Cinemagraph...

For the past couple days I have been working on a Cinemagraph, to get an idea of the type of concepts I could create.  This particular one is a composite of many different texture elements that I got with my membership I have at cgtextures.com.  The motion is actually a video that I shot with my iPhone 4 and brought into photoshop.  Please click the image to see it full screen and in motion.  Thanks.

    Copyright© 2011 - Mark T. Schoenrock (www.seeoutsidethebox.com)


This next one I create, I'll also create a tutorial on how I put everything together.  It will have to be a multi part tutorial though as this took me a couple days to create.  about 30 hours in total time.

Anyways, I hope you like it, and, I hope that blogger will animate the 256 color animated gif.

Thanks for checking it out.


Mark T. Schoenrock

RIP Steve Jobs - 1955 - 2011.

Steve will be missed for sure.  My positive thoughts go out to the Apple family.

Okay so I was wrong...

So I'm on my iPad right now, and my website works perfect on it. And actually I must say that adobe did their homework on their gallery system. The "touch" interface works really well. It's best to have the iPad in vertical mode though, as once you scroll down into the gallery you can not scroll back up. This is an issue I I'll address, but for now it's cool.


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Location:My computer room.

So today I decided I was going to switch my galleries.  I have been using Apple's Mobile Me gallery, but since Apple is going to be shutting down Mobile Me, I decided that I was not going to wait any longer.  For the past few months I have been searching for the best gallery.  So far I have found a few that might do the trick.  So for right now I am giving Photoshop.com a try.  Now I have been a member since it was in beta testing, so its been a few years.  I did not know however, until recently, that they had a gallery system.  I really like it a lot, but, there is an issue that I do not care for.  It uses Adobe Flash.  But I guess I could have seen that one coming.  After all, Adobe owns Photoshop and Flash.  Oh well.  Ill figure something out soon enough.  For now though, I'm going to give this one a try.

Let me know what you think about it.

PS,

Im hoping that once Adobe has the new version of flash out, that is supposed to convert video to h264, that this will work on the iPad.  we shal see.

Checking out blogpress.

Figured I would try this out, since I purchased it, heh.


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Location:Work

moving, new computer, artwork...

So, I have been in the process of moving for 2 weeks, well almost.  I moved into my new apartment on August 26th, but I have lots to do yet before I will call it completed.

Next up, computer time.  Funding is low due to my move, but, in the next month or two I should be back up to where I need to be in order to build me a nice machine.  I have the parts picked out at newegg too, it should be rather amazing once it is built.

Now on to my artwork.  It has been weeks if not months since I have had time for my own projects, so next week I feel I will finally have free time to start working on things again.  I also have some new idea's for Creative Mind Entertainment's iPhone apps.  The next few months could prove to be rather amazing, saying all goes according to plan.


Also, one last thing.  At work, we recently shot a spec commercial that was designed for Jeep.  Being in the Toledo OH area, this makes it even more meaningful, being that the Jeep is built here.  Ill post up shots once everything is complete.


Anyways, tomorrow is Friday, soooo, happy Thursday :)

In need of a new computer...

Okay, so here it goes.  I am in need of a new computer, be it mac or pc, I really do not care at the moment. I do have some requirements though.  I must be able to run the latest version of UDK and the Direct X 11 features.

I want to be able to create some highly detailed environment art using tessellation, which my current pc is unable to do.  the current mac I have is a Powermac G5 that is maxed out.  I can run Maya just fine, and also use Photoshop CS3 currently but would like to jump into the next gen of apps.

I have been thinking about building a computer, did it years ago, but all my apps are on the mac currently, so therefore Ill have to re-buy everything I'm thinking.


Next topic,

At work we are on the horizon of getting busy with some new video shoots.  Once I can, Ill get some samples up.

Anyways, have an amazing day and take care.


Mark