This project for a Summer campaign on Foxtel Box Office was created using a combination of Maxon Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects with Zaxwerks ProAnimator and Knoll Light Factory. The simple 3D text supers were created using ProAnimator inside After Effects and the supers with characters were created in Cinema 4D and finished in After Effects. Read more…
December 30, 2008 by John Dickinson | 16,811 views | Comments (22)
December 25, 2008 by John Dickinson | 1,107 views | Comments (7)
Merry Christmas and a motion graphics–filled new year to all Motionworks visitors. Thanks for your support in 2008, we’re looking forward to a big 2009 and hope you have a great one too.
December 23, 2008 by John Dickinson | 3,386 views | Comments (5)
In this 3.5 minute video tip learn how you can look through a camera linked to a light and see exactly what the light is pointing at, making lighting your After Effects scene easier and more intuitive.
December 19, 2008 by John Dickinson | 3,413 views | Comments (8)
In this 2 minute video tip learn how you can use the Link Active Object command to take control of lights and make lighting your Cinema 4D scene easier and fun.
December 17, 2008 by John Dickinson | 1,267 views | Comments (2)
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December 17, 2008 by John Dickinson | 7,253 views | Comments (14)
Rotoscoping is something I love to hate – I love the results but hate doing it. Well not exactly hate but you know what I mean; have you ever heard someone say “man I love rotoscoping” or ”gee, I can’t wait until the weekend so I can do a little rotoscoping”. Nope, it’s one of those tasks that’s a drag, but worth it in the end. Read more…
December 14, 2008 by | 2,455 views | Comments (9)
When working in the world of motion, time acts as a continual constraint against our approach and workflow. It acts as the major limitation to our practices within the commercial realm. Deadlines exist, corners need to be cut, chopped and even recycled when necessary. Time is a necessary measure and with adequate time-saving measures in place Read more…
December 14, 2008 by John Dickinson | 12,352 views | Comments (10)
After Effects CS4 includes numerous less obvious features that are great general time savers. In this tutorial, we’ll take a quick look at the new 4:3 inside 16:9 safe guides, Separate Dimensions, Centre in View, Flip Horizontal and Vertical, Shape Layer’s new Wiggle Transform and more. Watch tutorial
