wow.. i remember an image quite similar to this from somewhere... i think it was an illustration next to some science article about particle accellerators or something to do with quantum effects in nanoscale electronics etc.. but then with a lotta  motionblur.
I actually like this one better! 

A bit of brycean creativity goes a long way :D

Yea i've been using it a few years now too, i can see how using an old version on a not-that-fast laptop would be a setback.. when u get a chance to play with cs4 or newer, you should definitely try it. 

Oh yea AE is awesome! Especially with the scripting.. so much dynamics you can add that way!

Have you tried out the trapcode plugins? Also, the sure target plugin and the lens flares from Video Copilot are both pretty freakin awesome!

Looks nice! Do i smell some video copilot? ;)

I can think of a couple things that could improve it a little... if i may make some suggestions:

• Let the camera slowly zoom in on the title to make it feel more dynamic, it builds some more tension.
   
• If the idea is that the plaster falls off from an earthquake or other vibration source, you should add some camera shake. It could also be an idea to let the effect speed up and slow down reacting to the intensity of the vibration so that it looks less artificial.
   
• Maybe use less ambient light and use some spots with varying inensity for more ambiance in the lighting. The ambient light/vignette could subtly change over time as well.

Sad news indeed :( My condolences to his family and friends..

He'll live on through the art and memories he left behind.

If i may add my 2ct, why don't the good programmers of 'Rosity build the daily digest mail function so that it will only actually send a digest if there is anything to report? That way, it'll be a lot less spammy...

nice! thanx :D

When you use the "render to disc" mode, you can render up to resolutions of many thousands of pixels wide/high. Bryce's memory management is pretty decent actually :D

Oh, another way to position the graphic would be to make a cylindrical texture map (a map thats designed to get wrapped around the entire vase like a cylinder)

I think what happens is that the scale of the texture doesn't cover the entire object, so the outer pixels of the texture get repeated.

Thats nice, how did u do the garlands?

Merry christmas :)

Hey, i hope the docs find something for your eyes... I dont know much about the healthcare system overthere, but i hope they figure something to help you.

I'm not sure how odd the odly flattened still lifes are, but as one artist to another, i'd say maybe you can try to take some of the disadvantages of your current situation, get creative and work with them instead of against them.

For instance, if your diminished depth perception keeps you from drawing artwork with sufficiently realistic proportions or volume, maybe you can try and develop a new style unique to your own creative vision and artistic abilities where you're sort of 'messing around' with the size and distance of things. You could experiment with more stylized, impressionistic or surealistic interpretations of things for instance. Just because your depth perception is less doesnt mean you cant still draw something that looks pretty ;)

Also, if the crashes in b7 hold you back, why not revert to b5? It might not have HDRI but its still good and for me its always been very very stable.

Try to take advantage of the things you can do, rather then getting too stuck on the things you cant. You know, the always look at the bright side approach, with half full glasses and such.

Works fine here, but i'd advice you to use youtube or vimeo or something like that and embed a player with a streaming version of the video. That way people can stream it, or at least they will have some type of visual feedback telling them that something is actually still happening while they wait for the video to download/buffer.

tomeyto tomahto, potato...  

(who fell for that one? ;) hehe)