"Automating the world"

The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings Video Game Trailer - Still Frames

2012-01-31T13:12:00.000-08:00

Some stills from The Witcher Trailer... resolution is quite high 1920/1080.

The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings Video Game Trailer

2012-01-27T01:51:00.000-08:00

Here You Go !
Another Cinematic From Platige Image !!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, The Witcher 2 - Exclusive Console Release Date Announcement Trailer HD, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

My Role on this trailer is Senior Technical Director.
- character rigging
- animation pipeline design and tools developement

"Paths Of Hate" shortlisted by The Adcademy !!

2011-12-02T01:49:00.000-08:00

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111201a.html

1956 Kids Fears (Platige Image)

2011-11-02T21:27:00.000-07:00

My Role: Character Rigging

1956 Kids Fears from Platige Image on Vimeo.

KELLOGG'S CHOC'N'ROLLS (Platige Image)

2011-11-02T21:17:00.001-07:00

My Role: Character Rigging

KELLOGG'S CHOC'N'ROLLS from Platige Image on Vimeo.

Prezydencja (Platige Image)

2011-11-02T21:15:00.000-07:00

My role: Character rigging, animation pipeline.

PREZYDENCJA 180s from Platige Image on Vimeo.

Fastest 'By Name' Selection in 3dsmax... I think so...

2011-10-27T02:07:00.000-07:00

PathName Values, Pathname Literals ... Looks pretty ugly but is much faster then iterating over scene nodes and comparing names using matchpattern.

someString= "*NodeName*"
select (execute ("$'"+someString+"'"))
select $'*NodeName*'

Also it can be expanded to specific hierarchies, like this... All you need to do is to parse a valid command string and execute it.

$'NodeName 0:NodeName__CTRL'/* as array

$dummy/head/neck

MeshWrap

2011-07-05T02:28:00.000-07:00

Workmate asked me yesterday to write a script that will helphim to keep
offset between cloth layers in his models.
Here is the script. Nothing fancy and no gui for now.
Will try to update later.

Script wraps mesh woth specified distance and
will try to keep initial shape after wrap is done.
entire script below:

fn WrapMesh _static _dynamic verts:undefined dir:-1 _dist:1.5 _distThreshold:4.5 _keepShape:false = (
 if verts == undefined do verts = getvertselection _dynamic
  for i in verts do (
   _v = getvert _dynamic i
   _n = (getnormal _dynamic i)*dir
   _r = ray _v _n
   _coll = intersectrayex _static _r
   
   if _coll  != undefined do (
    if (distance _coll[1].pos _v) < _distThreshold do (
     _mat = matrixfromnormal _n
     _hitPos = _coll[1].pos 
     _off = [0,0,_dist]
     _offPos = _off * _mat
     _pushPos =  if dir < 0 then (_hitPos - _offPos)  else (_hitPos + _offPos)  
     _shape = _v - _hitPos 
     _shaped =  if dir < 0 then (_pushPos + _shape) else (_pushPos - _shape)
     _trgPos = if _keepShape then _shaped else _pushPos 
     setvert _dynamic i _trgPos 
    )
   )
  )
  update _dynamic 
)

fn PushOutsideDoubled _static _dynamic _dist:.5 _distThreshold:4.5 _keepShape:false= (
 if _dynamic.modifiers.count > 0 do (
  messageBox "Remove or Collapse All Modifiers From Matching Object"
  return False
 )
 undo "Vert Push" on (
  _verts = getVertSelection _dynamic
  if _verts.count == 0 do (
   return false
  )
  
  WrapMesh _static _dynamic verts:_verts dir:-1 _dist:_dist _distThreshold:_distThreshold _keepShape:_keepShape
  meshop.flipNormals _static #{1.._static.numfaces} 
  WrapMesh _static _dynamic verts:_verts dir:1 _dist:_dist _distThreshold:_distThreshold _keepShape:_keepShape
  meshop.flipNormals _static #{1.._static.numfaces} 
  update _dynamic
 )
)

rollout WrapMeshRollout "WrapMesh" (
 spinner spn_dist "Distance To Keep"  range:[0.1,99999,.5] 
 spinner spn_thre "Distance To Ignore"  range:[0.1,99999,4.5] 
 checkbox chk_keepShape "Keep Shape" checked:true
 button btn_wrapMesh "Wrap"
 on btn_wrapMesh  pressed do (
  if selection.count != 2 do (
   messageBox "Select Only Two Editable_Mesh Objects\First Object will be modified"
   return False
  )
  if not (classof selection[1]) == Editable_mesh do (
   messageBox "First Object in Selection is not an Edtiable_Mesh Object"
   return False
  )
  if not (classof selection[2]) == Editable_mesh do (
   messageBox "Second Object in Selection is not an Edtiable_Mesh Object"
   return False
  )
  PushOutsideDoubled  selection[2] selection[1] _dist:spn_dist.value _distThreshold:spn_thre.value _keepShape:chk_keepShape.checked
 )
)
CreateDialog WrapMeshRollout

