Saturday, November 20, 2010
Day 76 - Nothingness
Nothing much we did today. we decided to just rest and finish any paperwork that we need to do to submit before we go back.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Day 75 - Shopping paradise!
So what to do on our first official day of being free from work and just being on vacation? We went shopping out of town with a friend. I think today i spent close to 200USD on clothes and majority of it is actually on a complete buissness suit. The suit includes, pants, jacket, shirt and tie, all kenneth cole brand. I manage to find something very american. Those drinking hats commonly seen in american movies. See, and i wondered about getting a shirt, this drinking hat is cheaper than a shirt and is more worth it!
There wasn't much else i was looking at, so after that we went back.
There wasn't much else i was looking at, so after that we went back.
Day 74 - Last day at SESI & Presentation!
Today, marks the last day of our stint at SESI unofficially. It also the day we presented to the staff and company our work. Several of the interns and staff graded our work and so did our supervisor.
Alot of the staff were quite impressed by my prezi presentation and luckily i used it instead of a normal presentation. I find a normal presentation really boring.
So it all went out fine. Then the office treated us a farewell lunch of mexican food, and we bid our farewells. Also, I managed to sneak a 50 frame render of my ending as an add on so i might have some fun with it if i have time.
So for the rest of the week till next Wednesday, i guess were free to do anything of our choosing!
oh so incase you want to see my work, it's here;
and if you want to see my prezi presentation, it can be seen here;
Alot of the staff were quite impressed by my prezi presentation and luckily i used it instead of a normal presentation. I find a normal presentation really boring.
So it all went out fine. Then the office treated us a farewell lunch of mexican food, and we bid our farewells. Also, I managed to sneak a 50 frame render of my ending as an add on so i might have some fun with it if i have time.
So for the rest of the week till next Wednesday, i guess were free to do anything of our choosing!
oh so incase you want to see my work, it's here;
and if you want to see my prezi presentation, it can be seen here;
Day 73 - Deadline creeping up!
Well today, in the morning, finally it has finished rendering all the layers and i tried to do all the motion blur in compositing in nuke. i at first tried to do it, and asked ben to help, but ben recommended me to just do it in render instead of doing it in nuke(comp). So i went back and re-rendered all my layers with motion blur. Interesting thing is i had a problem with the particles which ziggy helped me to address. The problem with the particle is that the particles had no accurate velocity to generate the motion blur. All the other objects in my scene had motion blur in the geometry level, so yeah.
In the end i managed to rerender and comp it together by about 8pm. I had to prepare the presentation for tommorow and i didn't have powerpoint. Instead i used something called prezi to prepare my presentation. I havn't used it for a presentation, i've always considered using it but this was the first time i used it. I managed to finish all of that just about moments ago at about 11pm. And i get the rest of the time to sleep and play games.
In the end i managed to rerender and comp it together by about 8pm. I had to prepare the presentation for tommorow and i didn't have powerpoint. Instead i used something called prezi to prepare my presentation. I havn't used it for a presentation, i've always considered using it but this was the first time i used it. I managed to finish all of that just about moments ago at about 11pm. And i get the rest of the time to sleep and play games.
Day 72 - Back to work & Deadline!
After having so much fun at las vegas, going home always seems like a sad thing. Anyways, today we kinda have to put the pedal to the metal as deadline was brought forward, so that means i have to start doing comp as soon as possible. So today i decided to start putting my work together in nuke.... that is until i realised i did it wrongly.
I misunderstood what matte shading was and applied it to all the layers that i wanted to split up. That was a mistake. So i had to rerender all of it. The matte layer means to matte out or remove the object and make anything not render when it is behind it.
So yeah, i spent the rest of today re rendering.... sad isn't it?
I misunderstood what matte shading was and applied it to all the layers that i wanted to split up. That was a mistake. So i had to rerender all of it. The matte layer means to matte out or remove the object and make anything not render when it is behind it.
So yeah, i spent the rest of today re rendering.... sad isn't it?
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Day 71 - Las Vegas & Back to Santa Monica
The bus picks us up at 3, so we slept and checked out by 12pm. We then headed down to the manaley hotel where the shark aquarium is at. There, we saw lots of kinds of sharks, fish and sting rays, there were piranas and even a crocodile.
