Trapcode “Horizon” is a camera-aware color gradient and image mapping plug-in for Adobe After Effects. It’s a straightforward utility plug-in generating a background that corresponds to the After Effects camera’s viewing direction. The camera position has no influence on Horizon, you could say it always uses an infinite distance to the camera. Read more…
August 29, 2008 by John Dickinson | 6,695 views | Comments (2)
August 29, 2008 by John Dickinson | 1,370 views | Comments (2)
Recently I was watching that terrific iPod Nano Ad when I noticed what to me looked like a mistake. Now this wouldn’t have been noticeable had I not happened to be stepping through frame-by-frame but you can clearly see the talent’s arm has been chopped off for a few frames. Now this is not a criticism because no one is perfect Read more…
August 24, 2008 by John Dickinson | 2,028 views | Comments (2)
My buddy Maltaannon from Polygon Studio has just released a brand new custom effect for Adobe After Effects for creating beautiful and convincing light wrap effects. Light wrap is the effect where colour from the background image is mixed in with the edges of the foreground image, creating a realistic composite. Read more…
August 19, 2008 by John Dickinson | 3,070 views | Comments (10)
In this tutorial you’ll learn the basic work flow for Red Giant Software’s Radium Glow plug-in. This was the first time I’d used the effect and have been pretty impressed with the results; you have a lot of control over exactly how and where the glow appears on your footage. Watch tutorial
August 8, 2008 by James Wicks | 753 views | Comments (0)
I work in Television as a News Anchor. In my spare time and off hours, I study 3D motion graphics by reading, doing and visiting great sites like Motionworks. JD’s latest post on his newest boxing promo sparked a question that he asked me to post here. By way of background, one of my goals working in daily TV news is to keep things looking fresh. Read more…
August 8, 2008 by John Dickinson | 2,825 views | Comments (17)
Another boxing promo created using Adobe After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop. For this 3 day job I wanted to create a scene reminiscent of a boxing gym wall with old posters and banners. These fighters are up and coming but quite low in the rankings and this will be a battle of brawlers, so this gritty, unpolished look fits nicely. The basic idea and color palette Read more…