Move Your Imagination - EURO 2012 trailer

2011-06-19T03:57:00.000-07:00

Character rigging for this nice project...

MOVE YOUR IMAGINATION - EURO 2012 trailer 45s from Platige Image on Vimeo.

Move Your Imagination - Tourism

2011-06-19T03:21:00.001-07:00

Another production of Platige Image I did some work for few motnhs ago.
For this trailer my responisbilities include: rigging of all creatures.

Big thanks to modelers for clean and even topology of characters !!

As a part of rigging i wrote a plugin for 3dsmax to keep eyes of
the character following its head geometry.
Rigs used in this prodction were quite complex, I'll try to post
some videos later.

Characters were rigged with CAT plus some custom rigging on top of it.

MOVE YOUR IMAGINATION Tourism from Platige Image on Vimeo.

Move Your Imagination - Nature

2011-06-19T03:21:00.000-07:00

Modeling and rigging characters for this project.

MOVE YOUR IMAGINATION Nature from Platige Image on Vimeo.

Move Your Imagination - Dance

2011-06-19T03:20:00.002-07:00

I did Character modeling, rigging and cloth simulation for this project.

MOVE YOUR IMAGINATION Dance stage design from Platige Image on Vimeo.

The Witcher 2 E3 2011 Teaser

2011-06-03T00:32:00.000-07:00

New trailer Created by Platige Image.

How to Obtain Cat LayerTransform node for CatParent

2011-03-13T05:35:00.000-07:00

Simple mxs function demonstrates how to get LayerTransfom node for specified
CatParent.

CatParent,CatBone object as input.
Returns undefined value on error.

fn GetLayerTransformNodeForParent cat_parent = (
 
 if (classof cat_parent) != CATParent do (
  if hasproperty cat_parent.controller "CATParent" then 
   cat_parent = cat_parent.controller.CatParent
  else
   return undefined
 )
 if not (isValidNode cat_parent)  do  (
  return undefined
 )
 
 _ptrn = "*LayerTransform"
 _TransformNodes = #()
 
 for i in helpers do (

  if (matchpattern i.name pattern:_ptrn) do (
   append _TransformNodes i 
  )
 )
 
 _found_parent = undefined
 
 for i in _TransformNodes do (
  _refs = (refs.dependents i)
  _arrIndex = finditem _refs cat_parent.controller
  if _arrIndex != 0 do (
   _found_parent  = i
  )
 )
 
 if (isValidNode _found_parent) do  (
  select _found_parent 
 )
 _found_parent 
)
GetLayerTransformNodeForParent selection[1]

Toggle SceneExplorer script

2011-03-07T07:06:00.000-08:00

Simple script switches back and forth between scene explorer types.

fn ToggleSceneExplorerType = (
currentDefaults = ((getdir #maxData) + "defaults\\MAX\\CurrentDefaults.ini")
if currentDefaults  != undefined and (doesfileexist currentDefaults ) do (
  inputValue = getIniSetting currentDefaults "Scene explorer" "SelectByNameUsesSceneExplorer"
 if inputValue == "1" then (
  setIniSetting currentDefaults "Scene explorer" "SelectByNameUsesSceneExplorer" "0"
 )else(
  setIniSetting currentDefaults "Scene explorer" "SelectByNameUsesSceneExplorer" "1"
 )
)
)
ToggleSceneExplorerType()

MOVE YOUR IMAGINATION part of campaign at ITB Berlin

2011-02-28T05:57:00.000-08:00

New production at Platige Image I'v been involved in. More info when entire films are published.

3dsmax To Motionbuilder Communication

2010-11-19T00:52:00.000-08:00

Simple Struct written in maxscript to send python commands to motionbuilder.
Struct can be extended to any commands set. Minimal example, supporting only open command, below. Tested with 3dsmax 2011 and motionbuilder 2011.

