Wrapping up some 2015 projects....more Octane Render for MODO images....

Underwater vehicles...renderings for NAB 2015.....and more.

...pMods and Siggraph 2014 'stream of conscious'

....if you've ever been traumatized by MODO's Render Passes...then this video is for you.

Before I get to masking in MODO here's a couple of tests I did with Octane 2.0, MODO 801 and the MODO Octane plug-in.  You can freeze fur in MODO using the Render->Bake Geometry Cache command....

 Are you for some reason super interested in the time cycler node?  Well good news!  A face-meltingly thorough explanation of the time cycler node is in the video below.....

I'm going to post a few of my favorites below, the ones that I think hit everything.  Not just great art, but the ones that captured the essence of the game they're promoting, filled me with anticipation and made me say "DAMN, that's cool!"

Then OTOY bought Octane in early 2012 - and IMO saved it from obscurity.  After I saw that Octane had been acquired I contacted them to have my license re-instated which they did immediately.  Needless to say OTOY's acquisition was the best thing to happen to the program...

So I installed a couple of utility kits in MODO yesterday that were put together by the talented Cristobal Villa and I could not be happier.  I installed 'Model Colors', 'Quick Locators' and 'Super Aligners'.  I'm typically pretty careful about what I add to MODO but these are no brainers.  I use the Quick Locator pop-up in the tutorial below....

So I'm off on a run with my son tonight (he's turning 12 this weekend) and we're chatting a bit.  He's showing some interest in computer graphics so I thought I would talk a little about the history of computers with him.  I started off with the original Pong (which my Dad brought home one day and I played in my garage with my brother on a black and white TV)....

Are you supposed to introduce yourself on your first blog post?  I'm not sure, but I'm going to anyway.  My name is Greg Leuenberger and I'm the CEO of Sabertooth Productions.  Sabertooth is a production, post and animation company here in Sunnyvale, CA - right smack in the middle of Silicon Valley.  Also known as the best place in the world to pay over a million bucks for the lawn sheds they refer to as houses around here.