Photoshop Reticulum Effect

Formula to convert Black & White into color

It may have taken a long time to add colour to the decades old super hit movie Mughal-e-Azam, but a man in India has claimed to have devised a methodology that can convert black and white movies into colour print at minimal cost with the help of a computer software.

With his innovative idea, the twenty-eight year old Jyotin Rajpara claims to do wonders in changing melodies of yesteryears’ into find colour prints without costing too much.

Presently, he is working on indian black and white films like--Shree 40, Madhumati, Dosti and even Mughale-Azam.

Jyotin has already sent copies of his work to different companies. He claims that he has received feedback from some American companies and hopes for a good offer from them in the future.

Source: www.newkerela.com

Video Games impact on US economy

The video game industry has an impact on the US economy well beyond its sales of consoles and software, according to a new report for the Entertainment Software Association.

Doug Lowenstein, ESA president, said at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles that while sales of video games and hardware totalled $10.3bn in 004, the industry generated another $7.7bn in economic impact.

As well as calculating a total impact of $18bn on the US economy in 004, they forecast the industry would support 65,000 jobs by 009, up from 144,000 in 004. “Clearly, the entertainment software industry is not just about fun and games,” their report concludes. “It is a serious business that improves training, efficiency, and productivity in a variety of industries.”

Source: www.news.ft.com

Buzzword of the Month

Armature - An armature is the skeleton of a stop-motion model or puppet or of an animatronic figure. Early stop-motion armatures were made of wire, later ones of steel, and since the 1930s most have included ball – and – socket joints to allow for more realistic poses. Armatures for animatronic figures have advanced mechanism that provide realistic live-action movements, and they are covered not by clay but by simulated musculature made of foams, elastics, spandex or other fabrics overlaid with a foam latex skin.

These days, unique modeling system allows you to create just about anything you can imagine because every piece of your armature is fully interchangeable (right armature) with full range of motion for an infinite variety of poses and movements to give your completed character attitude and personality with realistic movement.