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June 6, 2008 by John Dickinson  | 3,208 views | Comments (11)

This week I was asked to create some graphics for Alien Vs Predator 2 on Foxtel Box Office. I got some inspiration from the opening title sequence for AVP, where the Predator-style text is “decoded” into English. The HUD (heads-up display) was created using pro-emitters from ParticleIllusion, rendered as Quicktime movies and combined withTrapcode Form – pixelated using After Effects’ Mosaic effect. The alien font is a rough version of the actual font that appears on the self-destruct device in the Predator films, and the English font is “Stainless”. The glows, blurs, scanlines, distortion and noise were created using multiple adjustment layers (green layers). Adjustment layers are great for applying effects to multiple layers. 

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11 Responses to this post
  • joss
    June 6, 2008 at 11:54 pm | Reply

    Very nice!

  • Brad
    June 7, 2008 at 2:04 am | Reply

    Outstanding! Love it…

  • illd
    June 7, 2008 at 8:20 am | Reply

    Great! You got so many ways JD!

  • jwfinster
    June 7, 2008 at 1:42 pm | Reply

    Man, I’d love to get my hands on that AE file! I know – wishful thinking!

    Nice work JD!

  • woody
    June 7, 2008 at 4:07 pm | Reply

    Good work! The adjustment layers are grate!
    See you later, wait to see the finish work. Hasta luego :=)

  • Mr T.
    June 7, 2008 at 5:51 pm | Reply

    Lovely work,

    How did you do the text effect?

    T

  • Mike
    June 7, 2008 at 6:47 pm | Reply

    Wow. That’s some awesome work!

  • Nikko
    June 14, 2008 at 8:16 am | Reply

    Nice! How did you do the distortion effect on the text?
    cheers

  • JD
    June 14, 2008 at 8:38 am | Reply

    That was done using AE’s own Turbulent Displace and Noise effects, applied to an adjustment layer. Using AL’s also allows you to mix the effects with the layers below using Blend Modes.

  • 7*
    June 19, 2008 at 6:17 am | Reply

    Great work.

    How many hours did you spend on this work?

    Thkx for sharing your experience with us.

  • JD
    June 19, 2008 at 8:20 am | Reply

    This was a 3 day job here at Foxtel. Probably about 6.5 hours a day for a total of 8 supers and a packshot (which was heavy with 3D text and other graphic elements). I probably could have banged it out faster but when I have the time I like to use it by experimenting, trying different looks etc.


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