http://humber3d.ca Humber 3D, home for students of the Humber 3D group of programs. Thurs, 29 Feb 2012 http://humber3d.ca/forum The Humber 3D Forums are up and running once again. Students can no longer create their own logins and have recieved an email to the personal email account that was used when you signed up for courses at Humber College. The email contains your user account name and a temporary password, please change it the first time you login to something that you can remember. <p> If there are any issues please email Paul Neale at paul.neale@humber.ca with your full name and current email address. </p> <p> Paul Neale, Site Admin. </p> Tues, 13 Dec 2011 Another semester comes to a close. The issues with the forum will be addressed over the break. Looks like I will have to install a fully new PHPBB 3 forum and we will all have to create new logings for it. <p> Enjoy your break as we have a whole new setup of classes and projects waiting for you when you return. From all the staff to the students of the 3D animation group of programs have a wonderful hollidays and a happy new year! </p> Tues, 15 Nov 2011 Looks like I have a major problem in the forum data base. I'm going to have to rework some things to get it all going again. Unforunitly it has been some times since I have done a back up on it so posts might get lost as well as user accounts. I will post here as soon as I have it up and running and do a damage assesment. Tues, 06 Sept 2011 Welcome new and returning students to the 3D animation group of programs. This week should be a trying time as the support staff are on strike. Please be courtious and patient with those that are on the picket lines and the staff that are in Humber trying to keep the school up and running in their absence. <p>New students: Please read this page.. <a href="http://humber3d.ca/help.html" target="_self">http://humber3d.ca/help.html</a> for information about creating a Humber3D forum account. The rules must be followed to the letter or you will not be granted access. </p> <p>If you are still trying to purchase a computer for the course and are unsure what to get then speak to my self, Paul Neale (paul.neale@humber.ca) or Corey Avery (corey.avery@humber.ca) about what you will need. We are heavily relient on fast and effective computing power in this course so a good one is much needed. </p> <p>Returning students: Welcome back and we look forward to another great year at Humber working with all of you. </p> <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Wed, 29 June 2011 http://www.humber3d.ca/resources.html Thanks to <a href="http://sarahfaber.com" target="_blank">Sarah Faber</a> for posting a list of sites where job posting can be found. I have added the list to the resources section of the site under a new category "Job Resources" I will add to this as more come to my attention. <p><a href="http://www.humber3d.ca/resources.html" target="_blank">http://www.humber3d.ca/resources.html</a></p> <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Wed, 25 May 2011 I would like to thank Terry on behalf of the students for working so hard to put this event together. It was a great success and was well recieved by the industry guests. I spoke with all of them and some of the comments I hear were "Much of the work seen in the demo reel was better then similar work done by the other colleges. Lance Lefort, Ark/Starz" Lance went on to tell me that our students modeling and lighting skills are very strong and the course is producing some good quality artists. <p> Congrats to all the students that did the work and showed up to the event. I hope that it was well worth it for all of you. </p> <p> Once again Terry, thank you for the great evening out. </p> Thurs, 05 May 2011 The semester is over and marks have been submitted as of yesterday. This gives every one exactly 6 weeks less a day to contest grades. Once the six weeks are over Terry is not able to submit grade change forms. <p>I will be monitoring the forum all summer and making up dates to it when images and sites are posted for the home page. If your web site isn't up there already get it posted in the thread on the form and I will be sure to add it. </p> <p>At some point the home page as we know it will change. I hope this will be happening some time this summer but I'm not sure. Also I will be updating the forum to PHPBB 3, wish me luck, I hope that I don't destroy all the logins and posts that are already there. </p> <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 Just two weeks left till the end of the semester. Be sure to have your projects in on time as the faculty only few days to have all the marks semitted. Once the semester is over make sure that you check your marks soon to ensure that your grades are correct as there are only six weeks to contest or have marks changed. <p> Terry and I would also like to welcome Guillermo Acosta, as the new Associate Dean, New Media and Information Technology. Guillermo has been working closely with Terry to ensure that our programs grow and have the tools necessary for the students and faculty to get the job done. We look forward to many more years building the 3D group of courses with you. </p> <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Tues, 12 Apr 2011 I neglected other duties and completed changes on the site. Resources are