Friday 30 March 2012

Receptor Rigged




Here are the open and closed receptors rigged to do just that. Open and close with the attribute added to the receptor controller. An attribute named "Open".  The rigged model has been uploaded to Dropbox.

Friday 23 March 2012

Coffee/Cream droplet reference

Here is some splash reference reference: All these videos and more will be released in 1080p in blu-ray DVD soon for more drop and splash action!

How to Choose Coffee Beans - All You Need to Know

Some types of roasts:
Roast - Light, Dark and Everything in Between

As well as species and region, the degree of the roast plays a large part in determining the flavor of your favorite coffee. The roasting process caramelizes the bean sugars and releases the coffee oils, chemically changing coffee beans from green and unappetizing, to shiny, brown and fragrant.

Roasts and Brewing Methods - each of the levels of roast listed below can be used for any method of coffee making, with the exception of espresso, for which you should use only a dark, or very-dark roast.

Roast Flavor vs Bean Flavor - the light, or pale cinnamon roast should only be used with very high quality coffee. This is because the lighter the roast, the more of the coffee bean traits you will taste in the cup. A light roast will mask none of the coffee's origin traits. A dark roast will take on the overall characteristic flavor of the roast, masking the flavor of the individual beans.

Milk? - High quality coffees, with their agreeable acidity, benefit from the light or medium roasts and generally taste good with milk. The darker roasts should be served black.
Levels / Degrees of Roast - 

  Other Names Color Lustre Taste
Light Cinnamon Roast Pale-brown None Sharp, acidic
Medium American Roast,
city roast
Brown Mild Bittersweet tang
Dark Continental Roast,
Viennese Roast
Dark-brown Shiny Smoky
Vary Dark French Roast,
New Orleans Roast,
Full Roast
Almost black Glossy Smoky, rich
 
Caffeine - Darker roasts contain slightly less caffeine than lighter roasts.

When to Roast?, When to Blend? - Some coffees are roasted first, in single-origin batches before being blended. Others are blended first before being roasted together. Each technique has it's own advantages and disadvantages, with coffee buffs arguing the point either way. Some argue that since each variety of bean has an optimum level of roast, they should be roasted first and blended later. Others say that blending should occur before the roast to allow full integration of bean flavors during roasting. For convenience sake, many large coffee roasting factories will blend before roasting. For more information, see section 4 below, or read our article on coffee blending and coffee blends.


Region - Where in the world?

As you walk into a coffee market, you are confronted with numerous varieties and styles of coffee. Varieties include Kenyan, Jamaican Blue Mountain, Java and Ethiopian Mocha - just to name a few.

After species, the second biggest flavor determining factor of coffee is its region of origin. The altitude, soil type, climate and methods of harvesting for a particular region result in common flavors across coffee beans from that region. The easiest way to categorize the coffee regions is to divide them into these three locales: Asia-Indonesia-Pacific, Africa/Arabia and Central-and-South-America. Within these three locales, many different coffee beans are harvested. Otherwise, as a brief guide, the tables below will serve you well:

Region 1 - Latin America
Area Central and South America, Caribbean, Columbia, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico
Acidity medium to high
Body light
Flavor well-balanced, sweet, intense, tangy
Recommended
Roast
Mild to medium - to preserve the brightness of the bean without introducing bitterness
Accompaniment Breakfast, toast, muffins

Region 2 - Africa/Arabia
Area African continent, middle-east, Arabia
Acidity medium
Body medium, syrupy
Flavor spicy, wine-like, cocoa, citrus fruits and berries, wild
Recommended
Roast
Dark
Accompaniment Milk chocolate, cheesecake

Region 3 - Asia-Indo-Pacific
Area Asia, Indonesia and surrounding pacific islands
Acidity low
Body bold, strong, heavy
Flavor powerful, robust, earthy, smooth, flowery, robust, hearty, bitter tones
Recommended
Roast
Dark to Very Dark
Accompaniment Dark Chocolate, Rich desserts, Caramel

If you want to buy coffee online, Peet's Coffee and Tea has a section that allows you to select coffee by region before ordering. Peet's delivers fresh coffee that is roasted to order.


