IT’S A WRAP! VIDEO CABLES
Pretty funky production, but the info's good.
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TED: THE BEAR FACTS
This took some time to come to terms with posting. It's definitely content of a certain nature, but the fascination of the process and workflow, and how the shots were achieved ruled out over the potential of offending anyone.
Watch, listen, read, learn and enjoy. Real cool stuff.
SEE, HEAR AND READ FULL STORY HERE
AFTER EFFECTS FIREWORKS TUTORIAL
Happy Fourth of July everyone. Here's a holiday specific, fun effect.
There are lots of fireworks tutorials out there, but I liked how this lad handled it. For those who know After Effects it's a great get-in-and-get-it-done tut.
For those who don't, don't get caught up with what he's doing. Just watch and enjoy the transformation from particles to the effect he's going for. See how everything's done with purpose. The kid knows his stuff.
Part 1
Part 2
GOOGLE SPLASH: HOW IT WAS MADE
A behind the scenes look at the execution of a simple, great idea.
FOOD STYLING: BEHIND THE SCENES
Everyone knows food looks perfect in commercials and ads.
Let's take a peek behind the curtain and see how it's done.
BREAD & BUTTER FX: WRITE-ON
There are effects which are basic to the toolbox of every motion designer.
This series shows how they're accomplished using After Effects for Windows or Mac.
Today we present the write-on effect in a solid tutorial by vvincefantasy on YouTube. Vince uses the stroke effect, rather than After Effects' built-in Write-on effect. The result is the same but this method is much more versatile. You're working with the pen tool and it's so much easier to see and adjust your lines. If you've ever used Write-on you'll see the difference.
Enjoy.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? SOUND DESIGN AND THE FOLEY ARTIST
Today we take a look…uh, listen to the subtler side of film.
The part you don't notice is missing until you notice it's missing.
Here's a tour-de-force of what YouTube has to offer on sound design.
Listen up, y'all!
Track Stars: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound
Leslie Bloom – Foley Artist
Foley Artist Gary Hecker
The Foley Fartist (Sure, laugh. He makes a good living.)
LOTR Sound Design – Part 1
LOTR Sound Design – Part 2
LOTR Sound Design – Part 3
Wall-E Sound Design – Part 1
Wall-E Sound Design – Part 2
Indiana Jones Sound Design – Part 1
Indiana Jones Sound Design – Part 2
Ben Burtt on Lightsaber Sound Design
HOLD YOUR BREATH
Cause it's about to be taken away.
VIDEO COPILOT: PROCEDURAL CRUMBLE
I've hardly posted anything hands-on technical, and this one's definitely not beginner's material. But it's too cool not to share.
Warning: This is not for the faint of art.
Here's master animator and educator, Andrew Kramer, showing how to pull off a dazzling effect.
Andrew's been posting tutorials on his site since January 2005. I've followed him since July 2007. He's definitely gone from holding your hand to 'this is just how's it's done.'
But if you're into it and want to get to the point where you're actually following all his nesting and precomposing (hey, be glad there's no expressions in this) just pull up the tutorial page at Video Copilot, start at the beginning and work your way through them. Eventually you'll understand everything he's talking about.
For now, be amazed.
