Greyscalegorilla Podcast

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Greyscalegorilla Podcast - We're Back May 13, 2021

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We are coming back, bringing you some of the highlights of the Q&A section of our Live Show, in pure audio form.

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Check out last week's Live Show, where Nick and Chad answer people's questions, and then get down into the thick of it messing up some perfectly nice materials.

Cinema 4D S22 - What is in this Surprise New Version? Apr 23, 2020

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Show Notes:

Maxon Cinema 4D S22
Arnold and Otoy collaboration
- Arnold GPU on their RNDR service
- Otoy to support Arnold's standard surface

Our Thoughts on the New C4D S22 Features:

Automatic UV's

Chad

super easy to use, very convenient
not bad but no real control over distortion settings
I like the overlap mirrored geo, nice way to save space
cant reset to default settings

Shawn

3 Impressive out of the box automatic solutions licenced from Quel Solaar.
Easy to use!

New UV Workflow

Chad

Great start, way better layout
good enough for most
slightly confusing workflow
couple of quirks
decent auto packing and auto unwrap
needs a relax brush
no UDIM support
overlap mirrored geo is nice
no ability to right click and reset your settings to default
tad slow on complex meshes

Shawn

Wonderful new UV layout
Love all of the view modes (Show tiled texture) for example
Would love to see a nice grid in UI beyond 0-1 UV space.
Need Alignment tools (Snapping does not seem to work)

Modeling Improvements

Chad

Steps in the right direction, but a long ways to go to compare to Maya + Max
bridge is ok, but still far behind what other DCCs are doing
untriangulate works well

Shawn

Love the new mirror selection! Huge
Vertex normal via the phong tag is great
Untriangulate Command is much improved
Close Polygon Hole function is much better
Fix non-manifold geometries command very welcome

Nodal Material Export to FBX

Chad

not really anything here that interests me

Shawn

Seems great for those who still use Physical and Standard Renderers

GoZ Bridge

Chad

I don't use Zbrush but this seems useful

Shawn

Works great! Was not possible in R21 officially and now supports Polygroups!

Viewport Enhancements

Chad

viewport enhancements is a step in the right direction but doesn't work with redshift. Was hoping it would be closer to what Maya and Blender have.
viewport filters are a great quality of life feature. BUT the individual presets are not found in the customize commands options and cannot be turned into a button or shortcut. However, the preset selector can be docked in the UI, but this is not ideal.
would be easy to set up for play blasts

Shawn

Viewport filter icons rule
Setting up Viewport filter shortcuts DON'T work as expected
Love the new viewport resolution option
Instances now show full geometry
Hair now looks amazing and much closer to final render

gLTF Support (Export Only)

Chad

I don't do AR, but this seems very useful to those that do

Shawn

Another great exchange format.
Great for WebGL needs
Is a one-size fits all file format (SketchFab)

Stay Home and Stay Productive: Tips From a Fully Remote Company Mar 12, 2020

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Show Notes:

NAB 2020 has been cancelled

Office Space

The open office plan is a disaster - Chicago Tribune

Shawn Astrom

Major projects are split quarterly into 90 day chunks

Monday morning meetings

Why Synchronous Isn’t Ideal For Remote Work - Medium

Tips to Working From Home - Greyscalegorilla

How Doist Makes Remote Work Happen - Doist

Tools We Use:

Google G Suite - Business Operations
- Gmail
- G Drive
- Meet
- Docs
- Sheets
- Slides
- Calendar
Slack - Chat
Notion - Project Management, Knowledge Base
ToDoist - Personal Task Lists
Chrome Remote Desktop

Tools We Have Used or Other Companies Use:

Should You Use the ACES Workflow for Color? - Interview with Colorist Jeremy Stuart Mar 06, 2020

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Guest - Jeremy Stuart, Professional Colorist
Tutorial - Why Should Cinema 4D Artists Learn ACES?
Andrey Lebrov ACES
Getting to Know Aces Training Series - Greyscalegorilla Plus
Color Grading - What is ACES? - Michael Maher
CG Cinematography by Chris Brejon

Will Procreate and Cavalry Disrupt the Adobe Empire? Feb 06, 2020

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In this episode, the team talks to School of Motion founder and all-around extraordinary human being Joey Korenman. Listen to them talk about updates Adobe is working on for After Effects and Photoshop, popular new tools like Procreate and Cavalry, and the benefits of online education versus a traditional school.

Both Joey and Nick Campbell also share insights to entrepreneur-ism and the challenges they face as leaders of growing companies.

