Archive for April, 2007

Study # 7 - Throughput and Renderfarm Queue Management Requirements

21. April 2007 Fractals, Video, Studies 0 Comments

Throughput Requirements
How big is this thing, and how fast do we have to go?
I want to produce a 60 to 120 minute film. At 30 frames per second, we’ve got an average of

90 minutes * 60 seconds per minute * 30 frames per second = 162,000 frames

Ah, but that’s just one layer, and assumes that […]

A conversation with Eric Williams

21. April 2007 Fractals, Video 0 Comments

As I mention all over the place, I crave interaction and conversation with people interested in this wacky endeavor. Eric Williams, creator of biocursion, has not only been conversing with me but was kind enough to let me post the exchange here.

In it, you’ll find some very interesting details about biocursion, some preliminary feedback from […]

Study #4 - Complete

17. April 2007 Fractals, Video, Studies, Compositions 0 Comments

Woof, this was hard, but is done enough.
Talk about frustrations! This is what proofs of concept are all about, after all, but still, one would hope for somewhat easier going. I learned a lot. I think the output is also kind of neat, although the technical execution isn’t up to the standards I see in […]