now found in the resources link in the main menu bar. Help page has been added that covers information about usage of the forums and other topics. <p> Animation links have been added to the resources page as well as an animation filter for easier access of them. </p> <p> Several new images have been added to the home page and more will come as soon as we get the finals in for the semester. </p> <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Tues, 12 Apr 2011 I have made some changes to the layout of the home page. At this time the resources have been taken down and will be moved to the resources link in a back page. Student pages have been moved up to the home page so they are more easily found by companies trolling for their next hire. If your site is not listed please PM me on the board with your link and full name so that I can make sure that it is added. The links are by graduation year so it you are planning on going to post grad or you are in the three year diploma program also please let me know what year you are graduating in and I can add it to the correct group. <p>Please bare with me as I get the changes complete. </p> <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Tues, 11 Jan 2011 http://humber3D.ca I have just added a new image browser to the home page to showcase student work. There is more to be done on it and I have been told that IE7 is having issues with it. If any sees any issues with it loading correctly please let me know via email, paul.neale@humber.ca, and make sure that you tell me the version of browser you are using with a description of the issue and even a screen grab if you can. <p>Thanks, Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Mon, 03 Jan 2011 http://humber3d.ca On the right of the home page a new section listing resources has been added. I need more links to add to this section of the site so if you think that you have links that every one should know about please email them to me at my humber account and if I find them worthy as well I will add them for every one to see. <p>Paul Neale: Site Admin</p> Mon, 03 Jan 2011 Welcome back for another semester. A reminder that any grade changes need to take place within six weeks of the final marks being submitted. Wed, 22 Dec 2010 http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/wages-in-the-vfx-animation-and-games-industry/ This was a very interesting read as it out lined some of the issues concerning our industry and how wages have been determined. I have also posted a link that is found in the article that lists wages of people around the industry from 2008-2009. <p> <a href="http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/wages-in-the-vfx-animation-and-games-industry/" target="_blank">Wages in the VFX and Animation industry..</a> <br /> <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aou3k7ExaTQjdHZ0S2dKMjhfY0lmN2tmTDRESEhjbHc&hl=en&authkey=CNDxyJwF#gid=0" target="_blank">Wage Survey..</a> </p> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 The semester is coming to a close and all projects are due this week if not already handed in. Faculty has until Tuesday Dec 21 to finalize marks at which point you have six weeks to contest any grades that you have recieved. Please ensure that you check your marks before Christmas and contact faculty as soon as the winter semester starts for any corrections. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 http://www.humber3d.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6840 I have posted another quick camtasia of how to use the velocity element from Max in Composite for adding motion blur to your final product. <p>Paul Neale: Site admin</p> View Tutorial:<a href="http://www.paulneale.com/tutorials/composite/motionVectors/velocityMotionBlur.mp4" target="_blank"> Velocity Motion Blur</a> Tues, 23 Nov 2010 If you are a current student in the Humber 3D animation group of courses I'm looking for your best images to post on the student page and home page. <p> I need students to submit their work if they think that it is worthy. Their name and course code that it was completed in should be in a simple graphic in the lower right corner. DO NOT add any sort of contact information. The image size should be 1280X720 and can be a composite of several images or showing maps and unwraps or what ever looks Fantastic. The whole piece must stand as a piece of art. If you believe that you have work that has been some of the best for the semester you are in then please submit it the thread in the Humber 3D forum <a href="http://www.humber3d.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?p=61555#61555" > here </a>. I will break the 800px wide limit rule in this thread only. So make sure that your image is visible in your post so that I can decide if I'm going to use it or not by just looking at it. First semester students, don't assume that your work is not good enough because you are not as far along. I'm sure many of you have created some great work for the time that you have had so far. </p> <p>Paul Neale: Site admin</p> Tues, 12 Oct 2010 http://www.visualz.com/ images/newsImages/visualZfreebies.jpg Gary Davis is one of the best and works for Autodesk as well as does production work. Gary has a site full of great tutorials on Max, Combustion and Composite. Thur, 14 Oct 2010 http://enigmafx.wordpress.com images/newsImages/enigmaCompositeBlog.jpg Here are some simple tutorials on using Max/Maya/XSI Composite. Composite is free with each of these packages and part of their install. Tues, 12 Oct 2010 http://cgpov.com/?cat=16 images/newsImages/cgpov_logo_banner.jpg Studio lighting tutorials for Max and Mental Ray. Tues, 12 Oct 2010 http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/DW/default.asp images/newsImages/cgarchitect.jpg CG Architect has a great series of articles on running your own business and freelancing. Some of the titles are.. <p>Business Planning, Writing bids & proposals, Marketing Your Services and more.