To read more:
http://www.coffee-makers-cafe.com/coffee-beans.html#beansByRegion

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I couldn't find percentages but here are some recipes for coffee related drinks:
  
Espresso

 Traditionally this is a single 1oz shot of coffee made with 7g of finely ground coffee extracted at between 18 and 25 seconds. The espresso shot forms the basic ingredient for many of our well known coffee recipes and a few less well known! Here is a small selection for you to try:
  • Americano (american) - An espresso shot diluted to taste with hot water.
  • Romano (roman) - Espresso shot served with a twist of lemon.
  • Corretto (correct, proper) - Espresso shot with grappa.
  • Doppio (double) - A double shot of espresso.
  • Lungo (long) – An espresso which is made by extracting about 1.5oz of water through 7g of coffee. The texture is thinner but it contains a greater amount of caffeine.
  • Ristretto (restricted) - A more concentrated espresso, normally of only about 0.75oz, made by restricting the extraction time. This maximises the flavour of the coffee and minimises the caffeine.
  • Macchiato (marked, spotted) - A shot or two of espresso with just a spot of frothed milk on top.
  • Iced Espresso - A double shot of espresso over crushed ice.

Cappuccino

A standard cappuccino is one part espresso with about three parts of frothed milk.

Cafe Latte

Much milkier than a cappuccino. One part espresso with at least five parts steamed (hot) milk and only a small amount of froth on top.

Cafe Latte Fredo

Espresso mixed with cold milk in the same proportions as a Cafe Latte shaken vigorously with ice in a cocktail shaker.

Cafe Mocha

One part espresso with one part chocolate syrup and two or three parts of frothed milk, optionally topped with whipped cream.

Espresso con Panna

One shot of espresso topped with a small amount of whipped cream.

Espresso Granita

One shot of espresso mixed with a teaspoon of soft brown sugar and a splash of brandy, frozen, then crushed and served in a parfait glass with whipped cream.

For more details:
http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/coffeeinfo/recipes.aspx

Thursday 22 March 2012

Revised sequence list. version 4

I made some small changes in our plan I changed the changes colour to green.


  1. The screen shows a dark brown background and a text in the center that shows the title of the animation.
More detailed description: A larger and bigger sentence in the center fades in and then a shorter and smaller sentence fades in. The second part of the smaller sentence fades out and is replaced with with other words:

xxxxx xxxx xx x x x x xx xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx


xxxxx xxxx xx x x x x xx xxxxxx xxxxx


Reference: in this reference I tried to show just the position of the 3 sentences but the effects will be just smooth fade in/out



What we need: 3 sentences

  1. A drop of cream falls down into the dark background, which  is actually coffee and the text fades out. Coffee waves become apparent because of the drop falling down.

Reference: ??
What we need: Simulate a liquid in a cup

  1. Camera rotates from top view to 3/4 view with pie chart about types of roasts/beans. Showing a watch on the mans wrist of what time coffee is consumed.

More detailed description: Blurry background
What we need: 
  • Provide the types of roasts/beans and their percentages
  • A 3d model of man and a hand watch which is animated (Showing a watch on the mans wrist of what time coffee is consumed)
  1. The camera zoom out and shows a man who is holding a cup of coffee close to his mouth, from side view
What we need: 
  • A 3d model of man which is animated (An animation that shows a drinking cycle with smooth facial gestures)
  1. The camera rotates from side view to front view and shows the man in the drinking pose (The cup of coffee is in the front of his mouth so the face is not shown in this view)
  2. The man is traced and changes from 3d to 2d mode
More detailed description: The 3d to 2d conversion of background has to comprise the feeling of drinking. The background could be like an old and crumpled paper. A cup of coffee is drawn on the background.
What we need: 
  • Some video references which shows 3d to 2d conversion with different effects.
  • crumpled old paper animated for the background (stop motion!)
  • crumpled old paper texture
Reference for crumpled paper animation:

  1. Coffee starts to flow down through the esophagus to the stomach. A clock that is connected to the stomach extends to the right of the man’s body. A text is shown ( Coffee provides the body with antioxidants. It can reduce the risk of certain cancers by up to 24%)
More detailed description: The clock shows the time that takes for coffee to cause its effect
Reference: inside of the body (simple image)

  1. Coffee enters the vessels and the connection line fades out.
Reference:

  1. Coffee goes to the brain. The clock rings and shows the the start of coffee effect. The brain pulses one time.
More detailed description: The time of effect has to appear on top of the clock and then fade out.

