20:08:44 -0000 From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-2902983A-BBAF-40F4-B4D5-3BAB5E9B5F68 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it? Message-Id: <72D6656E-ED12-4DA2-BDA9-14E478669105@sydefxink.com> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:08:39 -0800 References: In-Reply-To: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B511) --Apple-Mail-2902983A-BBAF-40F4-B4D5-3BAB5E9B5F68 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes Stephen it is true. Sadly. It was a very dark time for me. Still have th= e DVD of the final product, as well as the AE project files somewhere. Back i= n 2007, a project that brought me to a near physical and mental meltdown. St= arted with a team of 5 and it bloated to 45ish (outsourced roto team). Deadl= ine of one month, that grew to three. Wake up at 7 and role over to the comp= uter, 12-14 hours later role back into bed. Day in and day out rotoscoping u= nderexposed, grainy 1080 HD footage. She wore a black leotard in front of a b= lack nighttime view out of a Vegas penthouse window. The client of course wa= nted the iconic Vegas strip. The roto and composite work done by the core team of four was in AE7. I spen= t my profit getting Silouhette to hopefully save my life. It helped until it= didn't. Amit from Roto Farm was the real life saver on the project. I respe= ct this man a lot. I learned Syntheyes 3D motion tracking on that job too from a young man name= d Tom Stanton. He is still doing great tracking work on blockbuster films to= day. David Torno Visual Effects Professional http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 -------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field > On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Stephen van Vuuren w= rote: >=20 > > Careful what you ask for. That date just could be a 70,000+ frame roto j= ob on her strip tease DVD series. Trust me, she's not all that when you've b= een staring at every pixelated crevice for three months. ;) > =20 > Please, please tell me this is really true and you really had that gig. Th= at would be awesome in an awful, epic tragic kind of way. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like ficti= on. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=E2=80=99= s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick > =20 > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf O= f David Torno > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:58 PM > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it? > =20 > Careful what you ask for. That date just could be a 70,000+ frame roto job= on her strip tease DVD series. Trust me, she's not all that when you've bee= n staring at every pixelated crevice for three months. ;) >=20 > David Torno > Visual Effects Professional > http://www.ghosttownmedia.com > O: 213.739.2290 > C: 818.391.6060 > -------------------- > http://www.sydefxink.com > http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com > http://mactex.blogspot.com > =20 > "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" > -Charles Field >=20 > On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: >=20 > If I find that buying one landed that guy a date with Carmen Electra, then= I'll think about it. >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Dec 20, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Robert Houghton wrote: >=20 >=20 > Hi all, > =20 > I'm planning on doing an upgrade next year and I'm wondering if I sh= ould even think of getting a Mac Pro. I do the usual AE and 3D stuff most fo= lks do here and when you put up the performance levels at least on a macinto= sh basis, a maxed out iMac seems to perform pretty favorably compared to CUB= Etwo the sequel (I kinda miss that old clear plastic box) as well as includi= ng a really nice retina monitor. Is anyone planning on getting a pro and why= do you want that over something else? > =20 > -Rob > =20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail-2902983A-BBAF-40F4-B4D5-3BAB5E9B5F68 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes Stephen it is true. Sadly. It was a= very dark time for me. Still have the DVD of the final product, as well as t= he AE project files somewhere. Back in 2007, a project that brought me to a n= ear physical and mental meltdown. Started with a team of 5 and it bloated to= 45ish (outsourced roto team). Deadline of one month, that grew to three. Wa= ke up at 7 and role over to the computer, 12-14 hours later role back into b= ed. Day in and day out rotoscoping underexposed, grainy 1080 HD footage. She= wore a black leotard in front of a black nighttime view out of a Vegas pent= house window. The client of course wanted the iconic Vegas strip.
=
The roto and composite work done by the core team of four was= in AE7. I spent my profit getting Silouhette to hopefully save my life. It h= elped until it didn't. Amit from Roto Farm was the real life saver on the pr= oject. I respect this man a lot.

I learned Syntheye= s 3D motion tracking on that job too from a young man named Tom Stanton. He i= s still doing great tracking work on blockbuster films today.

=


David Torno
Visual Effects Professional
O: 213.739.2290
C: 818.391.6060
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"The most useless day is that in which= we do not laugh"
-Charles= Field

On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Stephen van V= uuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:

> Careful what yo= u ask for. That date just could be a 70,000+ frame roto job on her strip tea= se DVD series. Trust me, she's not all that when you've been staring at every pixelated crevice for three months. ;)

 

Please, please tell me this= is really true and you really had that gig. That would be awesome in an awf= ul, epic tragic kind of way.

 

stephen van vuuren<= /o:p>

336.202.4777

 =

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/

 =

A film is =E2=80=93 or s= hould be =E2=80=93 more like music than like fiction. It should be a progres= sion of moods and feelings. The theme, what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, th= e meaning, all that comes later.

=E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick=

 

From: After Eff= ects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@me= dia-motion.tv] On Behalf Of David Torno
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:58 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?

 

Careful what you ask for. That date just could be a 7= 0,000+ frame roto job on her strip tease DVD series. Trust me, she's not all= that when you've been staring at every pixelated crevice for three months. ;= )

David Torno

Visual Effects Professional

O: 213.739.2290

C: 818.391.6060

--------------------

 

"The most useless da= y is that in which we do not laugh"

-Charles Field


On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

If I find that buying one landed that guy a date with= Carmen Electra, then I'll think about it.



On Dec 20, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Robert Houghton <gfxguy74@gmail.com> wrote:


  Hi all,

 

      I'm planning on d= oing an upgrade next year and I'm wondering if I should even think of gettin= g a Mac Pro. I do the usual AE and 3D stuff most folks do here and when you p= ut up the performance levels at least on a macintosh basis, a maxed out iMac seems to perform pretty favorably compared to CUBEtwo the s= equel (I kinda miss that old clear plastic box) as well as including a reall= y nice retina monitor. Is anyone planning on getting a pro and why do you wa= nt that over something else?

 

      -Rob

 

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