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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.159 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:50 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Trapcode AB</copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.159 (http://www.squarespace.com)</generator><item><title>7D 2000 fps by Oton Bačar</title><category>BMX</category><category>Gallery</category><category>Particular</category><category>Rain</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:04:26 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2013/5/15/7d-2000-fps-by-oton-baar.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:33717389</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.trapcode.com/storage/gallery/7D2000fpsBMX_550.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1368621555090" alt="" /></span></span></p>
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<p>This video is pretty old now (2 years), but still a really great example of using Trapcode Partciular. The slow moving rain was added. Text from the <a href="https://vimeo.com/17439665" target="_blank">vimeo page</a>:</p>
<p>"Second and final slow motion test...It was filmed months ago. Editing is rough because I don't have time to work on details.</p>
<p>Edited with Twixtor in After Effects.<br />Rain was made with Trapcode Particular 2 in AE<br />Lens used: Canon EFS 18-135 mm<br />Shutter speed: unknown</p>
<p>Music: "Seagull"<br />Composer: Niklas Aman, STIM<br />Publisher: Brusbox Music STIM</p>
<p>Check out Niklas' awesome music:<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.niklasaman.com/music" target="_blank">niklasaman.com/music</a>&nbsp;"</p>
<p>The rain here is very well made. It is somewhat remeniscent of Pierre MICHEL's work in <a href="http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2010/2/22/polar-2007-by-pierre-michel.html">POLAR</a>.&nbsp;Here is a <a href="http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/create-a-breathtakingly-awesome-rain-scene-part-1/" target="_blank">tutorial for that</a>. DOF is what really sells it.</p>
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<div></div>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-33717389.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Rui Cardoso - Trapcode Mir</title><category>Mir</category><category>landscapes</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:59:08 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2013/4/3/rui-cardoso-trapcode-mir.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:33212225</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Rui sent me these amazing images he made using Trapcode Mir.</p>
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<p><span class="thumbnail-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="javascript:showFullImage('/display/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fstorage%2Fimages%2Fsnow_mir.jpg%3F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%3D1365001524127',704,1280);"><img src="http://www.trapcode.com/storage/thumbnails/5391588-22356446-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1365001524128" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-33212225.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Leap Motion for Generative Art</title><category>Generative</category><category>LeapMotion</category><category>OpenGL</category><category>Real-time</category><category>openFrameworks</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:50:12 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2013/3/1/leap-motion-for-generative-art.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:32901799</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/60836608?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff" width="550" height="309" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p class="first">Short version of a demo I did as part of the talk last week.</p>
<p>uses openFrameworks and Theo Watson's ofxLeapMotion</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-32901799.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>FAUX IMAGES IX in Berlin 19th February</title><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:32:35 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2013/2/17/faux-images-ix-in-berlin-19th-february.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:32818182</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 550px;" src="http://www.trapcode.com/storage/images/faux.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1361108105020" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p><span>*** FAUX IMAGES IX - The Generative Edition ***</span><br /><span>RAINER KOHLBERGER (BER) - ONFORMATIVE (BER) - PEDER NORRBY / TRAPCODE (STCKHLM)</span></p>
<p>Here is the event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/413937498697744/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/413937498697744/</a></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-32818182.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>EXODUS</title><category>EXODUS</category><category>GPU</category><category>Gallery</category><category>Mir</category><category>POTEMKIN</category><category>Trapcode</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:36:29 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2013/1/15/exodus.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:32554049</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>World premiere of short film EXODUS!<br />Commissioned by Trapcode. Made by POTEMKIN.</p>
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<p class="first">POTEMKIN notes:&nbsp;<br />"This low poly semi-epic child hood tribute space saga called EXODUS was born when Peder Norrby asked us to make a short film using Trapcode MIR. We accepted the challenge, made up a multi part narrative and went to work, letting the plugin affect both our creative, narrative and technical results.</p>
<p>This is the first part of a space epic, establishing the protagonists and a fragment of the universe as well as the timeline in which EXODUS takes place."</p>
<p>Music and visuals by Magnus &Ouml;stergren<br />Production management by Thomas Oger<br />Produced by POTEMKIN<br />Commissioned by TRAPCODE</p>
<p><a href="http://potemkin.se/site/?page_id=1074" target="_blank">More info on EXODUS and image gallery</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/trapcode-mir/" target="_blank">More info on Trapcode Mir</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-32554049.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Jean-Marie Marbach for La Casa Azul</title><category>Form</category><category>Gallery</category><category>La Caza Azul</category><category>Particular</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:25:56 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2013/1/5/jean-marie-marbach-for-la-casa-azul.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:32413302</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Really stunning work in this music video for La Casa Azul by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jean.marie.marbach" target="_blank">Jean-Marie Marbach</a>.</p>
