負責 Meet The Robinsons 立體部分的 Phil McNally 在一次受邀訪談 中，針對這部動畫的立體（3-D, stereo）部分做了一些說明。太極影音 3D 同仁正如火如荼趕工的 Quantum Quest 是一部 IMAX, Large Format, Stereoscopic Animation，我有幸參與了一部分 stereo 的研究/環境建置/製作，所以不時（自發性或被迫都有）得去看一些這方面的資料，Phil 的這次採訪讀來讓人非常愉快輕鬆，於是我決定節錄一些有趣且值得記下來的內容： ...
整理電腦的時候，發現 2005 6 月時拍的照片，那時借了郭秉的相機，想利用 image stitch 製作出一個 panorama 來。 換個角度看，就成了下圖：
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Maya 原生的 Script Editor 不太好用，因為： copy & past 不好用：這是指在 Linux 下，使用 Motif API 的 Maya 而言，其它平台的 Maya 沒有這個問題。 沒有 syntax highlighting：雖然說使用 script editor 時大都是試驗性或很簡短的程式碼，但天曉得，syntax highlighting 肯定能讓你的心情好一些，誰說「讓程式師計師的心情好不重要」的!! 不支援 regexp：just my humble opinion 不方便調整字型大小；just my humble opinion 沒有 smart indent；just my humble opinion but very important to Python 但是它也有幾點好處： ...
Maya scripting 現在有了 MEL 與 Python 可供選擇，對於大部分的 Maya 使用者來說，這是件微不足道的事，但對於天天使用與撰寫 Maya scripting 的人來說（ex, TD?!）（或保守一點的說，很有機會被要求寫點程式的人），這重要極了。 ...
Chris Chia 在他的 blog 發表了一篇 Maya ChatWin v0.6.1 (100% Built on Python) ，完成了一件非常有趣的事：在 Autodesk Maya 裏頭實作了一個 MSN 外加一個遠端的 script editor 出來。 這個 Maya ChatWin 運作起來就像 MSN，只是聯絡人清單是來自於同網段（內網）的電腦，目的…大概是讓你工作到一半有個小問題，想找人問一下時使用的吧，我想基本立意應該是這樣。它另外比較有趣的功能是，可以直接遠端傳送 mel 或 python script，所以可以做到遠端執行一些 fixing scripts 之類的。這功能目前是單向的，不過也夠應付 supporting TD 使用。 ...
Maya 裏頭有個非常 high level 的 mel function: optionVar，有別於其它的 functions 的簡單與立即反應，它的目的在提供一個跟 Maya session 的設定檔的存取。換個說法，你可以在一次執行 Maya 的時候，存一個自訂的變數 IamSoHandsome，然後在下一次執行時取出來用。所以你可以把它想成是 Windows 上頭的 registry、Unix-like 下的 .ooxx 個人設定檔、或是會永續存在下去的 environment variables。 ...