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		<title>Rough cut complete for the AVE ICA</title>
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This week I&#8217;ve delved further into Vue, figured out how to undistort and redistort my plates properly in NukeX and chosen and cut together the takes I&#8217;ll be using for the final scene. The cut can be seen above.

To be able to get a good 3D track and also making the CG environment look correct, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/03/08/rough-cut-complete-for-the-ave-ica/</link>
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		<title>Business Plan Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work in progress business plan:
1 Business Summary
Lorem ipsum dolor…
1.1 Business Overview

freelancer providing services as roto/compositing artist to vfx facilities
industry: visual effects
key benefit: flexible, both regarding working hours and the ability to relocate
no plan on growth, will either continue freelancing or find a job

1.2 Service Features

mainly do roto/compositing for vfx facilities
might expand to matchmoving and some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/03/04/business-plan-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Application research and Windows woes</title>
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In the past two weeks I&#8217;ve been looking closer at Vue 8 xStream to see whether it can help me create the vegetation I need for the ICA. I&#8217;ve had a closer look at how good Vue is integrated with 3ds max, how easy it is to use and how well it copes when rendering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/27/application-research-and-windows-woes/</link>
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		<title>Business Card</title>
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I made this business card to have something to hand out on Animex if needed. Thought it might be used for the Studio Practice &#38; Business module as well.
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		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/16/business-card/</link>
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		<title>Press release</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a press release I am supposed to write for the Studio Practice &#38; Business course at Teesside University. Let me emphasise that this is a fictional press release for a theoretical company.
The press release can be downloaded as a PDF or viewed below. Edit: Press release now updated to version 2.
Download Press Release [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/16/press-release/</link>
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		<title>AVE work during Animex</title>
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As I attended my first Animex ever this week and I wanted to see everything, this was a bad week as far as productivity is concerned. On Wednesday however, I attended a workshop with Pete Draper, the author of the Deconstructing the Elements books for 3ds max, and asked him his opinion on how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/13/ave-work-during-animex/</link>
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		<title>Business SWOT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quick SWOT analysis of my hypothetical SPB business:
Strengths

Specialising in one particular field to become as good as possible, but have some secondary fields to fall back on if need be
Location not an issue, I&#8217;ll move
Relatively few expenses
Saving the client paperwork involved in hiring someone

Weaknesses

Business relies heavily on one persons ability to produce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/13/business-swot/</link>
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		<title>Green screen shoot complete</title>
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As mentioned in my last post, I shot the footage for my AVE ICA this past Wednesday. That was the plan anyway. Turned out we overshot on time with a lot and only got three out of five shots before the day was over. Might have been the workshop we had on lighting a couple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/08/green-screen-shoot-complete/</link>
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		<title>Deciding on a business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This semester in SPB we&#8217;re supposed to create a business plan which is to be presented as a part of the ICA in April or May. The business idea can be based on a product, a company idea or on being a freelancer.
As I really want to find employment in a visual effects facility as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/06/deciding-on-a-business/</link>
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		<title>Ready for green screen shoot</title>
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Not much to report in AVE this week. After finishing the presentation I booked the green screen stage so I can shoot the footage I need for the ICA. The shoot will be on Wednesday this week. I&#8217;ve also found an actor.
To prepare for the shot I&#8217;ll have to print some A3 size lens distortion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/02/01/ready-for-green-screen-shoot/</link>
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		<title>AVE previs ready</title>
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Christmas is long gone and I&#8217;m back in Middlesbrough after a refreshing break. The first thing I had to focus on when I got back was to create a presentation for Advanced Visual Effects where we were to present a storyboard, previs, schedule and a couple of other things regarding the ICA. As I still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2010/01/25/ave-previs-ready/</link>
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		<title>Last AVE post before Christmas</title>
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This Thursday I headed over to the green screen studio in the Phoenix building to finish my test shooting for the Advanced Visual Effects ICA. The person I used as an actor on the first shoot couldn&#8217;t be there, so I&#8217;ll have two actors playing the same role in my previs.
This doesn&#8217;t matter much as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/12/14/last-ave-post-before-christmas/</link>
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		<title>SPB Research Presentation and Notes</title>
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I had the presentation in Studio Practice &#38; Business this Wednesday. As I don&#8217;t particularly enjoy being the centre of attention, holding presentations isn&#8217;t exactly a favourite of mine, though I believe it went reasonably well.
You can download the presentation as a QuickTime file or as a PDF below.
Download SPB Research Presentation QuickTime (65.3 MB)
Download [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/12/11/spb-research-presentation-and-notes/</link>
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		<title>Interview ready just in time for the presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, I have an interview! I met a very nice guy in London who agreed to me sending him some questions. He was also kind enough to get back to me very quickly. The person in question has been in the industry for a fair few years and has done work in both the US [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/12/07/interview-ready-just-in-time-for-the-presentation/</link>
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		<title>About the trip to London</title>
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So I&#8217;m back from London and as it turned out, I actually found out a thing or two that might be useful for my research presentation this coming Wednesday(!). While there, I picked up Cinefex issue 100 from a place called &#8220;The Cinema Store&#8221; near Leicester Square, but unfortunately they didn&#8217;t have 101.
Later the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/12/06/about-the-trip-to-london/</link>
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		<title>On the looming research presentation deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;ve been focusing on finishing some stuff for a short film made by fxphd.com (deadline today) and SPB has been on the back burner for the past few days. As I still haven&#8217;t received any answers to the emails I wrote about in the last SPB blog post, I asked Chris Wyatt for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/12/05/on-the-looming-research-presentation-deadline/</link>
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		<title>A tiny bit of AVE news</title>
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Not much happening in AVE this week as I&#8217;m working towards two other deadlines: Digital doubles for a short film made by fxphd.com and a presentation for the Studio Practice &#38; Business module. I booked another session in the green screen studio November 10th to finish the test shoot. I&#8217;ll be using that footage to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/12/05/a-tiny-bit-of-ave-news/</link>
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		<title>Quick Studio Practice &amp; Business update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just sent out a few emails, asking people whether I can interview them for my primary research. This is something I probably should have done a little earlier and not this close to the deadline. I wanted some background knowledge so I would be able to produce some half-way intelligent questions however, and that background [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/11/30/quick-studio-practice-business-update/</link>
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		<title>We have some footage!</title>
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This Monday, Andreas and I went to the green screen studio in the Phoenix building to shoot some tests for our projects. This was basically to work out setups and camera angles before we do the real thing. We will be using the footage to do some quick keying, tracking, compositing and maybe 3D to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/11/28/we-have-some-footage/</link>
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		<title>Putting together a presentation</title>
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Right after my last update I suffered a setback as the article I found and hoped I would be able to base the presentation on turned out to be more than 11 years old, and therefore isn&#8217;t very relevant anymore. To take my mind off the research for a little while, I tried to transform [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thimic.net/2009/11/28/putting-together-a-presentation/</link>
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