I’ve been truly inspired by a website called VideoCopilot which specialises in all things After Effects. Amongst all the plugins, clips and free stuff, I found a great tutorial which focuses on creating a 3D title sequence. In this case, I created a scene with floating particles with words that appear as the camera moves through […]
I recently had a chance to explore more plug-ins from Trapcode in After Effects. One in particular was ‘Form’ which allows you to manipulate layers of particles and wrap/distort them around shapes and accompanying movies. When exploring that vast array of features I stumbled an effects that was comparable to the House of Cards video-clip from Radiohead. Here’s a […]
My interest for film and composting has grown significantly since being introduced to After Effects. Its an incredibly powerful program that allows you to create motion graphics and video effects. Thanks to a number of great online resources, I was able to teach myself the basics of compositing. This example was created using a simple photo with overlapping particles and […]
This semester, there were six groups that submitted short films for this years Media Short Film Festival. In was pleasing to see such great results from films that were constructed in such a short period of time. For a lot of students, it was the first time handling camera equipment and editing it using Adobe […]
Why has is taken so long to discover Vimeo? As like most of the general population, I have relied on YouTube to find tutorials, short movies and animations. Often it would result in wasting valuable time watching people back-flip off the roofs of houses and amateurs singing to their own web-cams in the hope it […]
Sick and tired of losing your important files? There are many online storage solutions including Dropbox and Sugarsync, but there is one in particular that has caught my attention. Box.com (formally box.net) is an intuitive, user friendly solution that offers a free 5gb package for individuals who sign up. For those that were fortunate to take advantage of earlier specials were kindly offered […]
wordsfromthegravenic: fantastic site! One of the better ones I have found on this topic. And it uses illustrator, brilliant
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