Chris Chia

Oracle PL/SQL Tutorials

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:05:52 +0000

Below is some links to my self created tutorials for those who are interested in PL/SQL. I have just completed the Basic Level of PL/SQL. I will be working on the Intermediate Level of PL/SQL and this post will update once i am done with it.

* For those who need help in the installation of Oracle DB, I will update my previous post as soon as i am done with this tutorial.

Basic Level Tutorial – PL/SQL

Sun has fallen… just like many other companies…

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:23:27 +0000

This is a non technical post.
Just some of my thoughts… so many things have been happening out there… with small companies being acquired by GIANT company, GIANT companies fighting legal lawsuits… when is this going to end?

And now, James Gosling, father of Java has left Oracle, (as Sun has been bought by Oracle beginning this year), i wonder what will happen in the near future…

Oracle Form (Part i)

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:19:21 +0000

Sorry that I haven’t been updating this site, as I was busy with my studies.
Currently, I have been doing a lot of Oracle PL/SQL Programming and Form Design
using Oracle Form Builder and Oracle SQL Developer.

Click on the pic to see an enlarged version.

I will highlight the problem with this complex oracle setup in the next few posts.
So stay tuned!

The Art of Compositing

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:25:41 +0000

A simple compositing in Houdini.
An explosion which requires intensive compositing technique to perfect the “LOOK”.

Click on the pic to see the breakdown of the composition
and the 3 rendered passes.

The whole compositing of this simple (non-fluid) explosion only had 3 different passes of smoke (smoke in the front, fiery yellow smoke, smoke at the bottom) and the background building (which was remodeled and textured).

Simple but Tough

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:42:14 +0000

This clip shows a render from Houdini.
Many asked me which software I prefer- Maya or Houdini
I actually prefer software which can help one achieve fast result.

[See post to watch Flash video]

Achieved within 5 secs in Houdini,
but it probably takes 50 mins for one to do in Maya.

This is simply the power of procedural animation!

Houdini 10 Pyro Fluid for explosion

admin — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:27:39 +0000

Here I did some rendering test with the need PYRO Fluid from Houdini 10 to create realistic fire explosion.

Rendered Glass Ver 1

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:06:09 +0000

[See post to watch Flash video]

Render passes:

Beauty of Water and Glass,
Glass Shadow,
Background Beauty,
Beauty of Bullet,
Bullet Shadow,
Caustic

Rendering Damage:
Total: 15Hours for 95Frames
Res: 640 x 480
Photon Used: 1000000

~Done in Houdini 9.5~

Fluid Beauty & Caustics

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:36:27 +0000

Previously, I was testing a caustic rendering with photon renderer and did a simple composition in Houdini with a beauty pass of Fluid. Below are some of the results:

Houdini Fluid Test

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:03:36 +0000

This is a test i did in Houdini 9.5 on Fluid Simulation.
Will post the fully rendered movie soon. Will post the statistics in baking and rendering this simulation.

Attractors

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:12:41 +0000

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/fractals/clifford/

nice… this is my future…