A quick Tutorial showing how you can speed up your renders in 3DS Max using the Octane 4.0, featuring 2 of my favorite features: Denoiser and Dynamic Subdivision ~ I am using GPU rendering with Octane to render a short film based on Pacific Rim, and getting an average of 5 seconds to 10 Seconds per frame.
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“Never ever be accused of not using your head” Katwe Style… I brought my old home made head mounted camera rig from retirement and updated it to support an iPhone X. I am now using it to do combo full body and facial mocap using Reallusion’s Motion LIVE and LIVE Face plus Noitomocap’s Perception Neuron 2.0 mocap suit. Sometimes technology shows up at just the right time and place. Taking the Nkoza and Nankya vision from dream to action. Friends, Dare to dream BIG!!! – www.nkozaandnankya.com
To create the Rig, I used my wife’s bike helmet, and attached a Flexible Universal Gooseneck Smartphone Stand with Clamp from a Haitent Retractable Adjustable Cell Phone Tall Tripod Stand Holder, using zip ties. Check it out at this link: https://amzn.to/2PDtEPd
Here is a rendered animation showing the combo result of both Facial and Body mocap.
My wife and I wrapped up our Anniversary vacation with a last stop in Rome, Italy. It was so awesome to see the colosseum and all the other historic buildings in Rome. We decided to walk instead of taking a tour bus and I must say I am glad we did, because we got a chance to experience the people as well as the architecture.
There was an Italian vendor who cracked us up as we were returning from our touring of the colosseum, he referred to us as Jay-Z and Beyonce!! lol!!! I had to take my hat off to his marketing skills because he almost got us to buy whatever he was selling.
Overall, I was truly impressed at how people hustle in Rome. We came across a gentleman balancing incredibly as a Genie and another working as an invisible man.
We encountered musicians too, that were playing popular hits on the side walk… we walked away hand in hand to the acoustic sounds of “Despacito”
What an amazing experience this Italian trip has been. I can’t wait for the next adventure with my sweetheart!!
Check out the photos from my Rome experience below. Enjoy and comments are welcome 🙂
I finally made it to Florence, Italy with my Wife as we celebrated our 18 Anniversary.
As a traditional artist, I had always dreamed of one day visiting Florence to see with my own eyes, works by the old art Masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Corriggio and many others. It was a double blessing to visit Florence with my wife, who has been an awesome supporter of my art journey and my wacky art ideas.
It was a long line to get in, but finally we made into the Gallerie Digli Uffizi!! I got goose bumps as we walked through the hallways and took in all the incredible works of art.
I left Florence with much needed inspiration, my desire to paint and create was so heightened, I was lost in thought as my wife prodded me for how I felt about the whole experience.. all I could utter was.. Epic!!!
Check out the photos from my experience of Florence. I took so many photos, but the ones below, best express what I was able to see and experience. I highly recommend Florence to every artist and Art lover, you have to see it with your own eyes. Enjoy, comments are welcome 🙂
This is a quick test I did using an iPhone X and Face Cap, I captured myself singing Amazing grace. I rendered the scene in 3DS Max using Octane with a single light to capture the mood. At least now we are getting back the features we used to love with Faceshift. Thanks to developers like Niels Alexi. Next will be to take this animation ability and apply it to the characters in my animated series, The Adventures of Nkoza and Nankya and Galiwango.
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I am so impressed with Octane 4.0 and the new Denoiser feature. I was able to render this Alien animation in the Octane 4.0 Standalone version at less than 30 seconds per frame at a frame size of 1280 x 720. GPU rendering ROCKS!!!
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This is a quick Facial mocap test I did for a short concept sci-fi film entitled “Humans” ~ I used iClone 7 and the Faceware Realtime for iClone Plugin, plus the Faceware Mocap for Faceware plugin. This pipeline has a lot of potential and shows great promise in making it possible to indie film makers like myself, to create good animations at very affordable price. I rendered the animation in 3DS Max using Octane 3.0 GPU render engine.
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This is what my week has been like.. doubling as both an animator and a motion capture and facial performance capture actor .. creating content for our Virtual Reality game at Floreo – I am wearing one of my favorite t-shirts that I purchased on my first trip to Bwindi on a trip sponsored by the Uganda Wildlife Authority so I could do research for my Galiwango film. It was through the production process of “Galiwango, obulamu bw’ekisodde” that I first seriously became interested in using Mocap as a storytelling tool. The mocap technology has developed so fast and I continue to learn a lot from this whole experience. Awesome things are in store 
Here are some videos with the Animation and Motion capture results
In this video I demonstrate how you can use Zbrush on the iPad Pro, with Tablet Pro and Duet Display to achieve the common commands that require Keyboard shortcuts like Shift, Ctrl.. etc ~
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Team Floreo ~ There is something so rewarding when you create 3D Art that makes a difference, in this case, using VR (Virtual Reality) Gaming to make a difference in the lives of children with Autism, and their incredible parents. We were honored to serve at the Please Touch Museum for this year’s #PlayWithoutBoundaries 2017 ~ I met so many inspiring kids, moms and dads, and left with a full heart knowing that the work we are doing at Floreo, has the potential to change lives. Thanks to all my teammates
