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Cool Video Breakdowns

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:50:13 +0000

Here is a breakdown from a cool music video called Super Nova by Marty Martin that shows some great insight to behind the scenes production. He integrated some real lens flares with a beta version of Optical Flares as well. Freddie, is back with another hilarious video and you can see some very candid discussion on some of his clever After Effects work

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Video Copilot Twitter

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:29:05 +0000

I’m not one to jump on to new technology or even jump on my bed for that matter but the more I’ve been using Twitter to follow industry news and artist-insights, the more I kinda like it. Usually I post things to Twitter related to website updates but lately I’ve been considering posting daily news that might be perfect for Twitter

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An Axe to Grind

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:58:33 +0000

Well if we’re going to do some axe-throwing I figured it would safer (for me) to design it in 3D first. As for Sam, well he still has to watch out for the real axe but don’t worry, we have plenty of band-aids and bactine. The 3D model is fairly simple, I took a picture of the real axe, and then traced to rod for a lathe modifier like this . The blade was a little trickier but I managed to box model the shape and added turbo smooth.

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Should Adobe Improve Expressions?

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:10:24 +0000

After working through a test project yesterday with the 3D orbit Preset , one of the things I noticed is how slow the expressions made my fairly simple comp. Admittedly, there were several expression connections but there wasn’t crazy rocket science equations that required cloud-computing. So, why so seriously slow

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3D Orbit FX

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:16:30 +0000

I found some time to play around with the powerful 3D Orbit preset and a free icon pack . I created small groups of Icons that were linked to a Null Object and then after making 6 groups, I used the 3D orbit preset to control the smaller spinning groups with a larger spinning group. Similar to how the moon orbits the earth and our earth orbits the sun. ( and our sun of course orbits William Shatner.) Now, I also used expressions to offset the the layers in each group so the icons did not overlap each other like in this tutorial . Then by animating the values of the orbit preset as well as the scale and rotation of the Null Objects, you can come up with some fun stuff

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NEW TUTORIAL: Depth Charge!

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:51:00 +0000

In this exciting new tutorial we will explore the underwater abyss from concept to completion! The idea for this tutorial was to take a project and figure out solutions as if we were working from scratch. I know nobody will EVER work on a submarine movie, it’s not possible but if you learn to solve problems and combine the techniques you have learned, you can do anything

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Underwater Explosions

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:15:13 +0000

Alright like most of you, I spent a lot of this weekend thinking about underwater explosions and more specifically… underwater IMPLOSIONS! See, when an explosion or charge is set off underwater the force of the explosion diminishes and the pressure of the surround water collapses in. Take a minute to visualize this… feel free to include sound effects as needed. So naturally I started experimenting with ways to create the effect using clips in our Action Essentials 2 kit and I think the results are pretty convincing

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TWO PREMIERES: reRUN and “AUDREY THE TRAIN WRECK”

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:31:25 +0000

Any new New York independent movie theater, one showing not mini-major studio moveovers but recently premiered festival films that don’t have formal distribution, is cause for celebration. But we at Filmmaker are hailing the new reRun for one other reason: it’s in our building.

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TWO PREMIERES: reRUN and “AUDREY THE TRAIN WRECK”

NEW TUTORIAL: Advanced Time Freeze

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:24:40 +0000

Good news, the Payment Plan tutorial is now online! In this in-depth 30-minute tutorial, we will be adding suspended glass into a live action shot using a 3D program. This technique can be used to combine many types of 3D element or layers for infinite creative possibilities. Watch Tutorial I’d also like to thank our new hosting partner JX2 media for their great support and service as our tutorial demand has increased

NEW TUTORIAL: Particle Shadows

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:49:53 +0000

In this EXCITING new tutorial we’ll learn a powerful method for casting realistic shadows with Particular. At first we will setup a simple scene using a custom sprite and then dive in to creating the Shadow illusion. I even included a quick demo showing you how I created the future balls in 3D Max

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