Posts by compfu@mograph.social
 (DIR) Post #AsLQZq1qjZ3tzFepai by compfu@mograph.social
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       @avanaut The most amazing thing to me is that the model doesn't look like a model (in terms of details and surfaces). Is that how you've built it or are you adding tiny details in post?If I may be so curious: do you photograph the model on the same day as your environment? (I'm assuming yes, because the lighting just matches perfectly)
       
 (DIR) Post #AsUgSK0gjAmuLRBvxQ by compfu@mograph.social
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       Go home, KeePassXC, you're drunk!(just kidding @keepassxc you're awesome! But something was slightly off after a MacOS reboot. I sometimes have double icons during automatic updates of various apps, but I've never seen three icons before)
       
 (DIR) Post #AvRp5JGeI8rnA3STJY by compfu@mograph.social
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       A show we've recently worked on has won the German film awards for best VFX! We can't show our best work yet (a bunch of our shots will only be in an accompanying series) and we're not the only post house that worked on it. But here's our reel for "Hagen".The show is a version of a Nordic/Germanic myth. But this time it's not about the dragon-slaying hero but about the "adult in the room" who tries to keep the kingdom safe and sane.https://vimeo.com/1070326500#VFX #HagenVonTronje #Nibelungen
       
 (DIR) Post #AwbFZvaykL5DkgNmoy by compfu@mograph.social
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       @davidrevoy I voted B. As a parent I felt seen :-)C and D are also cool. A as well.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyBh3H1aA7nVUijncm by compfu@mograph.social
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       I just watched a youtube video by Taylor Lorenz and some dude about how "nobody's posting anymore" and it was cringeworthy. It's how about social media is just professional influencers, "hyper-curated", with slop and ads ruining things. Nobody's doing casual posting anymore.It's almost comical how they suggest newsletters and substack as alternatives (or "do your own blog") when the #Fediverse is right here. People doing the casual stuff, the healthier kind of posting. 1/x
       
 (DIR) Post #AyBh3IsRH5fjEwTWeO by compfu@mograph.social
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       The modern Magnificent Seven movie starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt is still on Amazon Prime for a few days -- at least here in Germany.We did some VFX for it. Back in the day I was still doing comp and comp supervision. My shot that I'm most proud of is the knife action on the straw dummy. Our company's showreel of that movie starts with a breakdown of it:https://vimeo.com/188261245#VFX #compositing #bighugfx
       
 (DIR) Post #AyBh3N9xLu3qWQhZVg by compfu@mograph.social
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       25 minutes in they mention Bluesky briefly, but then totally dismiss it (Lorenz is even here on Mastodon!). Watching them talk is so strange. Like they are actively ignoring the elephant (pun intended) in the room. And instead they mention specialised photo-sharing apps if you want to reach a smaller group.It's just vapid blah blah in that video. If you want to watch it (searched for Lorenz's name here and figured many people will probably say "hell no")https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ274ieBfcE
       
 (DIR) Post #AyBh3QfcIeAXPUXOm8 by compfu@mograph.social
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       I don't remember exactly but I think the tracking was part Nuke 3D tracking plus additional stabilisation using a planar tracker for each bag.All the cuts were from photos we took using a blue plastic bag and I blew some bits of hamster hay into the air for additional elements.I remember that I hand-animated a corner pin for every cut to make it stick perfectly to the deforming sacks. Frame by frame, hundreds of them.#vfxlife #compositing
       
 (DIR) Post #AyBh3ReadwwSSb45oW by compfu@mograph.social
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       The whole thing was shot on real film using anamorphic lenses. The plate was jittery if you took a closer look and of course we didn't have proper lens grids for 3d matchmoving.We also added rifle smoke to some shots.I remember a client call where the studio's VFX sup said this memorable phrase: "There's a lot of money in the frame {draws $$$ dollar signs around Chris Pratt in cinesync} so we don't want to cover him up with smoke!"
       
 (DIR) Post #AzERLbxv8F1OPD0PxY by compfu@mograph.social
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       @Blender I‘m not sure I understand what’s going on in that splash screen. Is there a flaming arrow? But where’s the archer?
       
 (DIR) Post #B0OHtasydvBKk5NEIK by compfu@mograph.social
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       @apps I'm using #phanpy and wasn't aware that it also supports those expressions. It shows a button below your post ("math expression found") and when I click it the markdown gets rendered.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ZP8lggCQon8oOXei by compfu@mograph.social
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       @NiwlCraft Cool, thanks for sharing, this is both funny and interesting. I didn't know my place of residence is unique in having a "christmas child". It's colored the same as the baby Jesus countries, but I never regarded the "Christkind" as Jesus. Originally it might have been, but since baby Jesus is obviously too tiny to haul all those presents, I think I'm not the only one who always saw it as a young, possibly female, angel.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2QNEnNutpIBc2F0ca by compfu@mograph.social
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       I'm rewatching Firefly (on Disney+).The CGI is obviously lacking modern lighting techniques and often feels soft, the compositing has clipped highlights due to the lack of a modern linear and color-managed workflow.  But that's to be expected. The show came out more than 20 years ago!What matters more is the story and its vibe. I remember it as one of the most beloved sci-fi shows back then, in good company with #Babylon5 and #Farscape despite it lasting only 1 season.#Firefly #SciFiTV
       
 (DIR) Post #B2QNEoUKnS1J2EFeGO by compfu@mograph.social
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       This blog post links to all my #FreeSoftwareAdvent posts which are revolving around tools used in our VFX pipeline.https://www.comp-fu.com/2025/12/free-software-advent-2025/
       
 (DIR) Post #B2RDnYQbh8rKyeOXui by compfu@mograph.social
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       @bleeptrack I've seen a single episode I think. It was very very weird :-)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2VIloFbAnNTsE4a2q by compfu@mograph.social
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       @_slowly @keepassxc I was also confused that I needed to pick my bank first. But I just scanned the QR code I got for my bank in my Wero app (my bank had the Wero logo above the QR code, Sparkasse shows its own app logo, so it might be a Sparkasse issue because they implement Wero in their own app?)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2VkYNxEQbNRGkrwyO by compfu@mograph.social
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       @keepassxc Just out of curiosity: what do you see as the recipient of a #wero donation? My name and IBAN?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2VnKU4FCcui2MDDGq by compfu@mograph.social
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       @keepassxc thanks! That makes sense though, as it's always tied to a bank account and a normal SEPA transaction would also reveal your name.