Archive for May, 2005

World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.
Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, [...]

Crimson FX is an effect generator for Quicktime movies and DV streams designed to make adding laser and light blade effects (and possibly other effects) as easy as possible.
I decided to write Crimson FX after reading a posting on BoingBoing about how to create rotoscoped Light Saber effects. Unfortunately, it required quite a chunk of [...]

Kevin Cornell explores illustration without color.

There’s a lot of Black & White Illustration out there. And as human beings, with eyes, we’ve probably casually glanced at a good amount. Now, some of us with eyes may not really have any need to know the imminent information; to you, fair citizens, I give warning.
You see, while [...]

THE SKILLFUL HUNTSMAN
visual development of a Grimm tale at Art Center College of Design
Entertainment Design Director at the Art Center College of Design, Scott Robertson said, “Several years ago it struck me that people would be interested to witness the creative visualization process we undertake within the entertainment design discipline.” His interest in education and [...]