/*Motionbuilder Python Commands Sender For 3dmsax
 Author: Bartosz Opatowiecki
 Website: http://cgbartosz.blogspot.com*/

 struct MotionbilderCommandPortStruct (

  public 
   /* constructor parameters */
   address = "127.0.0.1",
   port = 4242,

  private
   /* Implementation */
  
   dnAddr = dotnetclass "Net.Sockets.AddressFamily",
   dnSock = dotnetclass "Net.Sockets.SocketType",
   dnProt = dotnetclass "Net.Sockets.ProtocolType",
   dnflag = dotnetclass "Net.Sockets.SocketFlags",
   dnsocket = dotnetobject "Net.Sockets.Socket" \
           dnAddr.InterNetwork dnSock.Stream dnProt.tcp,
   dnencode = dotnetclass "System.Text.Encoding",
   newLineWait = .5,
   encoding = "ASCII",
  
   cmdImportEnv = "from pyfbsdk import FBFbxManager, FBApplication \n",
  
  fn _Wait = sleep(newLineWait),
  
  fn _ReplaceSlashes filePath = (
   (dotnetobject "System.String" filePath).replace "\\" "/"
  ),
  
  fn _ConvertStringToBytesArr _string = (
   (dnencode.GetEncoding encoding).getbytes (dotnetobject "System.String" _string)
  ),
  
  fn _SendCommand &commandLinesArray= (
   dnsocket.Connect address port

   for command in commandLinesArray do (
    command_bits = _ConvertStringToBytesArr command 
    _Wait()
    dnsocket.Send command_bits command_bits.count dnflag.None 
   )
  ),
  
  public 
  /* Client Interface */
  
  fn SendOpenFile filePath = (
   pth = _ReplaceSlashes filePath 
   cmd = #(cmdImportEnv,"FBApplication().FileOpen(\""+pth+"\")\n") 
   _sendCommand &cmd 
  ),
  
  fn Send &commandLinesArray = _sendCommand &commandLinesArray
   
 )
 /*
 fn SendOpenFileTest = (
  (MotionbilderCommandPortStruct()).SendOpenFile "C:\\test.fbx"
 )
 SendOpenFileTest()
 */

"Animated Guide To Polish Success" published on the internet !

2010-10-15T00:29:00.000-07:00

Animation created by Platige Image.
I had a pleasure to setup few shots with crowds for this show. Believe me or not, but I found crowd simulator in 3dsmax usless even for such a simple animation.

click on the link below to watch it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc6Jtk_l_ZQ

Real time Cloth plugin for 3dsmax.

2010-08-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

I had some time this weekend and implemented simple cloth in C++ as 3dsmax plugin.
It supports collisions with spheres just for now.
Video doesn't show real frame rate because of capturing software.
It's about 70 fps with 60*60 vertices and 120 fps with 30*30 vertices.
Plugin is working with all available cores, 4 in my case.
With 4 threads it gained 10 frames per second.
Here is the Video:
Videocapture from 3dsmax viewport (9mb)

Back to modeling... Part I.

2010-08-11T09:34:00.000-07:00

I have not been modeling creatures in almost three years and
decided to model one.
New updates soon... Some renders below:

"Animated history of poland" published on the internet !

2010-08-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

click on the link below to watch it on youtube.
Animated History Of Poland On Youtube

"Animated history of poland" - Platige Image

2010-07-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

As a character TD for this project I rigged all these characters and horses !!
We ended up with few hundreds of variations of rigged and textured character assets. Even with maxscript tools I wrote to streamline the process, assembling all of this shots was a challange to me.

Short article on animationblog can be found here.

.

"The Kinematograph" - Platige Image

2010-07-04T13:10:00.001-07:00

For "The kinematograph" short film by Tomek Baginski I was responsible for process of rigging main characters, Elizabeth and Francis and supervising rigging of other characters. Also shot assembling and some scripted tools that were created to streamline the process.

link to official website

"The Ark" short film

2010-07-04T13:09:00.003-07:00

For "The Ark" short film I created few character models which can be seen in the
background, one of the main characters "the nurse" and few props.
One character left unused and here it is.

"The Witcher" cinematics - Platige Image

2010-07-04T13:09:00.001-07:00

Some time ago, I created rigs and models for few characters in
cinematics for "The Witcher" game by CdProjekt. I was also responsible
for the animation pipeline and cloth simms.

