I spent a lot of time trying to get a cross over cable LAN between Windows 7 Pro PC and Windows XP Pro PC. (Using your old XP PC for things like network rendering or web server, media centre etc.) To save you from researching this and as a friendly help I have done the …

RENDERING WIREFRAME:
1. Turn off the R option for the BeautyPass layer and turn it ON for the Wireframe layer.
2. In the Render Options choose May Vector. If you do not see it in the list, go to Window > Settings Preferences > Plugin Manager and check the box next to VectorRender.mll. You should now see …

Assuming you need to prolong a movie as it is too short.
There is a way to do this using only Quicktime Pro. Let’s say you want to stretch it to twice the length. Just follow this guide, press the keys exactly as suggested:

Create a new empty movie from File>New player.
In your source, Ctrl + A, …

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-houdini-shatter/

A Houdini 9 3D Light Template Video Tutorial from CARDANFX:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-8r3S_O6U-zU/houdini_9_3d_light_template_video_tutorial/

Boolean Houdini Tutorial by CARDANFX:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-dKy4Jee9fwY/boolean_houdini_tutorial/

This is a video from Houdini training video tutorials Particles and Dynamics (CARDANFX).
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-7xtjAc-_UMg/houdini_tutorial_particles_and_dynamics/

A video showing how we can import Adobe illustrator files in to Houdini 9.5 (by CARDANFX):
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1449262/sidefx_houdini_9_5_3d_tutorial/

From the Adobe Support Website:
The Adobe CS3Clean Script will help resolve installation problems experienced by users of Adobe Creative Suite software. The script will clean up any beta and pre-release installations. It will also look for and repair registry permissions and remove obsolete registry entries of older Flash Player versions, to ensure successful installation of …

Something I’ve always found annoying; is the lack of certain common symbols on the keyboard. Many of you will know this; but still I figured this could help some people.
Special Symbol Shortcuts Using the ALT Key (and Numeric Keyboard):
Alt + 0176 = ° (Degrees)
Alt + 0149 = • (Bullet)
Alt + 0162 = ¢
Alt + 0188 …

I have now merged and moved all previous posts from my highly popular AE Scripts Blog, Adobe Scripting Blog and previous Sundstedt.se Website to my brand new website Sundstedt.se. This will make it easier to maintain and keep things more current. I have removed all content from the previous sites. I have redirected …

Here is a collection of Houdini resources for you to check out…

As there is no documentation for configuring Wacom Tablets in the Maya User Manual; I have written a quick guide here to set the Wacom (Inteous 3) tablet properties for Maya 2010:
The following instructions describe how to set the pen properties for the middle and right click functions (Track and Dolly) when the Alt key …

As you’ve probably already guessed, occasionally I’ll be posting random content that I think you might be interested in.
I have just studied the four part Webinar from two of the authors from Animation Tips & Tricks Volume II. I learned some great things from this.
PLANNING AND WORKFLOW WEBINAR (Animation Mentor)
Original Airdate: April 18, 2009
Wayne …

I have decided to share with you some of my findings while learning Houdini 10. When I did my first Character Walk Animation; I did start to learn to use the Channel Editor.The above (click for larger image) image is an example from my animation; at frame 16; you will find that I have selected …