</p> Tues, 21 Sept 2010 http://www.humber3d.ca/studentWork/ images/newsImages/humberStudentSites.jpg Three new sites have been added to the student web site list for 2010. Drop in and see what has been done by current and previous students. Tues, 21 Sept 2010 At this point I'm not sure what is causing it of if any one else is seeing the same issues. I will be conducting some tests as well as doing a cleaning of the data base to remove old posts to see if that will speed up the load times. <p>The forum may be down from time to time so please check back if it is. Paul Neale</p> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 1:00:00 GTM-5 http://www.youtube.com/user/humber3d images/newsImages/humberOnYoutube.jpg Terry has built a Youtube page just for show casing the work done by Humber students. Please drop in and have a look at the excelent work that has been done by the exceptional students at Humber College in the 3D group of programs. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:12:00 GMT-5 This year will be seeing lots of changes starting with a new three year program with all new course structures. Terry, myself (Paul) and the rest of the faculty have worked hard building the new course to try and address the needs of the industry based on feed back from our advisory board. <p>For the returning students there will be small changes in project descriptions from those before you but for the most part things will run as they have been. I believe all the faculty are returning, sorry, I'm not going any where so you will have to put up with me again, and our offices are still in M wing. Office hours will be posted on our doors for Terry and I, as for the part time faculty you will have to ask them how best to get in contact with them or use their Humber email accounts. </p> <p> I would like to say good bye to the post graduate students that have completed their stay at Humber and will hopefully be moving on to jobs in the industry. It has been great working with you all and the level of work from you has stepped it up a notch from years gone by. Congratulations from myself, Terry and the rest of the faculty. </p> <p> Another obvious change is this site. I have been working on it for some time but those pesky little students are always asking questions and not leaving me the time to get it complete. I joke of course, your always welcome in my office. I will be trying to get it complete in the next could of weeks. I have new code already but it has bugs that I don't want to post on the site as of yet. This site now aligns it self with the rest of the Humber web sites in look and feel but will be receiving features that will help us advertise you the student to the industry as well as give you a place to get resources and information about the industry as a whole. There are several broken links that I will be correcting soon as several of them were linking to the old site which has now been replaced. Bare with me, it will all be up and running soon. </p> <p> The Humber3D forum will remain as it is and continue to be used. Blackboard will also be introduced into our work flows as well. We are now required to post all outlines on Blackboard and use it as the location for all official documents. Humber3D forum will remain as a place for students and faculty to show their work, get feed back ask questions and get help from their piers. A clean up will happen shortly on the board to ensure that old posts that are not relevant are removed. </p> <p> Welcome back! <br>Paul Neale </p> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:12:00 GMT-5 All the systems at Humber have been updated to Max 2011, Mudbox 2011, Composite 2011, Nuke as well as the suite of Abobe products. If you intend on working at home it is important that you have the correct software installed so that your files will be compatable with the computers at Humber. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:00:00 GMT-5 http://usa.autodesk.com images/newsImages/maxLogo.jpg Max 2011 has added many new features and will be running in all labs in the fall. Get your self up to speed on the new tools and work flows including Slate Material Editor, Viewport Paint, Updated containers and new modeling features. http://www.humber3d.ca/humber3DR2/ images/newsImages/humberSiteHeader.jpg The Humber 3D site has had a complete rebuild and will be under going further changes over a period of time. <p>Please bear with me as I get this up and running. We will many new pages and options that I hope will help you with your education and experience at Humber. </p> http://www.humber3d.ca/humber3DR2/studentWork/ images/newsImages/humberStudentSites.jpg Student web site links can be found on the Student Works page.