Making It Look Great 1

Design and Production Techniques for Adobe After Effects and Zaxwerks ProAnimator, Knoll Light Factory and More

Make Sure Your Work Gets Noticed

In this 2 hour video workshop, senior broadcast designer and After Effects expert John Dickinson guides you step–by–step through real–world techniques for creating an impactful broadcast motion graphics promotion.

Topics include:

Making backgrounds with ProAnimator, Fractal Noise and other effects
Using ProAnimator primitives and textures to create the planet Mars
Using After Effects versus ProAnimator cameras and lights
Enhancing your work’s mood and “watch-ability factor”
Secrets to getting faster workflow
Preparing Illustrator files for the smoothest workflow
Modelling, texturing and animating logos in ProAnimator
Using ProAnimator for beyond–the–ordinary text animations
Workflow tips for creating multiple versions
Design and production tricks for integrating logos and text using effects such as Trapcode Shine, Starglow, Knoll Light Factory and more

About your Host: Based in Sydney Australia, John Dickinson is a cutting-edge motion graphics artist who is in demand. John combines 12 years of industry experience with a proven teaching ability to provide high quality learning resources that encourage and challenge participants to break through to new levels of excellence and impact in their work.

Watch promo | Watch free introduction

Download only (1.1GB) - after purchase you will receive an email with download details.

$59.00

8 Responses to this post

Aqeel
March 24, 2009 at 3:58 am | Reply

I wonder how i could get the music background at the beginning of each tutorial.It is wondereful.
Brandon
August 27, 2009 at 10:57 am | Reply

for me, the links “watch promo” and “watch free introduction” are the same.
- John Dickinson
  August 27, 2009 at 4:09 pm | Reply
  
  Hi Brandon, that’s fixed now, thanks for letting us know. Best wishes, John.
Brandon
August 27, 2009 at 9:50 pm | Reply

awesome! always glad to help! just purchased it!
- John Dickinson
  August 27, 2009 at 9:55 pm | Reply
  
  Terrific Brandon. If you have any questions let me know. Thanks for supporting Motionworks. Best wishes, John.

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Maxon Cinema 4D 11.5 with Mograph 2.0 module. Note: Cinema 4D project files will open in previous versions but some data may be lost.
Cinema 4D Advanced Renderer and Sketch & Toon modules are required for some tutorials.
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Maxon Cinema 4D 10 with Mograph module.
Adobe After Effects 8 (CS3) or higher.
Quicktime 7 or higher.
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Featured 3rd Party plug-ins can be downloaded using links supplied with the training.

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Adobe After Effects 8 (CS3) or higher.
Quicktime 7 or higher.
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Featured 3rd Party plug-ins can be downloaded using links supplied with the training.