The video features some cool cats.

It was all shot at 1920×1080 25p, ingested as Apple Pro Res LT via FCP and the Canon EOS plugin.
I bought the upgrade to Magic Bullet Colorista II as well a few days ago so I used it to push some colours around in this clip.

There are probably many options out there. One of them is to let your friends do all the hard work and book a nice little house up in the Blue Mountains in a little town called Mt Victoria and cook tasty food and let you eat it and then drag you along on bush walks.

Fresh air, sunlight & good friends are truly amazing things.

So I finally got to test out my new camera, the Canon 550D (a.k.a the Rebel T2i) or as it is affectionately known in Japan, the “Kiss X4″.

I am sticking with 550D.
(I just need some black electrical tape to cover the red “Kiss” logo on the front of the camera.)

This camera is impressing me so far, and I think a fair amount of that impressiveness is coming from the “Tamron SP AF17-50mm f2.8 XR DiII VC” lens I was recommended.

Anyway enough gas bagging, here are some pics I punched through Lightroom 3 and put up on Flickr. Yes I know the grading is over the top and has killed all the nice dynamic range in the original image, lots to learn!

Continuing on from ep 14 of PPKP ep 15 takes the PPKP team to the mystical village of Zhongdian, a.k.a “Shangri La” high up in the mountains of Yunnan.

As always, make your way over to planetkapow.com for Lachlan’s much more interesting write up on what went down in Zhongdian town.

Ping Pong Kapow episode 15 from Adam Teale on Vimeo.

Episode 14 takes us north of Lijang, Yunnan province, up above the Yangtze River to Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Check it out here, or be even cooler and check out our new site PlanetKapow.com and read in much more interesting detail about what we got up to. (Warning – contains graphic images of a pig being butchered, and the occasional/usual swearing.)

Ping Pong Kapow episode 14 from Adam Teale on Vimeo.

1 Comments

• At Tue 15, June 2010, Hugh wrote:

  Yowsers! That's some big mountains! Very impressive views and a cool video!

If anyone has some cool snippets to share please feel free to leave them in a comment below.

disable “postage stamps” on all nodes

for a in nuke.allNodes():
    try:
        a['postage_stamp'].setValue(0)
    except:
        pass

“unhide” all nodes’ inputs – useful when receiving a sneaky comp/lighting script

for a in nuke.allNodes():
    try:
        a['hide_input'].setValue(0)
    except:
        pass

change the “first” frame of all selected nodes that are “Read” nodes:
(example changes the first frame to 1018)

for a in nuke.selectedNodes():
    if a.Class() == 'Read':
        a['first'].setValue(1018)

print a selected nodes’ methods

import struct
node = nuke.selectedNode()
for a in node['lookup'].animations():
    print dir(a)

print inputs (dependencies) of a selected node:

for a in nuke.selectedNode().dependencies():
    print a.name()

print outputs (dependents) of a selected node:

for a in nuke.selectedNode().dependent():
    print a.name()

find all the TimeOffset nodes in a Group called “Group2″, and change the value of each offset based on it’s position in the array of found time offsets

tos = []
for a in nuke.toNode('Group2').nodes():
	if a.Class()=='TimeOffset':
		tos.append(a)
for b in tos:
	b['time_offset'].setValue(tos.index(b))

set the ‘bbox’ for any selected Merge, Keymix & Copy nodes to “B”

for a in nuke.selectedNodes():
	classTypes = ['Merge' , 'Keymix', 'Copy', ]
	for n in classTypes:
		if n in a.Class():
			for p in a['bbox'].values():
				if 'B' in p:
					a['bbox'].setValue(a['bbox'].values().index(p))

remove all animation from a selected nodes

for a in nuke.selectedNode().knobs():
	nuke.selectedNode()[a].clearAnimated()

add keyframes – animate a mix

for a in nuke.selectedNodes():
	a['mix'].setAnimated()
	a['mix'].setValueAt(1,nuke.frame())
	a['mix'].setValueAt(0,(nuke.frame() - 1))

half the colour value of all the Constant nodes in a script

for a in nuke.allNodes():
	if a.Class() == "Constant":
		a['color'].setValue(a['color'].value()[0] / 2 , 0)
		a['color'].setValue(a['color'].value()[1] / 2 , 1)
		a['color'].setValue(a['color'].value()[2] / 2 , 2)

find all the transform nodes in a script, and if their input is a Crop, set the ‘scale’ value to be twice it’s current value (also checks if the scale is a list/array or a float)