Some of the models can be seen here

Both, modeling and rigging of these characters. Also simulating cloth in this shot and few others.

rig and medium poly geometry for this character.

The trailers, I don't really like that you tube stuff but couldn't find better videos yet.

Replacing save MenuItem in 3dsmax 2010 ribbonbar.

2010-07-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

First it is neccessary to create a macroscript.
This macro will be our CommandHandler for the Ribbonbar MenuItem.

macroScript MacroName category:"MacroCategory" tooltip:"does something incredibly usefull."
(
Messagebox "What's Up, Doc?"
)

now, to replace default commandHandler with our macro, we have to edit AplicationMenu.xaml manually. It is located under Drive:\MaxRoot\ui directory.

default entry:

and the changed one:

Once max is restarted and macro is accessible, this example will override default File->Save command invocation and will show Messagebox instead
of standard open/save dialog.

Creating reactor hinge on selected objects

2010-07-03T05:01:00.000-07:00

This simple maxscript creates Reactor "point to point" contraint
attached at the origin, on selection of objects.
Run it and hit simulate in Reactor menu.

fn AddPointToPointConstraintToSelectionOfObjects = (
    
    objs_arr = selection as array
    
    constraintSolver = CSolver()
    rigidBodyCollection = RBCollection()
    constraintSolver.rbCollection =     rigidBodyCollection
    
    for i=1 to objs_arr.count  do (
        
        PointToPoint = Point_Point()
        PointToPoint.hasParent = false
        PointToPoint.childBody = objs_arr[i]
        constraintSolver.AddConstraint PointToPoint
        rigidBodyCollection.AddRigidBody objs_arr[i]
        PointToPoint.parentTransform =  matrix3 1
        PointToPoint.alignToParentSpace()
        
    )
    
    for Bodyindex=1 to rigidBodyCollection.rigidBodies.count  do (
        
        RBCollectionInterface = rigidBodyCollection.rctRBCollectionInterface
        rigidBodyObject = RBCollectionInterface.getRigidObject Bodyindex
        rigidBodyObject.mass = 10
        
    )
)
AddPointToPointConstraintToSelectionOfObjects()

Implementing command factory in maxscript

2010-07-03T04:11:00.000-07:00

For this example Only Structs Implementing Exec function can be registered
within the factory.

Command pattern code:

struct BasicCommandStruct(
fn Exec = (
Messagebox "I Got Called\nHurray!"
)
)

The factory:

struct CommandStruct (
command_struct = undefined,
command_name = undefined
)

struct CommandFactory (
commands = #(),

fn Create command_name = (
CommandStructFound = for i in commands where i.command_name == command_name collect i.command_struct
if CommandStructFound.count == 1 do (
return (CommandStructFound[1])()
)
undefined
),

fn getTypesNames = (
commands_names = for i in commands collect i.command_name
commands_names
),

fn RegisterCommand command command_name = (
new_command = CommandStruct command command_name
append commands new_command 
)
)

Example usage in the rollout:

rollout FactoryRollout "Factory Rollout"  (
local _commandFactory =  CommandFactory()

group "Create Setup" (
dropdownlist ddl_choose ""
button btn_Invoke "Invoke" width:200
)

on FactoryRollout open do (
_commandFactory.RegisterCommand BasicCommandStruct "BasicCommandStruct"
ddl_choose.items = _commandFactory.getTypesNames()
)

on btn_Invoke pressed do (
local command = _commandFactory.Create ddl_choose.selected
if command == undefined do (
messagebox "Command Not Found"
return False 
)
command.Exec()
)

)

Rollout invoker:

fn FactoryRolloutInvoker = (
    try(
        createDialog FactoryRollout width:220
    )
    catch(
        messagebox "Error Creating \"FactoryRollout\" Rollout" title:"FactoryRollout Error"
    )
)

FactoryRolloutInvoker()

Luna city - Imaginations

2010-07-03T03:54:00.000-07:00

This image is from project I worked on as a modeler in 2004.
It is opening film to Mutant Chronicles Online. It was never finished...
Created with 3D Studio Max5(scanline).
I provided most of the models for this project and some textures.

It was great time working with Imaginations team on this project.
Hubert J. Daniel, Jon Hughes, Claudio Pavan, Andy Baca Kate Kurczewska, Marcin Kurczewski