Hi everyone, I just joined and i thought to introduce myself. My name is Antonis Kotzias owner of a CG animation company called Yafka. We mostly do 3D/CG for...
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Mike Murray
astrofreak57
Feb 4, 2009 10:49 pm
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce the opening of a new original show from Clark Planetarium Productions! "Saturn: Jewel of the Heavens" takes actual imagery...
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Antonio Pedrosa
pedrosaantonio
Feb 4, 2009 10:49 pm
Navegar Foundation would like to invite all to participate and attend the Immersive Film Festival, to be held at Centro Multimeios Espinho, Portugal, in April...
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Ed Lantz
elantz33
Feb 5, 2009 5:06 am
Hi All, The Bella Gaia 2009-2010 world tour is now actively booking shows at digital planetariums and HD flat-screen theaters. BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth) is...
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Production planetarium
cyrilruiz
Feb 6, 2009 10:40 am
Message for Antonio Pedrosa: Is it still possible to apply for a presentation of our new show and/or some trailers ?!If so,what would be the conditions ? ...
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Jon Strawn
jstrawn168
Feb 8, 2009 12:18 am
http://magazine.creativecow.net/pdf_issues/12th_Issue_spread_edition.pdf It is a PDF download, but it is pretty small and the article by John Galt is great....
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Philip Groce
philipgroce
Feb 8, 2009 8:14 pm
Jon: An excellent and thought-provoking article by John Galt, which raises a lot of the same issues that need to be applied to Fulldome. When it comes to the...
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Mohamad Hamka Bin. Mu...
mohamadhamka
Feb 11, 2009 12:58 pm
Hello there, I would like to write something on "planetarium role in education". Need some idea. I need this for justification to the institution on the...
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Shawn Laatsch
shawnlaatsch
Feb 12, 2009 12:15 am
Hello All, Here is a quick update on Two Small Pieces of Glass planetarium program for IYA. This program is being produced by Imiloa Astronomy Center, Buhl ...
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rycv3701
Feb 12, 2009 5:45 am
Dear Hamka, I am not sure that this will be helpful to you, but we know that around the world educators are coming back to the need for the basic subjects of...
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George Fleenor
gjetson1959
Feb 13, 2009 2:14 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: George Fleenor GeoGraphics Imaging & Consulting 7803 25th Ave W. Bradenton, FL 34209 Phone: (941) 920-0246 Fax: (941) 794-6877 ...
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mark_cartagine
Feb 17, 2009 3:28 am
... Our planetarium fulfills several roles in education. For Physics majors, we use it to run Stellarium, so they can learn astronomical observation. Other...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Feb 17, 2009 4:25 am
This is kind of off topic - but I've thought for quite a while that with the relative ease of digital production and the availability of tools (either realtime...
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rycv3701
Feb 17, 2009 3:04 pm
I don't think your comment is off subject at all. Cosmodome sales are mainly directed to the smaller and mobile end of the market and this largely means...
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Schorcht, Volkmar
volkmarschorcht
Feb 17, 2009 3:05 pm
Hi Andy and all, the work of students in fulldome format is just amazing. At the yearly FullDome Festival in Jena we have seen creative and quite original...
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Jason Dorfman
astrojastn
Feb 18, 2009 9:37 pm
Hello all, We are close to opening our newly renovated theater and have been working hard on creating our first fulldome show. Today, we got our first chance...
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Ron Proctor
japanbreakfast
Feb 18, 2009 10:28 pm
It always depends on your equipment, but here are some things that work for us. Hardware: Make sure your projector is properly configured. There are settings...
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Patrcik
animato727
Feb 18, 2009 10:29 pm
It might help to have a bit more information. What is the set-up you have in the theater? Can you post a still frame from the show? In the theater, depending...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Feb 19, 2009 1:42 am
On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Jason Dorfman wrote: We are wondering if anyone has some great suggestions for adjusting settings, i.e. brightness, contrast, etc,...
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Michael Narlock
mjnarlock
Feb 19, 2009 1:43 am
Hi all, One trick I've used in the past to bring out the details and improve the overall brightness is to adjust the high end of the tonal range using "curves"...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
Feb 19, 2009 4:31 pm
Jason, I would say your lament is THE #1 disappointment I run into working in fulldome. Things looks great on your desktop monitors -- especially if you've...
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Glendale College Tour...
gcctourplanning
Feb 19, 2009 4:31 pm
Good morning Jason. While I will assume you have a newer set of projectors, I would like to pass on a short story of what has happened in our dome. We are...
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Eric Knisley
eric.knisley
Feb 19, 2009 4:52 pm
Jason, After many years in the dome business, I feel your pain. 8-) Domes are in many ways a *new medium* and you have to adjust your thinking accordingly. You...
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Paul Mowbray
paul_j_mowbray
Feb 19, 2009 5:38 pm
The eternal battle, if only those elusive Fulldome standards could be formalised and ratified and implemented across the board! A compromise would be to have a...
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Ty Audronis
m8rixboy
Feb 19, 2009 6:23 pm
Jason, I join the ranks of those that sympathize with you. I agree with everything said in this thread (adjusting the projectors, high end curve, and...
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Matthew
xgastudios
Feb 20, 2009 12:03 am
Hi Jason, Well it seems you have some really good advice already, so I'll try not to repeat what has been discussed so far. A couple of things you can do is...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Feb 20, 2009 12:48 am
it is possible to set the mac for a 2.2 gamma but it's not by default. Andy...
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mark_cartagine
Feb 20, 2009 6:45 am
(And all this time I thought this was just our problem!) Like everyone else here, we've experienced full dome issues. We bought a wonderful projector (Optoma...
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Raven Moon
ravensoulvis...
Feb 20, 2009 6:45 am
At a Red camera seminar today in Vancouver and listen to VFX producers of Sanctuary describe their workflow for red in 2k on FCP. Also saw a promising demo of...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Feb 20, 2009 2:34 pm
... For those using Macs for playback, you will be pleasantly surprised if you perform a colour calibration ... see the display preferences. I suggest...
