You can probably imagine I am contacted regularly by people asking for advice, tips, tutorials and the like, and I’m always happy to help when I can. Something that does annoy me is when emails are signed “Thanks in advance”. By signing “thanks in advance” you are implying you won’t have time later to thank the person for doing you a favour, Read more…
March 31, 2009 by John Dickinson | 4,016 views | Comments (23)
March 29, 2009 by John Dickinson | 10,674 views | Comments (15)
For this Quantum Of Solace promo I once again turned to Trapcode Form. Form was used to create the grids in the background, on the actors faces and the main title. The face grids were created by customizing the MILG 5 Form Face tutorial, which you can grab for free over at Red Giant Software. The smokey look of the background was created using Read more…
March 24, 2009 by John Dickinson | 165,792 views | Comments (93)
In this 30 minute tutorial you’ll learn techniques and workflow used in Adobe After Effects and Illustrator to create the dramatic effect of the Batman icon shattering apart revealing a bright light source behind. Plug-ins used include Knoll Light Factory, Trapcode Particular and Shine. For a 10% discount on these and other Red Giant Software products use the code Motionworks10. Thanks to Ko Maruyama and Jonas Hummelstrand for creative input. Watch Tutorial
March 18, 2009 by John Dickinson | 2,513 views | Comments (0)
Create a disco-style animation based entirely on sound
In this video tutorial from Making It Look Great 5, your host Jerzy Drozda Jr. (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to create a funky disco-style animation based entirely on sound. This lesson includes a slick technique for creating running lights using Trapcode Form together with the Colorama effect, basic camera movement, techniques using the CC Time Blend and Wave Warp effects and plenty of simple expressions. All project files are included. Total running time: 46 minutes.
March 17, 2009 by John Dickinson | 2,572 views | Comments (30)
Great news, Making It Look Great 6 is in production. Many of you will be pleased that this release will be covering Cinema 4D and After Effects design and workflow and will be hosted by the amazing Tim Clapham from Hypa.tv. Tim is a world renowned Cinema 4D user and trainer, with a strong focus on broadcast graphics. Read more…
March 17, 2009 by John Dickinson | 3,656 views | Comments (10)
In this 4 minute video tip learn about precomposing, versioning and the must-know shortcut for copying and pasting. No more pasting layers the hard way.
March 15, 2009 by John Dickinson | 2,722 views | Comments (0)
Create a realistic dripping blood effect without keyframes
In this video tutorial from Making It Look Great 5, your host Jerzy Drozda Jr. (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to create a realistic dripping blood effect without using keyframes or expressions. This lesson includes a great study of precomposing and demonstrates how to use a Photoshop-style brush with the CC Time Blend effect to paint text onto the screen. All project files are included. Total running time: 52 minutes.
March 14, 2009 by John Dickinson | 33,797 views | Comments (12)
Recently I was asked to come up with an idea for a show and as seems to be the case lately, had very little time to develop it. Click on the thumbnail and the first picture you’ll see are my initial ideas created in Illustrator. The second one is better than the first but simply making the T and A capitals in a script font (Scriptina) wasn’t working, Read more…
