Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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When the Lights Stop Flashing
When the Lights Stop Flashing Short Film – 2011 We all run in some extend by our unconsciousness. Life could easily become a loop of habits and chores which we repeat without reviewing them realistically. This film tells its story through an old man subconscious point of view. The night he finds this loop and…
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Nuke Hotkeys – Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
List of some most useful Nuke Hotkeys in the Node Editor, Viewer, and Properties panel: In the Node Editor Shift+X – Switch node inputs Shift+T – Branch a node (or hold shift and select the node) Cmd+Shift+X – disconnected node from the pipeline Cmd+Shift+Drag and drop – replace one node with another Shift+drag the existing output pipe, to create another…
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How beautiful the world could be!
In the summer of 2017, I visited Majdanek concentration camp on the outskirt of Lublin in Poland and took these series of photos. Later that year I was reading”Man’s search for meaning” written by Dr. Viktor Frankl one of the survival of the concentration camps and I came across this paragraph: “…One evening, when we were…
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Autumn Collection
The first time I saw Montreal’s autumn colors I thought it can’t be real! This is my attempt to capture this beauty. Photos was taken in Mont-Royal Park and Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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Having Fun With Cartoons
In 2010 I met Maryam Afshar, a Toronto based illustrator and doodler on the first months I moved to Canada. By that time I was thinking of combining 2D animation and film and she was looking for someone to animate her characters. This video is a test project we did together in her studio in Montreal.…
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Capturing four Montreal’s music bands live performances
I have shot the following four videos for Concert People in 2015. They organize music events in Montreal. It was a one night shoot with two Canon 5D mII cameras. No additional lights and just used the theatre already setup lights. Special thanks to my friend Nima Emrani for helping me shooting this event. Settle Down by Backyard…
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Promotional Video for The Richest
I made this promotional video for The Richest. It’s a combination of stock footages and typography.
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Lighting in MaYa – General Information
This post is a collection of related topics on polygon selection from the AUTODESK MAYA HELP . Click on the links below to read the access the full Help content on Autodesk website. Light Linking To assign a light to just illuminate a specific objects in a scene. Window > Relationship Editors > Light Linking or…
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Smoothing Polygons in MaYa part 2/2 : Bevel – Chamfer – Crease
This post is a collection of related topics on polygon selection from the AUTODESK MAYA HELP . Click on the links below to read the access the full Help content on Autodesk website. Bevel Select a mesh object or select the edges or faces you want to bevel. Edit Mesh > Bevel Bevel Options Offset type…
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Smoothing Polygons in MaYa part 1/2
This post is a collection of related topics on polygon selection from the AUTODESK MAYA HELP . Click on the links below to read the access the full Help content on Autodesk website. Smoothing Polygons There are four different methods for smoothing polygons. Here you can see Advantages, Disadvantages and When to use each of…
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