Murphy's Laws of Visual Effects
The disappointments of your profession are presented in a lighter vein in the laws of Murphy. Anybody can write Murphy's laws, Murphy is a fictitious character and doesnt demand royalty for using his name. Here is my version; I hope you enjoy these laws and welcome you to contribute to this list. Please send your laws to sjagan@hotmail.com. Your contribution will be duly acknowledged. These laws were created from my experiences @ EFX. There were more laws but they apply only to our way of working. So here is the culled list:
Laws of Visual Effects Programming
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What you want to do has already been done |
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What is not done is not necessary |
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What you have done is not necessary |
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Every graphics software is incomplete |
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Every animator / artist knows that every graphics software is incomplete |
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Animators and artists always want what is not available in existing software |
Laws of Blue-Screen Photography
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What is being rotosplined could have been shot blue-screen |
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What is shot blue-screen must be rotosplined |
Laws of Backup
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What is needed will not be backed up |
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What is backed up cannot be retrieved |
More laws will be posted as and when they are conceived.