Siggraph Demo Reel - suggestions for content

[LetterRip]

Hi all, as you may know, Blender will be at siggraph this year.

We would like to have a demo reel that shows off some of the impressive features of Blender, something that can be viewed in a few minutes, that has a really high visual impact.

To that end I would like the community to suggest specific videos that powerfully demonstrate a blender feature. This can be either completed work and/or behind the scenes/making ofs.

Please provide links to the specific video you would recommend and what areas you would recommend them for and also preferably what time into the video you would recommend excerpting.

We need content to demonstrate all of the following areas of Blender

Modeling
Sculpting/Multiresolution Mesh
Retopologizing
Normal Map Baking
UV Unwrapping
Node Based Texturing
Paint Based Texturing
Rigging
Shape Keys
Weighting (the fancy new stuff and painting)
Animating
Particle Effects
Hair/Fur
Fluids
Hard Body Physics
Soft Body Physics
Cloth
Rendering
Compositing
Video Editing

Note that features shown for Apricot might be ok also.

Note that I do not plan on being the individual doing the video; this is only to be a useful resource for the artists who is selected to do the work.

I will seek the artist permissions for including their work in the demo reel. Please feel free to make multiple suggestions for each category so that the artist will have a lot of choices.

Suggestion should be preferably something like

Cloth - Ballerina - http://www.vimeo.com/819612?pg=embed&sec=819612 0:02-0:08

or the blenderartists thread etc.

Although just a mention of the video is fine,

also exceptionally powerful stills can be considered also.

LetterRip

[genscher]

@ LetterRip: I think you meant the new ballerina version --> http://www.vimeo.com/979006

[Lumpycow]

Possibly a good video showing the retopo http://vimeo.com/1227660
Suggested maybe the part of the ear.... 4:50 to 5:30... or so.

[hessiess]

fluids and toon shading.
http://vimeo.com/1241380

[DingTo]

This is a nice fluid-demo:
http://weeklyblender.blogspot.com/20...luid-tank.html

you can find other animation videos on this blog: http://weeklyblender.blogspot.com/

[CoyHot]

Hi LetterRip. I wrote three articles in the latest BlenderArt about Fire, Eavy Smoke and Ocean. If you want, i can make some animations about this feature for the show. Are you interested ?

You can mail me about that : francois@coyhot.com

[Falgor]

Well, I have a couple of animations which contain fluid simulation and physics here (the "finnaqua" animations). They are professional work and one of them is a television advert, but I have the rights to show and distritube them anywhere. If you consider them suitable for the siggraph demo, you may use them.

[mr_bomb]

I've got quite a few modeling timelapses that're available for use if you're looking for some modeling demonstrations. Here's one of them on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/1080340

[jpbouza]

This could be my entry for rigging. I´m about to release BlenRig 2.0, and I´ll be releasing some video tutorials showing its functionality, so I´ll post the links when they are done. If you need the highres version give me a call.

http://www.vimeo.com/920284

[Meta-Androcto]

the Busker by Freen.
http://blenderartists.org/forum/show....php?p=1152398

[musk]

Browse http://www.vimeo.com/BlenderAnim for animations
and http://www.vimeo.com/BlenderLapse for timelapse that might show of some of the stuff you need.

[Eclectiel]

These may be good for SSS:
http://www.vimeo.com/1246670 (maybe adding the eyes)

http://www.vimeo.com/927408


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[Eclectiel]

Camera mapping:
http://www.vimeo.com/889190

Particle system:
http://www.vimeo.com/756363


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[Ecks]

Following Mr_Bomb suggestion,
there are all the montage studio videos over there:

http://www.vimeo.com/montagestudio

Feel free to use any of them

[LetterRip]

Hi all, for those who have posted and messaged me, sorry for not responding to you individually yet, am a bit behind on my correspondence

Thanks for the suggestions and keep them coming...

LetterRip

[txrx]

You gotta get an excerpt of the Hangar No.5 short in there. Most of the shots look awesome, there's one or two where the depth lighting needs tweaked. (you know the shots)

It's an awesome body of work and could easily showcase blender's (and the artists) ability at an another good short.

[vladius]

I can render my Cyberwolf head turntable animation( http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=126435 ) in HD. PM me if you'd like me to.

[Polarbear]

Here is a fire-test based on the tutorial in the last blender magazine: http://www.vimeo.com/1170272

[Ecks]

Originally Posted by txrx You gotta get an excerpt of the Hangar No.5 short in there. Most of the shots look awesome, there's one or two where the depth lighting needs tweaked. (you know the shots) It's an awesome body of work and could easily showcase blender's (and the artists) ability at an another good short.

would be great if you put the link up to help out LetterRip,
here it is: Hangar No.5 http://www.vimeo.com/1118299
and their making of: http://www.vimeo.com/1093674 (didn,t watch it, don't knwo if it's appropriate)

[Eclectiel]

Smoke:
http://www.vimeo.com/1124562


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