About tracking markers in green backgrounds (and Animal Crossing)

Edu Leon Creative, Techniques Leave a Comment

A few days ago, while playing Nintendo Switch’s Animal Crossing, I made a joke on Twitter that I had been able to create a VFX shooting studio inside the game with its green chromakey background and tracking markers. From there came a debate about why those backgrounds are used in movies and the possible complications they could have. I will …

Nuke tool: ekaGradient

Edu Leon Techniques, Tools Leave a Comment

Throughout this time I have used some techniques that I have repeated in my compositions. These are simple methods but quite useful, so I’ve decided to start creating some scripts to have them easier than typing them from scratch whenever I need them. ekaGradient is the equivalent of Photoshop’s color gradient or Colorama in After Effects, something I’ve always missed working …

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Edu Leon Announcement, Films, Techniques, Videos Leave a Comment

Since some months ago I’m working as freelancer with some projects at the same time. I’m looking for new challenges for next month, but anyways you can check if I’m available looking on my profile on Linked In. Also I just sign up on Instagram with the account @eleonvfx (UPDATE: Not anymore. The actual instagram that I’m using is @ekaiadesign) I will …

Next demoreel

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I’m totally immersed in the production of the feature film “Barcelona, La Rosa de Foc” (“Barcelona, The Rose of Fire”) almost from since a year ago. In fact, I didn’t posted anything about my recent work because the film is not finished yet but, after the premiere of the film, I want to show you all this new material and some …