Archive for February, 2010

Email Overload

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I read Mike Davidson’s lo-fi solution to email overload ages ago, and have decided to give it a try.

Most people I’ve emailed have had their chance to make fun of me for using this. They typically make note of how their own reply’s sentence count either falls short of, matches or exceeds the five sentence maximum.

How to master the the art of brevity:

  1. Speak less when necessary.

Toggle switch on user defined frame in Nuke

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In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to let the user specify a frame that toggles a switch. I know – pretty dope.

We use “manage user knobs”, and a small expression to accomplish this.

If your name is James, you know I made this for you.

The video is more easily viewed in fullscreen – click the button in the bottom right of the player controls.

Toggle switch loop in Nuke

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This screencast demonstrates how to create a squarewave in The Foundry’s Nuke. You’d want to use this if you ever have to toggle a switch on and off repeatedly at set intervals, for example.

We basically loop some key frames in the curve editor. The looping technique can be adjusted for many other applications.

If your brother’s name in Nick, I made this just for him.

The video is more easily viewed in fullscreen – click the button in the bottom right of the player controls.