for a in nuke.allNodes():
	if a.Class() == "Transform":
		if a.input(0).Class() == "Crop":
			x = a['scale'].value()
			if type(x).__name__ == 'list':
				a['scale'].setValue(x[0] * 2 , 0)
				a['scale'].setValue(x[1] * 2 , 1)
			if type(x).__name__ == 'float':
				a['scale'].setValue(x*2)

set all the gain values of all ColorCorrect nodes to be twice their current value

for a in nuke.allNodes():
	if a.Class() == "ColorCorrect":
		a['gain'].setValue(a['gain'].value() * 2)

print files with ‘mov’ in filename

for a in nuke.allNodes():
	if 'Read' in a['name'].value():
		if 'mov' in a['file'].value():
			print a['file'].value()

change font size of all “write” nodes in script

for a in nuke.selectedNodes():
	if "Write" in a['name'].value():
		a['note_font_size'].setValue(60)

create 20 constants with incrementing colour values

def makeConstants(amount):
	for i in range(amount):
		a= nuke.nodes.Constant()
		color= float( float(i) / float(amount) )
		a['color'].setValue(color)
makeConstants(20)

2 Comments

• At Thu 27, May 2010, Adam wrote:

  some helpful code:

  http://francoislord.com/blog/tag/python

• At Wed 16, June 2010, Adam wrote:

  Changing the value of a specific node in a group through python?

  http://www.gfxtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=91701

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Chinese new year 2010 festival in bangkok

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Iran Trip 2009 from Adam Teale on Vimeo.

In February 2009 I was fortunate to spend 3 weeks traveling in Iran (a.k.a Persia).

In those 3 weeks I got to explore Rasht, Tehran, Shiraz, Persepolis, Maybod, Yazd and along the way I met by some of the most friendly & welcoming people I have ever met.

Iran thank you very much for this incredible adventure!

Music: Iranian musician by the name of Homay (Saied Jafar-zadeh) – http://www.last.fm/music/Mastan%2B%2526%2BHomay

26 Comments

• At Sun 7, February 2010, Ben wrote:

  I didn't want that video to end - loved it!

  I find out tomorrow if my visa application has been approved or rejected. If successful, I'll arrive in Tehran in April. Any travel tips?

  Thanks.

• At Sun 7, February 2010, Mohanad Abrahim wrote:

  Amazing , saw your tweet and say hey lets see Iran

  May be i should visit there sometime .

• At Mon 8, February 2010, Adam wrote:

  Thanks guys!

  @Ben - best of luck with your visa application, I am sure you will be fine. Out of interest how much is costing you? I paid €55 in Istanbul a year ago.

  Travel tips - hmmm, i wish i'd spent more time up in the north west. I highly recommend the Trans Asia express train from Istanbul to Tehran - 3 days and is incredible.

  Make sure you take cash into Iran, a mate of mine didn't but luckily a random Iranian dude on the train leant him €400!

• At Mon 8, February 2010, arnika knight wrote:

  awesome video...going in April and really looking forward to it, especially after that video, going to take the train as well, which looking AMAZING in the winter. nice work

• At Tue 9, February 2010, Ben wrote:

  I live in Korea so I applied through a visa agency, which cost me 35 EUR. It'll be more on top paid at the Iranian embassy in Seoul, and I'm anticipating something higher than your 55. Anywhere up to 100.

  Thanks for the tips. I've decided to follow your advice and fly into Istanbul from Kuala Lumpur after the SE Asia leg of my trip, then catch the Trans-Asia express to Tehran as you did. I love train journeys. I heard about the cash situation, I'll be prepared.

  Cheers Adam!

• At Tue 9, February 2010, Anna A wrote:

  Fantastic video! I'm headed to to Iran for 3 weeks over Norouz and cannot wait (first time). Thanks for sharing!

• At Tue 9, February 2010, Adam wrote:

  Thanks Arnika! I hope u have as good a time as I did! The Trans Asia express is fantastic, check out http://seat61.com - it's got all the good info. Let me know how ur trip goes!

• At Thu 11, February 2010, fran wrote:

  I am so jealous! two trips to Iran and nothing I made is as good as this. So happy you loved the country as much as i do. thank you.

• At Fri 12, February 2010, Lior wrote:

  Hey Adam!

  im Israeli, and therefor can not go to Iran, unfortunately. even more sadly after seeing your great video!

  but, i do study about Iran in the university. im doing a research about tourism in Iran/ Shiraz, and would love it if you can help me with that. seems like you had quite an experience, and i could use your advise.

  if you would like to help me, please contact me at lior_laufer@yahoo.com

  Thanks a lot!

