Programming

Ah.. It's been a while since I last posted an entry. There's really not much to discuss at the moment, as I'm waiting for At Worlds End to come out on DVD so I can add some of the work to the gallery! I've also got a shot breakdown of one or two of the shots I completed, from beginning to end! Brian suggested that one in my Open Call posting almost a year ago. Feel free to add suggestions to that posting, and I'll add it on my list of to-do items for you guys! Like always, there's not an ETA for any of the suggestions, but I do try to address them!

I've starting creating some C++ plugins in the downtime, while we're semi-slow here. So far I've written two, very simplistic plugins. One converts a string to uppercase (woo) and another asks a question and returns it with a comment (woo!). Very tame stuff! I'm hoping to incorporate the techniques I continue to learn into creating Nuke plugins with user feedback. We've got a Nuke SDK class tomorrow to go over how to incorporate C++ with the SDK. Most likely all of my tools that I'll be creating will remain inhouse, but if there's something useful down the line, I'll write something at home and put them up here or there. In show news, I'm possibly moving onto another show very shortly, but the logistics still need to be worked out.

Unrelated to visual effects, I bought another toy! This time it's a motorcycle, my first one. It's a Suzuki GS500E. And yes, it's yellow too. Same as my car, but not of my own volition. That's all they had at the dealer that was less than 500ccs and under three grand. I took the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) Basic course a couple of weeks ago. Now I have my Class C and M1 rating! Now all I need is an A and B class license! Why? Oh, just to have. Maybe I'll become a trucker, and leave visual effects behind. Right.