3D Animation School: Mental Ray Interpolation
Mental ray glossy reflections are notoriously expensive to render (expensive in this case meaning taking a long time). In order to optomise the render time it can be advantageous to…
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February 20, 2009
Digital Film School Equipment
The New York Film Academy is well known for having the best student to camera ratio with one of the largest inventory of cameras in the world – more than…
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February 19, 2009
Bevin Prince is ‘Redefining Love.’
You may know Bevin from her long-run as ‘Bevin Mirskey’ on the hit CW show One Tree Hill or maybe you caught her on Fox’s House. We know Ms. Prince…
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February 19, 2009
3D Animation School: The Fundamentals of Light
This is a post for the 1 year animation 2nd semester group project at the New York Film Academy 3D Animation School, which encompasses many disciplines necessary for an animation/vfx…
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February 18, 2009
What’s The Best Film School For You?
Where should you go to film school? The answer to that question requires a lot of research. There are vast, and important, differences between each film program. Some film schools…
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February 16, 2009
Analeigh Tipton, NYFA’s Next Top Model
Analeigh Tipton rounds out today’s alumna updates, Analeigh placed third overall in cycle 11 of America’s Next Top Model. Tipton attended the New York Film Academy in the summer of…
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February 11, 2009
3D Animation School Teaches ZBrush
This is a post for the 1 year animation 2nd semester group project, which encompasses many disciplines necessary for an animation and visual effects (vfx) career: Today’s class was an…
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February 10, 2009
Best Book on Film Directing, "The Visual Story" By Bruce Block
Once students have mastered the basics of directing films, they often turn their attention to visual style. The problem is, visual style is such a broad topic. Where should one…
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February 5, 2009
Hugh Jackman is NYFA’s Newest Star
Hugh Jackman gave four New York Film Academy film school students the opportunity of a lifetime when he agreed to participate in one of their class projects. The lucky just…
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