I am very proud to have worked on this event with DONE+DUSTED and Red Knuckles.

The show combined a live event with pre-recorded sections. We completed visual-effects work to enhance shots and remove unwanted elements. COVID was still a major concern, so strict protocols were in place on the live site: testing every two days and masking for everyone.

We worked on-site on the UAE for two weeks, we travelled each day from Dubai to the remote and beautiful Hatta site to work on the show. Congratulations to everyone on the VFX team, you rocked. The show looked beautiful.

Katie Morris and I collaborated to create a suite of Python scripts for Boris FX Silhouette. These open-source scripts add significant functionality to the software and are useful for roto artists in everyday work.

KMFX on Github

A complete SynthEyes for VFX training course is available today on Borgo.tv Training. The course is in Portuguese and starts from scratch for beginners while covering the key topics needed to specialise in matchmoving.

Topics covered: interface, software and license installation, parallax, manual tracking, automatic tracking, panel tracking, panel features, lens distortion theory and practice, lens-distortion workflows, anamorphic lens and anamorphic breathing solver, scene alignment and orientation, coordinate systems, scene review, 3D mesh and geometry construction, camera tracking, object tracking, alignment of 3D models in scenes and objects, indirect camera solvers, XYZ exports, planar tracking, hierarchical GeoHTrack tracking, and special SynthEyes workflows for Silhouette and Nuke.