Pixels for 3/19/2010: Movies, Discounts, Tutorials

Little change beginning today, VizWorld readers.  Now, the “Pixels” posts will be organized by ‘type’ (You’ll see below “Review”, “Tutorial”, “Inspiration”) and also include links to good deals.  If you find a good deal on a product, definitely send it in to us to be included.

Here’s the pixels for today:

Links:

• News: Stephen Rosenbaum joins Digital Domain as a visual effects supervisor
• Tool: MayaMaya – Apple Script for opening multiple copies of Maya
• Contest: ArsTechnica giving away a chance to play Starcraft 2
• Review: After Effects vs Nuke (Must join AE Premium for full review)
• Tutorial: Generate a Dynamic Morphing Background Design
• Tutorial: Export Flash to PNG with HYPE
• Tutorial: Drawing with Limited Colors in Illustrator
• Tutorial: How to use Exposure Bracketing
• Tutorial: Modeling a Spaceship with Texturing & Subdivision Poly’s
• Inspiration: 25 Amazing Typography Videos
• Inspiration: Interview with Hyward Winterson, AKA Dyst
• Inspiration: 25 Fantastic Vector Portraits
• Inspiration: 110 Sensational Cityscape Photographs
• Inspiration: 50 Examples of Concept Art

Deals:

• Movie: Gamer ( or Amazon)
• Movie: District 9 ( or Amazon)
• Movies: Amazon is having an “Action & Adventure” Sale on DVD’s & BluRay
• GameStop: $7 off & Free Shipping on any game over $39.99

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .