Lens Flare — A Developer's Diary pt 1
I'll look at both CG lens flares and real photographed flares on my way to creating lens flare tools in the OpenCL COP for Houdini's Copernicus image processing...
Author: Bryan
Web admin for the Christian Gamers Guild and co-host of the Geek @ Arms podcast. Bryan primarily runs character-driven narrativist RPGs such as Primetime Adventures and Tales From the Loop.
On a Man of Valour
This weekend, my brother was wed. As is always the case with weddings, it was a stressful time, and not everything went as planned. I won't get into the specifi...
Annic Nova, a Traveller deckplan
It's been a while since I dropped any gaming-related content here. Anyone who's familiar with Classic Traveller may remember the Annic Nova, a very early scenar...
Karma, Cryptomatte and Fusion
UPDATE April 2025: Fusion 20's public beta was recently released. They've made significant changes to their EXR handling that ought to completely remove this is...
New Job with SideFX Software!
I've announced this in several places, but it occurs to me that I never updated the occasional reader of my blog. I'm now a Houdini Technical Consultant,...
Compositing/Early Career/Mathematics/Projects/Technical/Uncategorized/Visual Effects Industry/Writing
Blackmagic Fusion's Merge and Booleans Mathematics
You can take your compositing skills up a notch with a thorough understanding of the math behind Fusion's Merge and Channel Booleans tools.
New Reels for 2020
bryan-ray_compositing-reel_2020_v02 from Bryan Ray on Vimeo. This Compositing and Lighting reel shows work from Legion, From Dusk Till Dawn, Charmed, Teen Wolf ...
Compositing/Fusion Tools/Mathematics/Motion Graphics/Programming/Projects/Technical/Video & Animation
Tapered Bezier curve for Fusion
In this developer's diary, I'll walk through the creation of a tapered Bezier curve Fuse.
Fusion start-up troubleshooting
Let me lead by saying that I have no intention of being Fusion tech support. The information in this post is the only help I will offer, so don't send me emails...
Toolbox UI Script for Fusion
Management of custom tools and scripts in Fusion can begin to become difficult as the number of assets increases. Not only does finding the specific scri...