After that we by passed the luxor via the tram and headed to the bellagio to catch the water show. sadly we didn't arrive in time, and time was against us. We have to be back at the harrah's hotel for the bus to pick us up at 3 and it was 2.50, we quickly went back to the hilton and picked up our bags. We called the agency and luckily, the bus had broken down and would be an hour late. Phew.
We then took a cab from the hilton to the harrah's hotel and casino and waited there for the bus.
The bus arrived at half past 4. The bus was slightly larger but was missing all the comforts of the lux bus we arrived in. There was no free wifi :<. Oh well, the bus attendant was nice. She was swedish and was quite funny. "we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer." yes she actually repeated many times, and then she goes on to explain "i say many times cause people always ask me for coffee or tea, or dr pepper, or apple juice or whatever. we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer." funnily enough there was an indian couple in front of us and they asked her for ginger beer. She replied "what is this ginger beer, i never have hear before. we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer. coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer". luls.
Anyways we finally reached anehiem back at 8pm and arrived back home at around 10pm.
After that we by passed the luxor via the tram and headed to the bellagio to catch the water show. sadly we didn't arrive in time, and time was against us. We have to be back at the harrah's hotel for the bus to pick us up at 3 and it was 2.50, we quickly went back to the hilton and picked up our bags. We called the agency and luckily, the bus had broken down and would be an hour late. Phew.
We then took a cab from the hilton to the harrah's hotel and casino and waited there for the bus.
The bus arrived at half past 4. The bus was slightly larger but was missing all the comforts of the lux bus we arrived in. There was no free wifi :<. Oh well, the bus attendant was nice. She was swedish and was quite funny. "we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer." yes she actually repeated many times, and then she goes on to explain "i say many times cause people always ask me for coffee or tea, or dr pepper, or apple juice or whatever. we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer.we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer." funnily enough there was an indian couple in front of us and they asked her for ginger beer. She replied "what is this ginger beer, i never have hear before. we have coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer. coke diet coke sprite orange juice and beer". luls.
Anyways we finally reached anehiem back at 8pm and arrived back home at around 10pm.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Day 70 - Grand Canyons & Las Vegas 2
The days starts with us waking up at 5am and almost missing the bus that was to pick us up at the hotel. Luckily we reached it in time. There we headed to the imperial palace, the travel agency's HQ where we got on a bigger bus to the grand canyons. The tour takes a total of 16hours. 14 hours of travel 2 hours of actual grand canyon time. We had a choice to walk along the canyon to the pick up point, but instead we decided we would just go to the many look out points near the bus so we won't get lost and get left behind.
We then got back on the bus and it headed to the pickup point. We had an hour to look around, so we did just that. Got myself some souvenirs. The grand canyons is a very majestic sight. It is almost indescribable. Then we heard a talk by the park ranger about the california condor and then headed on the bus back to vegas. If you fall in the grand canyon, a rescue will cost you. It won't be free. Note that the grand canyons hae no railing to prevent you from falling over the verticle side, so you have to be careful yourself.
we arrived back in vegas at about 10pm. and we catch in the sights of vegas at night. Sadly we missed the water show at the bellagio, but the paris hotel is quite fantastic. The hotels here are like worth billions of dollars. There are so many casinos. Even patrol stations have the one armed slot machine. It's quite insane.
We then headed back to the hotel at about 1.20 am.
We then got back on the bus and it headed to the pickup point. We had an hour to look around, so we did just that. Got myself some souvenirs. The grand canyons is a very majestic sight. It is almost indescribable. Then we heard a talk by the park ranger about the california condor and then headed on the bus back to vegas. If you fall in the grand canyon, a rescue will cost you. It won't be free. Note that the grand canyons hae no railing to prevent you from falling over the verticle side, so you have to be careful yourself.
we arrived back in vegas at about 10pm. and we catch in the sights of vegas at night. Sadly we missed the water show at the bellagio, but the paris hotel is quite fantastic. The hotels here are like worth billions of dollars. There are so many casinos. Even patrol stations have the one armed slot machine. It's quite insane.
We then headed back to the hotel at about 1.20 am.
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