In an interview for Adobe’s blog, NASA has revealed some of the processes its scientists use to transform technical data into images that the rest of the world can appreciate and understand. From simple tasks, such as straightening and cropping, to compositing multiple layers of scientifically calculated color, the agency uses programs including Adobe Photoshop to interpret the sometimes quite abstract images sent back to Earth from devices such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars rover. Read more
Storyline The CGI or computer animated drama/documentary takes place on Darwin IV, a planet 6.5 light years from earth, with 2 suns and 60% of Earth’s gravity. Having identified Darwin as a world that could support life, Earth sends a pilot mission consisting of the Mothership Von Braun and three probes: Balboa, Da Vinci, and Newton. This robotic fleet is responsible for finding and assessing any life forms on Darwin IV. Initially, the expectation is to find microscopic life, but the probes soon find themselves in the middle of a developed ecosystem teeming with diversity of life of all sizes. The drama on Darwin IV is motivated by real science missions, such as the NASA Origins Program and the NASA / JPL Planet-Finder Mission, as well as the European Space Agency’s Darwin Project. “Alien Planet ” is a cosmic expedition along side Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Jack Horner, Craig Venter, and George Lucas…
Release Date: July 24, 2009 Genre: Comedy, Kids/Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Animation Cast: Gary Oldman, John Cleese, Dwayne ´The Rock´ Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long Director: Jorge Blanco, Marcos Martinez Writers: Joe Stillman, Etan Cohen Studio: Sony Pictures Plot: Planet 51 is a galactic sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders…like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion “Rover” and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum. Subscribe Now: www.youtube.com Video Rating: 4 / 5
Princess Allura sees the ghost of her mother and the vision tells her to seek the white lion in the forest. No, she?s not having a bad trip. She?s under the spell of Haggar and in some serious trouble. Looks like a job for Voltron Force. Watch hundreds of free full-length streaming movies and TV shows on www.crackle.com Want to see some more legends? Come check out the Animated Hall of Heroes, free at http TWITTER: twitter.com Tags: minisode voltron defender universe lion zarkon allua keith anime animation 80s cartoon saturday free tv japan Watch Free Video Online Now Streaming Video Rating: 4 / 5
************* PLEASE RATE 5 STARS ************* This is 2D converted to 3D. The amazing thing is, this isn’t fake at all. I’ll explain: Timeshifting is a technique for converting certain 2D clips to 3D. The main requirements for timeshifted 3D: — the camera must be moving sideways — there must be little to no activity/life occurring onscreen It’s very simple to understand why it works. 3D requires 2 slightly different viewpoints- a left and a right eye perspective. Our eyes are spaced apart by about 2 inches, so to do 3D with a camera you’d take a photo, then step 2 inches to the side, and take another. To achieve 3D by timeshifting a 2D video, find a clip that meets the requirements listed above. Say the camera’s moving left- video frame 1 would serve as the right eye in a stereoscopic photo, and frame 2 or later would the left eye. You could jump to, say, frame 10 or futher if you want a stronger 3D effect in the end. Once you’ve decided how many frames you want the left and right eye spaced apart, you set up two copies of the same clip side by side and delay one of them by that amount of frames. You’ll know which clip to delay because delaying the wrong one will make the 3D effect look very ugly. The effect will last as long as the camera in the video is maintaining its sideways trajectory. Video Rating: 5 / 5
For best viewing, watch the video in 480p and fullscreen modes. Tosee the images in 3D, hold your head up straight (very important or the two images won’t line up properly), look at the vertical center line and cross your eyes. The 3D image will appear in the center. If you don’t see the 3D picture right away, keep trying, it takes a bit of practice. Video Rating: 4 / 5