  Lior

• At Sat 13, February 2010, taariq hassan wrote:

  I loved Iran except for the food and would love to go back and see some of the NW and NE rather than the centre . Koshon was a real highlight esp. the day I woke up and it had snowed on the hills in the desert. That town was exactly the way I imagined Persia to be like.

  Shame about the Govt. They are just evil barbarians, unlike the people who are fab . and the language is beautiful.

• At Tue 16, February 2010, Parisa wrote:

  Hay Adam !

  I really enjoyed watching this video, and I am so happy that you have enjoyed visiting my country, Iran.

  It is so nice that you recommend visiting Iran to others.

  Bests,

  Parisa

• At Wed 17, February 2010, Amir wrote:

  Amazing amazing video.

  Other than the wonderful experience you've shared with us, those portraits at the end of the video give me goosebumps, awesome. I couldn't thank you enough for these.

  P.S. If you don't mind let me know what did you use to edit the photos ?

  Cheers

• At Wed 17, February 2010, John wrote:

  Hi Adam -- video incredibly well done. Had to see it again back-to-back. And your music bed is extraordinary. Thanks for info on that. You truly understand Iran. Will be there in May 2011. We hope something very good happens to you resulting from this production. -- John

• At Thu 18, February 2010, Adam wrote:

  Wow thank you all for the positive feedback!

  @Amir - thanks! All my photos were RAW and processed in Aperture 2 & Photoshop CS3.

  @John - thank you! I definitely understand very little about Iran! But I was lucky enough to keep my mind pretty open whilst I was over there and I think that helps being in a place that is so heavily judged from the outside. Pretty much every person I met over there was incredibly helpful and friendly and curious about my opinions on Iran. Would love to hear about your experiences when you get over there. Have a great trip!

• At Mon 1, March 2010, Piet Osefius wrote:

  Hi Adam,

  Your video is fantastic, good work! It's a nice example to show the quality of your magnificent Lumix LX3 travel companion. I'm running a LX3 blog for Dutch speaking people and I published your video. I hope you don't mind.

  Best regards,

  Piet

• At Mon 1, March 2010, Adam wrote:

  Hey Piet!

  Thank you very much!

  Thank you for reposting my video on your blog, I really appreciate it!

• At Tue 23, March 2010, Maria wrote:

  Hi Adam

  My boyfriend have been trying to convince me to go to Iran for a while and I just wouldnt have any of it. Beeing Danish makes it a bit worse though.

  But after he showed me this amazing video I have been less reluctant and we are now planing to go very soon.

  Thank you :-)

  Maria

• At Sat 3, April 2010, Alex wrote:

  This video was nice and it was showing enjoyable moments that I hope you liked it, but apparently this trip was not showing the real face of Iran this was arranged for a lower class trip for student type tourists. The video and music was incredible and you did a perfect job!

  Please watch this video to see the True Iran!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3dMnIbZ6q0&feature=related

• At Sat 3, April 2010, Alex wrote:

  Life is too short just see beautiful things, think calm and relax, live to generate enjouyable moments remeber we can not fix anything, what do you see behind this face in the first shut of your video.....

  ++Kish Island, Iran..... Flower of the East

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnBcdwzRrFQ&feature=related

• At Sat 3, April 2010, Adam wrote:

  Hey Alex! Thanks for your comments!

• At Sat 3, April 2010, Adam wrote:

  Hi Maria!

  I hope you make it to Iran and have as good a time as I did!

  Please let us know about your journey wen you get over there!

  Happy travels!

• At Tue 6, April 2010, maryam wrote:

  HI

  I got really happy that you enjoyed so much of your trip and made this wonderful video. I need your permission to post this page on my facebook profile.

  thanks

  hope to c u again in Iran

• At Sat 10, April 2010, ola wrote:

  amazing video. Its mean there live normal people just world shows them in bad light. Better for us who wanna see still pure Iran :) Im going next week there. Cant wait!

• At Mon 12, April 2010, Sandra wrote:

  Hi Adam!

  Friend of mine introduced me to your Jakkayarn video and got 'lured' here. :)

  It's a really awesome video. Did you take the stills with the LX3 as well?

  Hope to see more of your creative stuff!

  Cheers!

  Sandra

• At Fri 18, June 2010, hitesh wrote:

  lovely video

  iran looks very very beautiful

• At Fri 25, June 2010, Louis wrote:

  Thanks for sharing your trip with us Adam,it puts a very human face to country which receives so much unnecessary negative press in the west.

  I`v visited Turkey on a couple occasions and the hospitality shown by the people there is amazing and i`m sure this is the case across the region.

  Louis.....