After having worked on my largest project to date, I realized that having some sort of automated pipeline manager would have been IMMENSELY helpful.  I've heard about openPipeline for a while, but never really had a project where I needed to use it.  I'll def. be giving this a shot though on the next one!

Thanks to Peter for the great rundown of features!

Been cutting my maiden reel together for what seems like forever...but figured it was finally time to let this little birdy fly.  Comments and critiques welcome.

I saw the video below the other day and thought I'd take stab at recreating it.  Perhaps the Easter bunny will be bringing a tutorial in a next few weeks.  Be wared...it's a bit technical to accomplish.

The original

Created by Royale. They kick serious ass.

Learn the differences between using Global Illumination (GI) and Final Gather (FG). Then setup FG to add realistic lighting to your scene, or as my Swedish friends would say, "lightening."

Mentioned:

http://www.cgtextures.com

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Learn the differences between using Global Illumination (GI) and Final Gather (FG). Then setup FG to add realistic lighting to your scene, or as my Swedish friends would say, "lightening."

Mentioned:

http://www.cgtextures.com

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