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The Mill
Company blog · themill.com/millchanneldesignculture
The Mill is the company blog at themill.com, writing about design and culture. Since 2011, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “The Blackbird: First fully adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link The Mill's portfolio page for the Blackbird, a fully adjustable car rig used to film car commercials with CGI, plus a 2017 job listing. The comments cite it as an example.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The Mill is a global creative studio delivering VFX and integrated production for Brand & Content, Film & Series, with studios in Paris, London, Seoul & Liège.
Most-linked posts?
- The Blackbird: First fully adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2016-06-24
- Blackbird: an adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-06-28
What Hacker News says?
Yep, most are. In fact CGI effects studio The Mill have a shell of a car that can expand/contract to fit the proportions of most regular cars, that can record its surrounds enough to build the environment for rendering, and that can be driven in place of the real car when shooting. The car being advertised is then edited in over the top, using the recorded environment to ensure accurate lighting and colours. http://…
Comment linking /portfolio/3002/the-blackbird
on “Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrait mode””Submitted Cloud Based Rendering and Light Field Displays as a story · 9 points
HN discussionThe Mill | Production Technology Developer | London | http://www.themill.com/ The Mill is a global company of artists, technologists and makers producing world class visual effects across all forms of media. Our small team within the company is relatively new and focused on supporting distributed creative work through the development of core products with high impact across the entire group. We are looking for devel…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)”Submitted Blackbird: an adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe Mill Blackbird is one of the most profoundly weird objects in the modern world. http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3002/the-blackbird%C2%AE
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on “Filament: Physically-based rendering engine”Submitted The Blackbird: First fully adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere is a physical car designed to be repainted (like a motion capture actor) in CGI. It solves physics by using actual physics. http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3002/the-blackbird%C2%AE
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on “AirSim: open-source simulator for autonomous vehicles”Submitted The Blackbird – fully adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe Blackbird from the Mill[1] does exactly this. Designed to be used in shooting car commercials without the actual car. 1. http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3002/the-blackbird%C2%AE
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on “Formula E reveals second-generation car”Submitted How the Mill Brought the Chemical Brothers' 'Wide Open' to Life as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAnother hit for the seeing-is-believing crowd. Automobile VR platform. More at Autoblog: http://www.autoblog.com/2016/06/23/mill-blackbird-car-rig-vi... And The Mill's website: http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3002/the-blackbird%C2%AE The Blackbird is the world's first fully adjustable car rig that cannot only alter its chassis to match the precise length and width of almost any car, but its looks as well. Using CGI…
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on “The Mill Blackbird”Submitted The first fully adjustable car rig that creates photoreal CG cars as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mill Touch - Behind the Scenes as a story · 1 points
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