Comments for Johan Steen - 3D Portfolio, CG Artist http://www.artstorm.net 3D portfolio of Johan Steen - CG Artist and Filmmaker. Behind the scenes of my research in the art of animation, CG Characters and filmmaking. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Cloud Based Rendering for LightWave 3D by Johan Steen http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2011/08/cloud-based-rendering-lightwave-3d/#comment-29958 Johan Steen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:13:13 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1888#comment-29958 Jake, I can confirm! I'm setting it up manually at this time, which is a bit of a hassle. When my current project is finished, I've planned to spend some time to make a few scripts to make the process more streamlined and an optimized EC2 VM image for lwsn to with them. Cheers, Johan Jake,

I can confirm!
I’m setting it up manually at this time, which is a bit of a hassle. When my current project is finished, I’ve planned to spend some time to make a few scripts to make the process more streamlined and an optimized EC2 VM image for lwsn to with them.

Cheers,
Johan

]]> Comment on Cloud Based Rendering for LightWave 3D by jake http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2011/08/cloud-based-rendering-lightwave-3d/#comment-29945 jake Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:22:41 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1888#comment-29945 Can you confirm that you have Screamernet rendering solidly on Amazon EC2 instances? Can you confirm that you have Screamernet rendering solidly on Amazon EC2 instances?

]]> Comment on Film Camera Rig for LightWave 3D by wael http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2011/10/camera-rig-lightwave-3d/#comment-29758 wael Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:12:30 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1922#comment-29758 very creative. i like the idea. this is a big time saver. Great work, thank you. very creative. i like the idea. this is a big time saver.
Great work, thank you.

]]> Comment on The ZBrush Sculpting Experiment is Over! by Pardeep http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2011/08/result-24h-zbrush-head-sculpts/#comment-28470 Pardeep Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:54:17 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1873#comment-28470 Johan, I really really like your hard work and you inspire me a lot... Johan, I really really like your hard work and you inspire me a lot…

]]> Comment on Fix Symmetry by Ryan Roye http://www.artstorm.net/plugins/fix-symmetry/#comment-28213 Ryan Roye Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:05:01 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?page_id=550#comment-28213 Thanks for this great plugin, I know it's been out for a good while, but i've been using it ever since I started learning Lightwave. This plugin is a lifesaver. Thanks for this great plugin, I know it’s been out for a good while, but i’ve been using it ever since I started learning Lightwave. This plugin is a lifesaver.

]]> Comment on Color Management: Wide Gamut Displays in a CG Workflow by Jay http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2009/07/color-management-wide-gamut-dell-2408/#comment-27843 Jay Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:11:55 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1471#comment-27843 This is the best explanation I have read regarding monitor calibration. A lot of articles I have read give the impression that calibrating a monitor means that a color ICC profile is generated and once it is set in the OS, everything becomes right. They don't say that you have to have color managed applications. And now it seems that even Windows 7 desktop isn't color managed at all. I just received a new Dell U2410. It has an sRGB color preset and a AdobeRGB color preset (among others). I have set it to sRGB. I don't have a color calibrator like the Spyder 3, but I am planning to get one. However, it is clear to me now that only color managed applications will benefit from the color profile of the monitor that is generated. I don't know how close the U2410 sRGB mode is from the real sRGB, but I take it that if they are close enough, then even applications that are not color managed should look ok. Thanks for a great article. This is the best explanation I have read regarding monitor calibration. A lot of articles I have read give the impression that calibrating a monitor means that a color ICC profile is generated and once it is set in the OS, everything becomes right. They don’t say that you have to have color managed applications. And now it seems that even Windows 7 desktop isn’t color managed at all.
I just received a new Dell U2410. It has an sRGB color preset and a AdobeRGB color preset (among others). I have set it to sRGB. I don’t have a color calibrator like the Spyder 3, but I am planning to get one. However, it is clear to me now that only color managed applications will benefit from the color profile of the monitor that is generated.
I don’t know how close the U2410 sRGB mode is from the real sRGB, but I take it that if they are close enough, then even applications that are not color managed should look ok.
Thanks for a great article.

