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Category Archives: Motion Graphics
Paperman – Oscar Nominated Animated Short Film
Paperman – Pushing animation boundaries Paperman is the latest B-movie (in the traditional sense of the word) to play before a Disney film (Wreck-it-Ralph) and is director John Kahrs first short film and Oscar-nominated to boot. What is particularly stunning about … Continue reading
Posted in Compositing, Craft, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, Workflow
Tagged Animation, compositing, craft, visual effects, workflow
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Compositing Breakdown – Understanding the hidden magic
Layer by Layer Compositing Breakdown In this great tutorial from Nick Campbell of GreyScaleGorilla, he walks through the many layers of an after effects project, demonstrating how different tricks and techniques have been used to bring the complete composite together. … Continue reading
Posted in After Effects, Compositing, Creativity, Motion Graphics, Tutorials
Tagged after effects, compositing, creativity, tutorial
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The Art of Film & TV Title Design
PBS Off Book short doc on the art of film and tv title design featuring three of the best in the business discussing some of their most famous titles; Mad Men, Blue Valentine and Zombieland. Watch all three title designs … Continue reading
Photoshop for video editors
Richard Harrington, CEO of RHED Pixel, delivers a 40 minute workshop on creating graphics for film editors, providing some useful tips and techniques when using Adobe Photoshop in the edit suite. Richard demonstrates many many techniques like text design, video manipulation … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Editor's Tools, Motion Graphics, Tutorials
Tagged editors tools, Motion Graphics, photoshop, tutorial
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How an animated film is made
A short animated film explaining the animation process to new clients and animation students.
Motion 4 Gotcha – Getting the best render settings
Why is my final render bad quality? In Motion 4, there is a very easy way to make your exports look 100 times better instantly. It is called the ‘make it look good button’. If you don’t turn this on, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Motion, Gotcha, Motion Graphics, Tutorials
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The basics of on-screen typography
Video2brain (a learning company who provided the free tutorials with my wacom tablet – US) have many useful, straightforward tutorials on a plethora of subjects. Here is 3 minutes on the basics of on-screen typography…How long should text be on … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Free download, Motion Graphics, Tutorials
Tagged free, Motion Graphics, title design, tutorial, Wacom Tablet
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TV Graphics layer by layer breakdown
Brett Morris over on Motionworks, walks through a layer by layer breakdown of his work on these text supers for a TV promo for Fast and the Furious 5. Some great tips and techniques to keep on raising the bar … Continue reading
Useful Motion Tutorials
CreativeCow.net is one of THE best resources on the net for creative professionals. Andy Neil has created some useful Motion 4 tutorials which are worth a watch because more than just explaining techniques, they’ll give you fresh ideas…
Posted in Apple Motion, Compositing, Motion Graphics, Tutorials
Tagged compositing, Motion, Motion Graphics, tutorial
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Saul Bass on making money or art…
The legendary Saul Bass was profiled in Brainpickings this week… here he is advising young creatives on how to handle money, beauty, and clients. Ultimately who are you working for? Continuing the motion design theme here is a great video … Continue reading
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