Straightface Studios

When we saw the new Tesla Cybertruck concept, one of us just had to make it! So low poly!

Straightface Studios updated their business hours.

We created a PSA for WA Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to educate children on the importance of online safety.

Janet's Story - High School The ICAC Unit has released a Public Service Announcement on the dangers of online relationships based on a true story. Janet's story is one that we all too o...

We've put together a reel of some of our 3D animation and visual effects heavy work. Check it out!

Straightface Studios 2018 Reel - 3D & VFX Straightface Studios is a boutique creative studio that produces 3D Animation and VFX driven works for Digital, TV and Print. sfstudios.com

Our basketball team, Rainbow Narwhals, play game 2 in the playoffs tonight - Wish them luck!! Let's go Narwhals!

It's mocap Monday!

Confused about what the new Contrast and Roll-Off settings in RED's IPP2 color processing (http://www.red.com/news/upgrade-your-workflow-with-ipp2-reds-new-image-processing-pipeline) is doing? Hopefully this illustration from Straightface Studios' Gavin Greenwalt can help.

The contrast setting defines an S-Curve to add contrast to the image and the Roll-Off modifies how the top 50% luminance of the contrast curve rolls off to white.

Here are a couple of fun teasers we created for new board games by Forrest-Pruzan Creative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjHAnbdjn0

The Wizard Always Wins (teaser final) https://www.target.com/p/the-wizard-always-wins-board-game/-/A-52405215 =sametab

"Working on films to accompany live performance is a growing niche in our industry and an exciting opportunity." iTooSoft takes a look at our portfolio of animation for live events.
https://www.itoosoft.com/stories/straightface-studios-on-creating-animations-for-live-events

Straightface Studios on creating animations for live events Straightface Studios discuss live performance films for Boston and PNB's Nutcracker Suite.

Look behind the scenes of our snowy carriage ride video for the Nutcracker's violin solo. We loved working with the Pacific Northwest Ballet again.

PNB Violin Solo Behind the scenes of our snowy carriage ride video for the Nutcracker's violin solo. (Client: Pacific Northwest Ballet)

Thanks for the feature, Thinkbox Software!

"To generate a realistic flurry of snow throughout the entire overture, Straightface Studios needed a tool that could handle incredibly long viewing distances of over a kilometer, yet still be manageable for rendering and simulation. To complete the challenge, the team turned to compound geometry tool – Frost."

www.frost.thinkboxsoftware.com

5,400 frames, 1.5 million trees, 8,540 bushes, 287 buildings, seven mice, and months in the making. Check out the breakdown of visual effects in our Overture video for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's new Nutcracker.
https://vimeo.com/202813702

Nutcracker Overture VFX breakdown After a 30-year run, the Pacific Northwest Ballet redesigned their annual performance of The Nutcracker. Starting production in 2015, Straightface Studios'…

One technique you should have in your VFX toolkit is a cross-polarization setup. By adding polarizing gel to a light you can remove the specular reflected light, leaving just the flat diffuse color for creating cg textures. In this case we are demonstrating two photos taken one with and without a polarizer on a camera flash to illustrate.

Our friends over at Thinkbox Software wrote up a piece on our switch to their usage-based licensing system on our render farm.

With usage-based licensing for The Foundry's Nuke we now count minutes not machines. 100 machines rendering for 1 minute costs the same as 1 machine for 100 minutes. No more paying for licenses we aren't using and no more bottlenecks based on how many permanent licenses or subscriptions we have.

Straightface In the fast-paced worlds of 3D animation, VFX and motion graphics, time is of the essence, and productive facilities are consistently looking for better ways to streamline production. For nearly a decade, Straightface Studios has done just that using Thinkbox Software’s Deadline to manage its on-pre...

Working with Adrenaline Havas NYC and Mr Big Film, Straightface produced some fun animation of a lurking fireball known to many as Frequent Heartburn!

Prevacid Lurking Working with Adrenaline and Mr. Big Productions, Straightface Studios produced some fun animation of a lurking fireball known to many as Frequent Heartburn!

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Magnuson Studios: Get Involved! | Washington Filmworks A task force of 25 film and music professionals, lead by the Sand Point Arts and Cultural Exchange (SPACE), submitted a proposal to Seattle Parks and Recreation to transform Building 2 at Magnuson Park into a state of the art soundstage. As envisioned Magnuson Studios will be…..

Take a look behind the scenes of our computer animation for Boston in this little before-and-after video. The before (top) shows a mock-up for client approval, the after (bottom) is a glimpse of our final project.

Behind the scenes of our animation for BOSTON The top portion is rough animation we create to get approval. The bottom is the finished product after all the texturing, lighting, and compositing is done.

Thanks GeekWire for writing about us!

Rock band Boston turns to Seattle to get 3D animation for its 40th anniversary tour Boston needed stunning visuals for its 40th anniversary tour. The work created by Straightface Studios will be on display when the group plays Seattle July 1.

It's been 40 years since Boston's first record release. For their epic anniversary tour, the band asked Straightface Studios to animate visuals to play live behind them for the song "Cool the Engines". Check it out! Boston will play in Seattle on July 1, get your tickets now.
https://vimeo.com/165059071

Boston "Cool the Engines" This year marks the band Boston's 40th Anniversary! They reached out to Straightface Studios to animate visuals to play live behind the band for...

We were mere minutes away from Escaping the Midnight Carnival Room @ our clients today. Thanks http://www.puzzlebreak.us/

We were honored to be asked by the Pacific Northwest Ballet to create an opening video for the new version of The Nutcracker by George Balanchine and 'Olivia' illustrator Ian Falconer.

The animation is played live during Tchaikovsky’s Overture to open the show and takes you through an 1880’s New England forest, a small town, and finally arrives at the Stahlbaum house where you join up with some unexpected little visitors.
http://sfstudios.com/pnb-nutcracker

PNB Nutcracker Overture We were honored to be asked by the PNB to create an opening video for the new version of The Nutcracker by George Balanchine and Ian Falconer. The animation is…

"The question every stager has to address is what to do visually during Tchaikovsky’s glorious overture; Boal and Falconer’s inventive solution is one of the highlights of the production. While the orchestra plays, a video (produced by the local company Straightface Studios), projected on a scrim, flies us over a snowy New England landscape, through a door opened by scampering mice, and into the Stahlbaum’s entry hall. The effect is enchanting; at intermission a number of patrons were heard to say they’d go back again just to see the video."

A New Holiday Tradition at PNB A video (produced by Straightface Studios), flies us over a snowy New England landscape. The effect is enchanting; at intermission a number of patrons were heard to say they’d go back again just to see the video.

The Times reviews The Nutcracker and gives a nod to the team at Straightface Studios:

"A magical mood is established straightaway with a video (from local firm Straightface Studios) playing over Tchaikovsky’s delicate overture: We’re whisked, possibly by flying reindeer, over a snowy New England forest and into a mid-19th-century town, up to a warmly lit home."

PNB unveils Seattle’s new, brighter ‘Nutcracker’ Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new “Nutcracker,” designed by illustrator Ian Falconer with choreography by George Balanchine, is brighter and lighter.