Adobe Max
Billie Eilish
Vampire Weekend
School of Motion AE 17.0 Tutorial
Blackmagic Design Fusion
Nuke
Learning new software podcast
Procreate for iPad tool of choice for illustrators
Sarah Beth Morgan Illustration for Motion course
Cavalry
Blender
Ordinary Folk
School of Motion Manifesto
Jorge "JR" Canest
Mark Christiansen VFX for Motion course
Maxell Tape commercial
Zack Lovatt and Nol Honig Expression Session course
Explode Shape Layers AE plugin
Flow AE plugin
Amy Sundin Executive Producer at SOM
EJ Hassenfratz is working on a new 3D class
Alaena VanderMost came on as COO and ran all operations
Scaled up support team / student experience
Scaled up marketing team under Caleb Ward
Additional producers and technical product team members
Offload work to people who are experts in that area
Listen to alumni about what they want
Step back and not micro-manage
Motion Hatch
Motion Design Masterminds
Greyscalegorilla Plus
Online education
Chris Do The Futur podcast on paying for traditional education
Student loans are the only type of debt you can't get rid of (Social Security is garnished for student loans)
Seth Godin
If people don't invest in a course, they tend no to finish it
School of Motion Squash and Stretch tutorial
schoolofmotion.com

How Do You Stay Motivated During the Winter Blues? Jan 30, 2020

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In this episode of the Greyscalegorilla podcast, the team catches up after the holidays. Hear them talk about movies, shows, and their favorite gifts. Take a listen to the latest in industry news from around the mograph world, and finally hear about some tips and tricks to help you stay motivated during the cold winter months.

Show Notes:

Making John Wick Titles with Amador Valenzuela

Big Bird Singing at Jim Henson's Funeral

Captain America: The First Avenger

General Magic the Movie

The Imagineering Story

You

The Mandalorian Behind the Scenes

Unreal Engine Real-Time In-Camera VFX

Jon Favreau at Siggraph

The Declining art of the DVD commentary

RiffTrax

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Fellow Pour Over Kettle

Heated Back Massager

Commercial Baker's Sheet

Light Kit Pro 3 Coffee Maker

Chad's Dieter Rams Instagram Post

Dieter Rams Documentary

Ten Principles for Good Design

Modern Surface Material Collection

Cinema 4D Color Picker Tutorial

Intro to Arnold in Greyscalegorilla Plus

School of Motion End of the Year Podcast

New School of Motion Website

Joey Korenman Podcast Interview Coming Soon

NAB 2020 - April 18 - April 22

MoGraph Meetup

HappyLight Sad Lamp

Toon Shader Tutorial

Does the Mac Pro Make Sense for 3D? Dec 11, 2019

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Apple Mac Pro

Tesla Cybertruck

MKBHD Mac Pro Video

Mac Pro Cinebench Score

Baby Yoda Model

Arnold is the Most Versatile Render Engine for Mac and PC

Redshift adds C4D Noises and Nodes

Russ Gautier - Going from Cinema 4D to Houdini

Going From Cinema 4D to Houdini | Greyscalegorilla Podcast 117 Nov 21, 2019

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Guest - Russ Gautier

Greyscalegorilla Plus Introduction to Houdini

Perception

Black Panther

More Perception experiments for Black Panther

Trevor Kerr

The Martin Agency

Flash

VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Be very fast, very efficient, and very organized

Look for opportunities to take things further

Georgiy Gosha Kuznetsov

SideFX Houdini Training

Danil Krivoruchko

Think Procedural

The CG Wiki

Greyscalegorilla Plus Introduction to Houdini

How Do You Choose What Program You Should Learn Next? Nov 08, 2019

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Interview - Barton Damer on Building the Studio You Want to Work For
Interview - Zachary Corzine on Pushing the Limits of Cinema 4D
PC Problems Podcast
AVA Direct
Puget Systems
Boxx Systems
- Boxx Apexx A3 - Mike's New PC
- AMD RYZEN 9 3900X Processor (3.80GHz) 12 Core
- 64GB DDR4-2666 (4 - 16GB DIMMS)
- 1.0TB SSD M.2 PCIe Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti 11GB
- Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
- BOXX Premium Support
Learning new software
Learn tools that help you create what you want to make - Chad on learning Substance
Learning has to be a full commitment with a goal or problem to solve
Ignore program shaming
Price reduction and the many options of software to learn
Let us know what you want to learn down in the comments below
Mike is deciding between an After Effects deep dive vs DaVinci Resolve + Fusion
Nick wants to learn Houdini
Chad wants to learn Unreal Engine
Rebirth made in UE4
Quixel creates real-time photoreal cinematic “Rebirth” in UE4
Adobe Max
Allegorithmic's Substance is Coming to the Adobe Creative Cloud
3D Design and Motion Tour (Atlanta + Denver) - 25% off with code GSG3DMT

Building the Studio You Want to Work For ⁠— Interview with Barton Damer Nov 01, 2019

Show notes

Already Been Chewed
A Skater Turned Designer For NIKE, VANS, MARVEL and More
Celebrating 90 Years of Mickey Mouse When You Can't Show the Mouse
Do you really need a producer?
Building your own studio.
What do you want artists to know?
Freelancer Must-Have Traits
Attitude, reliability, communication, able to follow directions
There is a skills gap between really talented 2D explainer motion graphic artists and high end macro-shot Houdini artists.
It's getting harder to find a good generalist that can do animation and compositing
The siloing of styles is great for specialists, but they are not as employable as generalists
MoGraph Meetup at NAB

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