Tag Archives: Projects and Thoughts
Summertime
This blog has not received too much in the way of activity updates in the life of Jed. Accordingly, here is one on the subject of summertime. This summer was exceedingly much more busy than last summer, during which time I was unemployed and did not accomplish a great deal. This summer, I was fortunate [...]
A List of Essential Windows Software
Often I have come across very intense opinions about the superiority of the Mac user interface. While true with “stock” software options, it is my opinion that when bolstered with certain amazing freeware applications, the Windows XP user interface experience can surpass osX in terms of efficiency of operations. Thus, in the style of those [...]
SOS: Media – Week 8 Update
This last week I focused nearly exclusively on working on my Hybrid Music performance. I had been making it a second priority previously, and so had a lot of work to do to catch up. Fortunately, the visual component of my Hybrid project intersected significantly with my AI project’s abstract visualizations.Accordingly, I thought it might [...]
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SOS: Media Spring – Week 6+7 Update
Well, it is 4 days after the promised date that I would give my (now long overdue) Week 6 update, and the end of Week 7 is approaching by the minute. Given the current circumstance, and my lack of desire to mislead anyone, I am going to make this post a Confabulation post! It will [...]
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SOS: Media Spring – Week 5 Update
This week was one in which I didn’t make a great deal of progress on my own work. One could say that I benefited as a person from my other activities. I taught part two of the After Effects workshop for Mediaworks. This time I was without any support from official people such as Stephanie [...]
Visual Effects: An Interview with Lead Compositor of Van Helsing
I stumbled accross this (somewhat aged) interview with Todd Vaziri, a lead compositor in Van Helsing, at ILM. It might be interesting for some to see how After Effects is used in a larger professional production workflow on a big effects-heavy film production. The Interview (via vfxtalk.com)
SOS: Media Spring – Week 4 Update
Let me start out by saying this: I am behind. Very behind. I feel overwhelmed with the amount of work I have on my back, and I need a strong injection of excitement and enthusiasm to facilitate the battle with sleep that I will have to wage in order to be victorious. This past week [...]
After Effects Workshop v3.0
This last Friday, I taught the third After Effects workshop that I have been a part of, for the benefit of a few students from the Mediaworks program. Myself having been in Mediaworks last year, and having attempted to put together a similar workshop for Mediaworks then, it was great to see all of the [...]
Continuing Thoughts About Artificial Intelligence (SOS: Media – Week 2 Update)
For the past couple of days, I have been getting reacquainted with all of the writing and notes and ideas I was engaged with during fall quarter for my Artificial Intelligence project. Involved in this process is the reading of the massive quantity of journaling that I did, and watching and reading some new research [...]
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Paul Graham’s Disagreement Hierarchy