Eggy looses but wins public vote!

Yogi Chopra — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:20:59 +0000

Eggy didn’t win the jury’s heart at SuperPitch help at Nasscom Animation and Gaming event (hyderabad).However surprisingly the 200 odd people present at the event voted eggy as their choice for the #1 pitch. Thanks to all the public present at the event, We are overwhelmed by your response post show and I am glad we could win your hearts with our presentation pitch.

News by Animation Xpress:
http://www.animationxpress.com/anex/y2k8/headlines/anex4169.html

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eggy selected for nasscom superpitch!

Yogi Chopra — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:49:02 +0000

our animation feature concept “eggy” has been selected for this years nasscom animation and gaming expo 2008 being held in hyderabad. looking forward to meet new companies and make some new friends!

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dream in 3d!

Yogi Chopra — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:53:00 +0000

hello World,

It’s been just 3 days I have been taking Google Sketchup very seriosuly. This sunday I almost spent 9 hours experimenting on this software. The more I worked, the more i learnt. A highly intuitive program- Google Sketchup is ideal for designers who don’t want to get into a messy software like maya and 3d max and make life miserable. Now you can dream, conceptualise and create scenes you always wanted to. After you manage to model something in sketchup the next big question is how to get rid of the boring sketchy look of SU. That’s where additional render plugins are useful! I have downloaded and used IDX Renditioner Express and SU Podium. Both plugins work differently. IDX is much faster but Podium gives you a much better output.

Posted my first render comparisions…

Default Sketchup Export

SU Podium gives my model more depth and more photorealistic feel.

IDX gives my model more life. Also the presentition mode in IDX gives best results.

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clicking children

Yogi Chopra — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:38:46 +0000

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Digital Mural for TOI

Yogi Chopra — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:02:38 +0000

At the KGA 2005 festival during my show I was approached by Surekha from the Times of India Architecture department. She commissioned a 70 feet digital mural which is put up at the 3rd floor (Editorial department). The artwork is still there as of October 4th, 2008. I had access to Times Archives where I spent 3-4 hours everyday for a week searching for suitable photographs. Once I selected the suitable photos, they were cleaned by my team. After further filtering I would zero on the selected photos randomly creating every artwork. I got to see some orignal prints of Gandhiji, Nehru and some of the oldest photos of mumbai..

National Movement Bollywood (1950-70s) Lifestyle

Will upload the balance artworks soon…

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Walkthrough for Dignity Lifestyle

Yogi Chopra — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:10:36 +0000

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understanding usability for visually impaired

Yogi Chopra — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:54:24 +0000

For those expecting me to write a detail report on web usability for visually impaired are mistaken!

This document was lying in a small cluster of my Hard disk for last 3 years and I decided to revive it.

What do I want to do?/ What am I trying to achieve?

Ans. I want to work on a research based project where I can understand usability working with Visually Impaired people.

Key Questions we need to ask:

What are their needs?
How important role does sound play in this study?
Can visually impaired people create sound based blogs and also share them?
Can visually impaired people create a wikipedia using Flash based application?
Can we create a facebook/ orkut for the visually impaired?

BLACK BOX - KEY, CREATE & SHARE: Empowering the visually impaired with the help of technology.

BLACK BOX is a dream idea to create a software for the visually impaired, which will empower them to create their own projects/web pages. This will enable them to share these with their friends, colleagues and other visually impaired people in the world.

This will involve 2 phases. The first phase will include a research project for about 12 to 14 months.

Based on the results of the research, we will create the software. The final output of the project will be one of the most popular and powerful Web formats i.e. swf (Flash format). This format is extensively used the world over with 98% of Web browsers using it.

The software will allow visually impaired people to record their voice into project chapters or input their project using a keyboard. The result will be a very user-friendly and intuitive program, which will give the visually impaired the opportunity to avail of technology.

As the users will be able to record their own voice, any language of communication can be used. Currently, visually impaired people have to use screen reader software like JAWS which reads all the software installed on the operating system. This cost of the software ranges from US$895 to US$1095.

Our software will allow a final output of ‘swf’ (for the Web), which will have in-built screen reading features. This will allow a visually impaired individual to walk into a cyber café and browse Web sites which are created using our software.

The project will have an open source model so developers from around the world can contribute in making a powerful web based tool.

For now this is just an idea and I would need the help of any developers, programmers and companies who are willing to fund this research based project

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Super Pitch 2008!

Yogi Chopra — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:10:55 +0000

Budding animators, creators, writers dont miss the opportunity to send your idea to Super Pitch held at Nasscom Animation and Gaming India. The one good thing about the event is you are ought to bump into every animation studio head. For more details visit : Nasscom super pitch page> click here

Event Date: 5th to 7th November, 2008
Last date for Entries for Super Pitch: 10th October | Hurry!
Venue: Novotel and HCC Complex, Hyderabad (Near Hitec City)

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Panoramic Shots

Yogi Chopra — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:20:39 +0000

Hello I will feature some Panoramic shots here.

Drag your mouse cursor to view the complete image. Use Mouse Scroller to zoom in and out.

Shot at Whispering Woods, Lonavala

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HSBC

Yogi Chopra — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:31:09 +0000

We have been actively creating design solutions for HSBC intranet for the last 3 years. We have created emailer campaigns, microsites and announcement emailers for them. following are some sample designs below:

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