  1. Camera magnifies the brain, and the brain surface including the brain receptors is shown.
More detailed description: The effects are shown in the next person in line. An animation shows the effects of adenosine in the brain
Reference:


  1. Camera zooms out and the screen changes from brain surface to the body (body is shown with the muscles instead of blood system)
  2. A magnification on the heart immediately and shows the heart pulse
  3. Magnification goes away and shows the next person in line hitting on a girl flexing his biceps. During this animation magnifies on the biceps muscle and shows the them growing showing 3 cups of coffee entering the background one by one. As each one enters, the muscles grow a little bit in volume   
  4. The camera pans over to the next guy hunched over with a bunch of textbooks jittery with bloody shot cartoon eyes open which are magnified and information is shown ( drinking coffee before going to sleep or heavy usage, 6-8 cups of coffee, can cause trouble in sleeping). The clock on the side rotate to night time and the eyes become widened and the clock rotate all the way to the morning. The information keeps coming with some related thumbnails from right and left side of the eyes and the eyes turn to the information when it is shown.

More detailed description: Information is:
      1. heavy usage, 6-8 cups of coffee, can cause abnormal heart activity (show a heart with stronger pulses
      2. heavy usage, 6-8 cups of coffee, can lead to muscle tremor/ Trembling and twitching
      3. heavy usage, 6-8 cups of coffee, can lead to muscle tremor/ Trembling and twitching
      4. heavy usage, 6-8 cups of coffee, can be unhealthy and cause restlessness
  1. The camera accelerates to the side and creates a motion blur which blurs into a coffee plantation. (audio track from coffee shop crowd to outside noises)
  2. A person is picking coffee beans off a coffee plant.
  3. A close up of the fruit is shown with some info about the fruit.
  4. The flesh of the fruit falls off to show the bean inside with more info. As it falls other beans fall with it and all fall into a bag.
  5. The bags go along a conveyor belt and fall into a box.
  6. The coffee packages are moving on a conveyor belt which falls and.
  7. Camera rotates and shows the roll in a front view, coffee packages move towards the camera and fall down
  8. The information keeps coming until the whole page gets filled with boxes. The main suppliers’ names in the world is shown on the boxes (Companies with more share in the supply will have their name on more boxes)
  9. the boxes roll up into the cargo area and the plane door starts to close as if the coffee packages are in the plane and the background goes white and the plane takes off.
  10. The world map appears in ¾ view and the largest manufacturers  of coffee start raise from the map. Numbers counts the percentage of the production on top of each of these countries. The color of countries changes from yellow to dark brown based on their production.
  11. The camera rotates from ¾ to top view and the map colors change to a single color. Some flags drop on the coffee consumer countries by order of their consumption
  12. The camera zooms on the map of Canada and the map starts to be colored with different colors upward. The colors shows the main coffeehouses that exist in Canada
  13. The colors divide the map so that the area of each color is equal the amount of each coffeehouse sales in Canada
  14. Canada map rotate vertically 360 degrees and an image of a cup of coffee is sketched. Some information about coffee consumption per Canadian is shown while the sketch of the cup is being colored. Some steam appears rising from the cup of coffee.
  15. A coffee shop appears and changes between all the main shops and shows statistics on each coffee shop.
  16. The camera zooms out and shows a man picking up the cup of coffee in a coffeehouse
  17. When the man starts to drink the camera zooms on the man face.
  18. The camera zoom out and shows the man in the farm coffee.
  19. The camera rotates from side view to front view and the man is traced and changes from 3d to 2d mode.
  20. Animate 2d man from sitting to standing and is talking to another coffee lover.
  21. The camera zooms and moves over the coffee cup the man is holding and goes back to the beginning.
  22. Roll the credits!