ProRes Creator

Hello!
This is the Pro Res Creator Tool webpage.

This tools is intended to convert video or an image sequence to a prores codec on windows platform.
The output is a quicktime movie that will behave as if it was coded on an mac machine.
It uses FFMPEG as its encoder, and is a portable app of 30 something megabytes.

Soon I'll add the full documentation here.
If you are interested in an app like this, please drop me a line to eduardo.grana at gmail

IacoTrack , Mayo to After Effects export

Hello! Welcome to the Iaco Track official web page! ;)

Here i'll put some web help, and collect some comments on this simple tool i wrote on python.

The purpose of this tool is to export x and y coordinates of a 2d projection of an object in 3d in maya, and to present them in a format that After Effects can understand. So far i've implemented a mode for corner pin effect and for a null layer, although i still need to test the null layer mode a little bit more.

 This is the ui so far.

In each ui element you have an annotation that appears when you hover over them with the mouse.

 When you open the ui, all the scene related info should appear already filled for you. All you have to do, is tweak it in case you need to. You can also change the secne and hit the 'reload Scene Satatus' and the changes on the scene will be reflected by the ui.

What you have to do for sure is select the tab according to what you need to export to, and then fill the fields of the inputs that you option needs.

To fill this fields, enter the object name, or select it in the viewport and hit the button next to the field.

When you have all the fields completed, hit th Go! button. You will see maya going through the frame range specified, calculating the position of the objects in the raster space of the camera you chosen.
Then, a txt file will pop up in notepad, you have to copy the text file content and paste it into after effects objects keys.
Remember that the txt file is saved at the path you specified in the ui.

Any questions, please drop me a line!
eduardo at eduardograna.com.ar
( if you are human you will understan you have to replace the 'at' for @,
i'm just trying to confuse the spambots )

Well, that's pretty much it!

Cheers! Eduardo
www.eduardograna.com.ar

Aditional Rigging for Fravega

Once again teamed up with Reino, this time for Fravega commercial. This time i helped them speed up their character pipeline by skinning most of the humar character. Congrats again to Niko Rossi and all the crew at Reino!
You can see the add in HD in this link on youtube.

Pipeline and Workflow Talk at DaVinci

Last month Ramon Giraldez, Lorenzo Basurto and I gave a talk at DaVinci school. It was about adjusting your pipeline and workflow to the size of your production, and why is it so important to have the right pipeline.
I couldn't find the video on the website , but maybe you can! (Please let me know if you do) .

Mel Mentor at Reino

Some time ago, my friend Niko Rossi told me he wanted to write and automated rigging tool, so we arrenged with Reino a 6 month intensive mel course. I had a great time, and it was amazing how quickly Niko was up and running!
You can see some of his tools in his website link .

Tools for Catmandu

I'm currently working full time at Catmandu coding some tools, because Catmandu is about to start production on Juan Campanella's first animation movie. I'm doing mostly Python and pyqt scripts (some scripted plugins too) and very little mel.
This is the imdb page for the movie , and this is the website of the company (there in not much info there, but you can check it anyway) .

Rigging for Mexsana

I worked with Reino for Mexana commercials. Once again with Niko Rossi who took care of the face rig while y did the body rig and skinning. Congrats to my friends at Reino!
You can see some of it in this link or this other link to Niko's Vimeo.

REINO - mexana Ladrones from nicolas rossi on Vimeo.

REINO -mexana ladrones from nicolas rossi on Vimeo.