<p>Jean-Marie notes:&nbsp;"I've recently directed a music video for indie Spanish band La Casa Azul (Elefant Records), in which Particular and Form were used for various VFX shots :</p>
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<div>Stars, 3D Nebulae and weird space energy ribbons were done with both Particular and Form.</div>
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<div><span>Particles emitted from the characters' hands were done with Particular (I would have loved to try the new motion vector input for this scene, but the shots were already completed when V 2.2 was released).</span></div>
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<div><span><span>The flock of birds in the sky was done with particular, with footage of&nbsp;real&nbsp;stabilized&nbsp;birds&nbsp;as custom particles.</span></span></div>
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<div><span><span><span>The android's transformation was done with Particular, and the footage as a layer emitter, so that the particles could inherit all of the girl's different colors.</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span><span><span><span>The trail behind the crystal ball was done with Particular. Several layers were generated : The main visible particles, and more geometric particle trails used as displacement map, in order to get a more organic look.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div><span><span><span><span><span>Finally, the Earth shot was done with Form. The base Form was set to "Sphere - Layered" in order to get a real 3D Earth. 12 different layers of particles (main land, shore lights, cities, etc&hellip;) were generated using 16K Earth maps as layer maps. Additional layers of clouds were added with Particular.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div>Full video:</div>
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<p class="first">Trailer for the short film EXODUS premiering in January 2013</p>
<p>Made by Magnus &Ouml;stergren / POTEMKIN</p>
<p>Commissioned by Trapcode</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-32142793.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>TEMPO</title><category>Gallery</category><category>Particular</category><category>Tempo</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:19:55 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2012/12/18/tempo.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:32085310</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/55240799?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff" width="550" height="309" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p>
<p>In this Red Giant short film, from the creators of Plot Device, a scientist must prevent a new, powerful technology from falling into the wrong hands.</p>
<p>VFX Breakdowns:</p>
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<div>Made using Trapcode Suite 12 etc. Check <a href="http://www.trapcode.com/sharelog/2012/12/18/tempo-info-and-tutorials.html">tutorials on TEMPO</a>.</div>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-32085310.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Work in progress: EXODUS by POTEMKIN</title><category>Abstract</category><category>EXODUS</category><category>Low-Poly</category><category>Mir</category><category>POTEMKIN</category><category>Sci-Fi</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:02:10 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2012/11/12/work-in-progress-exodus-by-potemkin.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:30602795</guid><description><![CDATA[<div class="im">
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<p>Trapcode has commissioned an animated short film to director/designer Magnus &Ouml;stergren at Potemkin:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.potemkin.se" target="_blank">www.potemkin.se</a>. The film is to be based on the Trapcode Mir plug-in. This new plug-in provides the artist with a polygon mesh that can be displaced with a fractal and shaded in a number of different ways. The plug-in tries to encourage playing and has a very open-ended functionality, no specific problem was set out to be solved, but rather new problems and solutions are thought to be conceived with it. <br /><br /> &Ouml;stergren says "The film is set in space in an alternate universe. Logic and photorealism are low priority but cool scenery and glows rule supreme". Magnus, who also creates the soundtrack for the film, continues "I like the concept of 'art by accident', just letting stuff evolve, like in my music production. In Trapcode Mir I found a great tool for this method." <br /><br /> The film has the look of low-poly/abstract with sci-fi/fantasy elements and is set to premiere in January 2013 on the Trapcode website: <a href="http://www.trapcode.com">www.trapcode.com</a>.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-30602795.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Particular 2.2 released (free update)</title><category>Particular</category><category>Suite 12.1</category><dc:creator>Peder Norrby</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:03:07 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/2012/10/25/particular-22-released-free-update.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">476018:5391589:30073090</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.trapcode.com/storage/images/p22_poster.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1351534923729" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>Eight new features including motion vector support (at particle birth time), Lights Unique Seeds and Particle Amount slider. Part of Trapcode Suite 12.1. Read more and get the download&nbsp;<a href="http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2012/10/25/trapcode-12-1/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Check <a href="http://www.trapcode.com/sharelog/2012/10/25/particle-man.html">Particle Man</a> - using Twixtor Pro motion vectors in Particular 2.2</p>
<p>Awesome new five-part training <a href="http://www.trapcode.com/ParticularGettingStarted">Getting Started with Trapcode Particular</a> by Harry Frank.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.trapcode.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-30073090.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>