]]> Comment on ZBrush Retopology and Adaptive Skin Holes by satan http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2011/08/zbrush-retopology-adaptive-skin-holes/#comment-27379 satan Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:36:39 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1889#comment-27379 Actually this happens because you have done just 4 sided fingers, that's not enough polys for zbrush to calculate with the topology tools, any time you have to do fingers or other long thin objects make sure it has more than 4 sides. Cheers Actually this happens because you have done just 4 sided fingers, that’s not enough polys for zbrush to calculate with the topology tools, any time you have to do fingers or other long thin objects make sure it has more than 4 sides.

Cheers

]]> Comment on Color Management: 3D Renders in Photoshop by Johan Steen http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2009/07/color-management-3d-renders-photoshop/#comment-26910 Johan Steen Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:39:27 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1783#comment-26910 George, Some color managed applications assume that untagged images are sRGB and display them accordingly. Some applications don't do that. Let's take Firefox as an example, by default Firefox color manages images tagged as sRGB but do not color manage untagged images. You can change that behavior by editing the <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Gfx.color_management.enabled" rel="nofollow">gfx.color_management.mode</a> config and change it from 2 to 1 to also color manage untagged graphics. I'd guess most people have it at the default value though. So embedding an ICC profile keeps you a bit safer that the image will display correctly on a few more systems than if you don't. With the cost of a few extra kB of bandwidth. Cheers, Johan George,

Some color managed applications assume that untagged images are sRGB and display them accordingly. Some applications don’t do that. Let’s take Firefox as an example, by default Firefox color manages images tagged as sRGB but do not color manage untagged images.
You can change that behavior by editing the gfx.color_management.mode config and change it from 2 to 1 to also color manage untagged graphics. I’d guess most people have it at the default value though.

So embedding an ICC profile keeps you a bit safer that the image will display correctly on a few more systems than if you don’t. With the cost of a few extra kB of bandwidth.

Cheers,
Johan

]]> Comment on Using Celtx Shots for Storyboards on the iPad by Johan Steen http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2011/11/storyboard-ipad-celtx/#comment-26908 Johan Steen Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:28:30 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1931#comment-26908 Jerry, Thanks for your comment. About Cinemek Storyboard Composer; I've not used it, but I did keep track on it when it was released. As I've come to understand it, it's very focused on using the camera to create storyboards. Which is great for many things, but not really for my workflow. From what I've know about Storyboard Composer, Celtx Shots seems to fit better when working with drawn storyboards like I do. Cheers, Johan Jerry,

Thanks for your comment. About Cinemek Storyboard Composer; I’ve not used it, but I did keep track on it when it was released. As I’ve come to understand it, it’s very focused on using the camera to create storyboards. Which is great for many things, but not really for my workflow. From what I’ve know about Storyboard Composer, Celtx Shots seems to fit better when working with drawn storyboards like I do.

Cheers,
Johan

]]> Comment on Color Management: 3D Renders in Photoshop by George M. http://www.artstorm.net/journal/2009/07/color-management-3d-renders-photoshop/#comment-26906 George M. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:42:01 +0000 http://www.artstorm.net/?p=1783#comment-26906 Hello Johan, Your tutorial is the most clear and straightforward one I have found so far and made me understand many things. One thing is a bit confusing to me on the "Save for Web & Devices" section. Is it still necessary to embed color profile (sRGB) since you do a conversion for example from dell monitor profile to sRGB? Assuming that the converted to sRGB image is untagged and opened in a not color managed application. Wouldn't the application assign automatically the sRGB profile and will look correct without being tagged? Thank you. Hello Johan,

Your tutorial is the most clear and straightforward one I have found so far and made me understand many things.

One thing is a bit confusing to me on the “Save for Web & Devices” section. Is it still necessary to embed color profile (sRGB) since you do a conversion for example from dell monitor profile to sRGB? Assuming that the converted to sRGB image is untagged and opened in a not color managed application. Wouldn’t the application assign automatically the sRGB profile and will look correct without being tagged?

Thank you.

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