http://www.stevesmart.com/ stevesmart.com is the homebase for Steve Smart, a visual motion artist, part-time Flash developer, Father and Husband. en-us steve@stevesmart.com 2010-02-03T13:27:07-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001758.php 2009 Reel from Steve Smart on Vimeo.... 1758@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2010-02-03T13:27:07-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001734.php Happy New Year 2009 from Steve Smart on Vimeo.... 1734@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2009-01-10T00:14:22-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001712.php Compass Records and Catie Curtis just closed a music video contest for Catie's song Sweet Life. Here's my submission that I just finished tonight: Sweet Life : Catie Curtis from Steve Smart on Vimeo.... 1712@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2008-10-11T00:00:52-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001527.php 1527@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2007-02-04T22:59:35-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001454.php I was cleaning off an old hard drive last weekend from my first Mac (goodbye Performa 6214, you will always be loved) when I was reminded that once upon a time I had a wild hair and attempted to create... 1454@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2006-12-18T23:36:14-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001338.php No, I'm actually not in Times Square today. But some work I created is. I recently created a 30 second animation loop for Deloitte's Technology Media and Telecommunications practice to celebrate their Technology Fast 500 list. The video was shown... 1338@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2006-10-19T15:57:29-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/001048.php I'm considering ditching my home PC in favor of switching back to Mac. In doing so, I've been spending a bit of time considering what my options are in terms of software and how I'm going to outfit my new... 1048@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2006-03-31T16:30:14-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000518.php This must be a great time for those who love documentaries. I remember a few years ago when you almost never saw documentary films advertised or marketed in any serious way. At the time, documentaries were seen only on your... 518@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2005-06-14T13:48:26-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000489.php Has it really been 10 years!? Pixar has announced the details of the upcoming special edition DVD celebrating the tenth anniversary of Toy Story. And, while I freely admit that I'm a total Pixar whore and will buy this DVD... 489@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2005-05-06T11:50:30-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000316.php I try to make it a habit to visit Apple's Pro pages from time to time, not only because I suffer from a severe case of Apple techno lust, but because there are some really good stories buried in there... 316@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2004-09-09T21:53:29-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000285.php Back in April I wrote about my wishlist for the not-yet-announced (at that time) Canon XL2. As a current owner of the XL1, I'm very positive about this camera but wish it had a few more pro features. Mainly XLR... 285@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2004-07-14T20:30:45-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000283.php An art director from Chicago, Scott Smith is blogging his experience with Project Greenlight now that he is one of the top three finalists in the director competition. He leaves for L.A. tomorrow for the final competition. UPDATE: Here's a... 283@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2004-07-08T20:28:38-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000281.php I subscribe to the VFXWorld email newsletter and am always quite pleased with the content since it tends to lean toward the technical side of filmmaking and visual effects and production. Some recent cool articles include this behind-the-scenes diary written... 281@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2004-07-06T15:07:47-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000276.php I've been experimenting with my new copy of Trapcode's Particular plug-in for After Effects. It's a very nice, easy to use 3d particle system that renders quite fast. Particular boasts several built-in presets like smoke, clouds, sparks etc. One of... 276@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2004-06-11T16:15:51-06:00 http://www.stevesmart.com/archives/000256.php It's been a few years since Canon has updated its classic XL1 series of DV camcorder. I own the XL1 (not the 's' version, alas) and a few lenses and I love the camera. It's quite functional, has a great... 256@http://www.stevesmart.com/ Film & Animation 2004-04-26T18:34:15-06:00