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Digilab’s Voodoo Camera Tracker

 

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Digilab - an Open Source Company

To those that have been following the Open Source community, there are a lot of open source products out there that you can practically have anything you want, in open source for free!

One such company that have this simple yet powerful open source software is the DigiLab – developed by the IT department of the University of Hanover. What they came up with is an Open Source motion-match moving software, VooDoo Camera Tracker.

You can set it up to what camera you used, its focal length, the type of movement – freehand or on a tripod, and export them in 3DS Max, Maya, Lightwave, SoftImage, as well as Blender. The only downside is that it’s only available on Windows and Linux.

Although it does take a while to get used to, there are plenty of tutorials online, as well as in their website.

I will be using this software in parts of my project which I will post soon.

BTW, I checked the SoftImage website and it says that it has been acquired by Autodesk - those greedy bastards!

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Ever heard of CELTX???

 

Introducing Celtx!

So, as I was skimming through the internet, I found this interesting piece of work: CELTX . It’s basically your whole production, time management and process in one genius package.
It’s basically the computer version of that “pen and paper binder” production materials that we’re so used to. To film geeks and production studs, this piece of software is heaven-sent. It keeps track of your schedule, it shows you everything: storyboard, script, and schedule, all in one program! To illustrators creating stories, this can help you keep track of your story, scheduling and other stuff. And best of all, it’s free!

Lemme shut up and just show you the software. Their website’s here and here’s where you download it.

It’s awesome features are:

Script Writing – writing your scripts (duh!)
Production Schedule – what happens when and where and who’s in that scene you’re filming
Character Details – this is where you setup their personality
Storyboard, writing and a basic animatic creator
Catalog – shows you the master list
Scene Details and much, much more!

Oh, another thing is that after you setup your account, (it’s that “Sign Out” button on the far bottom right) you can basically upload your whole production online, share it to friends and/or download it in another computer to view it with the same program (you just need to reinstall it).

P.S. You have to be 14 to be able to use it. If you are older than 14 years old, well then I suggest you download it right away!

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The NEW Nintendo DSi!

 

Nintedo DSi comes in Black and White

Nintedo DSi comes in Black and White

 Upon searching for new technoligies on the interwebz, I stumbled into the upcoming, long awaited (well, in the US anyway because it is already available in Japan in Japanese, duh!) Nintedo DSi.

As you can see from the video, it looks promising and now has the Nintendo Wii feel to it menu-wise. It does come in two colors at the moment: white and black and is only available in Japan in Japanese but I guess the whole world has to wait! Anyway, in further research, I found these mouth-watering specs that will truly keep this portable game device on top.

Pros:

  • 3.25 in dual screens (the DS Lite has 3 in)
  • Power button has been moved to the left side of the Screen which is also works as the HOME button
  • No more volume sliders: they replaced them with buttons so you can’t accidentally hit it while playing
  • It finally has an SD Card slot that can take in photos, videos and some of your music. I haven’t checked out if you can play homebrew games throught that but there’s a pretty good chance that someone will hack his way through it.

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  • TWO CAMERAS!!! Yeah, you heard me, the Nintendo DSi has two cameras, one facing you and the other one facing the other way
  • With the two cameras integrated into the DSi, it also comes with multiple softwares wherein you can warp, colorize, paint and some other ways you can destroy your pictures.
  • Although you can’t play MP3 audio files, it does support AAC Files. It also comes with weird music playback softwares where you can warp, edit and listen to music and have fun while doing so.
  • New Menu (which has a Wii Menu feel to it)
  • You can now “Hotswap” wherein you change the game cartridge by going to the Menu and by not having to turn the entire system off just to play another game.

 

Cons:

  • No more GBA slots (say goodbye to your Guitar Hero attachments!)
  • Not an MP3 Player just an AAC Player
  • Although  you it does come with a web browser (or you can buy the Opera Browser for ### “DSWare” Points), it’s a pain to use.
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