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August 28, 2007 by John Dickinson  | 3,142 views | Comments (11)

My journey with Cinema 4D continues. Here’s another small job I’ve just completed using Cinema 4D and After Effects. This will be used by my client in an Avid to create promos from mostly 4×3 vision (I also supplied a matte for the vision inside the frame). Most of the vision we get supplied is pretty bad, with lot’s of compression artifacting, so rather than scaling it [Read more]

August 18, 2007 by John Dickinson  | 2,178 views | Comments (3)

Here are some darker experimentations with Fractal Noise and other effects I’ve been meaning to post. Try Brainstorming them and see what you can come up with. 

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August 14, 2007 by John Dickinson  | 2,996 views | Comments (5)

Here’s a neat background based on Knoll Light Factory. It’s basically 2 different flares; the top flare’s Angle property has been animated, with CC Time Blend used to soften and spread the rays. The bottom flare has been distorted using Turbulent Displace to give it a spooky feel, this also makes the large glow flare in the background look kind of like smoke.  Download project

August 1, 2007 by John Dickinson  | 1,803 views | Comments (0)

This grungy, metallic look was created using a combination of Gradient Overlay (Layer Style), Roughen Edges and Fractal Noise. The animation was created using Per-character 3D text for a sci-fi feel.

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