Archive for January, 2014
I Will Learn Premiere
Today I am making a commitment to make this the year that I finally learn to really use Premiere. I have had it with pushing After Effects to do longer animations than it is geared for, and it’s long past time to get over my old version of Final Cut Pro falling further and further behind the times, and the new versions are not going to redeem themselves. The truth is, Premiere and After Effects have been crafted to work seamlessly with one another. I just have to take the time to learn those tricks. I’m about to have a Lynda.com subscription again, and I am making this a high priority goal. Premiere has gotten really good in recent years and I know that I’ll like it more as I learn more of the same shortcuts I had in Final Cut Pro. It’s not like I haven’t used it at all. I just get angry with it for not being the Final Cut Pro I used daily for so much of my life. Now I can use this one instead. It’s time to get over this meager hurdle already.
Family Portraits?
Ulric Collette’s genetic portraits series has been getting some attention on the internet lately, and I’m going to add to that by pointing out her work here as well. I’m posting some thumbnails to give you an idea of what she’s been doing.
Please visit her website and take a closer look. The genetic similarities across the faces are really neat. I particularly appreciate some of the ones that feature different generations and emphasize how faces change with age.
http://genetic.ulriccollette.com/
Viruses Made Beautifully in Glass
Artist, Luke Jerram is making headlines with his new collection of glass sculpture models of viruses.
If you follow this link, you’ll get to David Goodsell’s take on HIV (the first virus shown to the left there) and you can see the similarity. It’s also a really awesome little interactive breaking down the individual molecular arrangement of the virus.
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/101/static101.do?p=education_discussion/educational_resources/hiv-animation.html In case you didn’t know, Goodsell is an outright master of medical illustration and representing molecules and viruses with incredible clarity and accuracy.
Larger images of the glass sculptures can be viewed here through The Verge’s coverage, where I first saw these. It sounds like he is working with a virologist and a glass blower, and that neither are specifically a specialty for him. I would love to know the name of the glass blower involved. These are truly beautifully executed pieces.