The Rendering

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A young artist (Shannen Doherty),is attacked by a stalker (Peter Outerbridge). She draws the police a sketch of him which helps to put him in jail. Years later, he turns her world upside down. From his cell, he manipulates her life and frames her husband. Can she protect her husband from being murdered, prove his innocence, and protect her own life? Drama. 92 Minutes.

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Excellent acting wasted on a B-movie!.......2005-01-08

Warning, this is a frank and honest review of this movie; and even though I am slightly biased, as a Shannen Doherty fan, I intend to be as honest as possible for the benefit of other customers.

This is one of a string of B-movies Shannen Doherty has recently filmed in Canada, the others being 'Striking Poses' and 'Another Day'. In 'The Rendering', Shannen Doherty plays a young artist named Sarah, who gets stabbed by a lunatic named Theodore, played by Peter Outerbridge. 10 years later, Theodore's ready to get out of the slammer, and blackmails Sarah into speaking well of him at his parole hearing. He's framed her husband, Michael, to get him into jail, where Theodore supposedly runs the show, and can have Michael killed at his will. As soon as he gets out, the story begins...

Admittedly, the storyline does sound unlikely. However, it works, it makes you think, and provides for a decent two hours of entertainment. Shannen Doherty does an excellent job with her character (although it seems that she tends to play the same character in all her B-movies) and develops her well. I've always enjoyed her acting; those unbelievers who claim she's a horrible actress need only watch this movie, and watch any episode of 'Charmed' or 'North Shore' to see her talent. She might not be Meryl Streep, but if you put her up against Hilary Duff or Paris Hilton (ugghh), she's the greatest actress to have ever lived. Peter Outerbridge does a terrific job as well; he plays a believable psychopath and contributes well to the suspense of the film. I wasn't all that pleased with John Brennan as Michael, but I do admit that he is a very good actor.

What would I have changed about the movie? Perhaps, perhaps, Shannen's job as an interior designer 10 years later. It's okay, she acts the job out well, and it seems like something Shannen could be doing, but somehow that job doesn't fit into the movie properly -- it seems like it exists just to give Shannen a job. It doesn't tie into the storyline of the movie at all.

However, this was a very minor glitch. All in all 'The Rendering' is a great movie, with a terrific cast that seems almost wasted as a B-TV-movie. Is it worth the approximately $20? If you're a Shannen fan, yes. If you're bored with nothing to do, and feel like watching a suspense film, it's probably a rental.

Techniques of Harald Belker 2: Digital Automotive Rendering

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great demystification of photoshop techniques

Techniques of Harald Belker 2: Digital Automotive Rendering
Starring: Harald Belker
Manufacturer: Gnomon Workshop
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ASIN: B000GETUUG
Release Date: 2004-02-09

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There are many ways to render an automobile. Harald will take you through the steps to render an automobile with Adobe Photoshop through the use of paths, layering colors, surfacing and highlights. You will see his strategy for layer building, shading the form in color, rendering wheels, and background design. The end result of this demonstration is a quick but powerful color rendering executed with a digital medium. The software used in this DVD is Adobe Photoshop.

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great demystification of photoshop techniques.......2007-09-16

Although Belker tends to mumble sometimes and fly through some of his explanations as if you should already know how to do many things (which does help, by the way, this is not for a total beginner --some regular photoshop familiarity helps immensely in understanding what Belker is doing), overall the series is excellent in training the novice to punch through to that next level that may enable them to present professionally-appearing digital renderings.

It is suggested to get the whole set of these instructions as the information overlaps with the first beginning DVD offering excellent but simple techniques to help loosen up the design process in an anxiety-free excercise that even I have already benefited from (and I am a professional).

Regardless if you are a fan of Belker's work or not, his teachings are beneficial to any artist searching for a new way of working that can impart great strength and enhanced work flow into the personal tastes and styles of anyone. Highly recommended.

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Starring: Ryan Church
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Release Date: 2004-01-05

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Ryan's demo takes the viewer step-by-step through the creation of a digital illustration of a design for a moody futuristic cityscape, from blank-page through to final rendering. Topics illustrated range from shot layout and composition to the use of color and atmosphere to create drama and establish scale. Using industry standard programs, the techniques Ryan demonstrates in the creation of a dynamic, convincing, and colorful digital painting are essential for any concept artist to have. The DVD covers all aspects of the process, from design inception, research and cinematography, through to advanced and effective techniques for completing the finished digital painting. The software used in this DVD is Corel Painter.

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Starring: Laurent Pierlot
Director: Alex Alvarez
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Digital Sets 3: Rendering and Compositing
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This series introduces the essential techniques for creating digital sets and backgrounds, an area of visual effects growing in prominence. In this third disc of a series of three, visual effects designer Eric Hanson begins with rendering a Maya scene into layers and passes, then leads into the various approaches for professionally compositing and integrating a digital set into a live-action background. He examines the main composite tree in Shake, illustrating the use of the various render passes including diffuse, specular, reflection, shadow, z-depth, effects and ambient occlusion. Throughout the disc, Eric uses a sample scene of an urban environment to highlight all essential steps. This series is designed for all advancing intermediate Maya artists.

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LightWave 3D Advanced Texturing & Rendering: Project Viper
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Release Date: 2004-02-09

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Techniques of Scott Robertson 6: Industrial Design Rendering - Bicycle
Starring: Scott Robertson
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Release Date: 2005-02-23

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Techniques of Syd Mead 4: Final Gouache Rendering
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In this final DVD, starting with a piece of blank cold press illlustration board, Syd takes the viewer through the process of creating the final gouache rendering of his initial composition. He talks about how to create and prepare a transfer sheet in order to trace down and block in the original line drawing. Once the illustration is transferred, Syd uses the color preliminary as a guide and demonstrates how to use the pre-mixed custom color palette to add detail to the illustration one area at a time. Using this method, he adds detail from background to foreground, retracing at each stage, re-establishing detail areas and completing the illustration.

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Light and shadow always surrounds us, giving form and feeling to the world we live in. Moving away from what looks computer animated into the realm of photo realistic is based within great lighting. This easy to follow DVD-Rom teaches you the same techniques used by Hollywood's lighting professionals. Learn the complex science of light while also understanding it's artistic importance. Use Maya's powerful lighting tools to bring new realism to your scenes.

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