This BOD discussion is for anyone who loves to spend money. Uncontrolled spending is one of the most effective ways to destroy your business. In part three of this cheeky series, we review the 14 symptoms of uncontrolled spending. Ignore them and you’re guaranteed to fast-track financial catastrophe. Watch Video Discussion (17mins, 19MB)
The Foundry has released 3D Camera Tracker and Kronos, two exciting new plug-ins for Adobe After Effects.
Alexander of Amateurmedia.net has created a stylish new font named Typograph Pro. Also check some of the great usage examples created within Cinema 4D.
Red Giant Software has released Colorista 2, with some exciting new features and improvements. Use motionworks10 for a 1o% discount.
Fontfeed.com has an excellent column “Screenfonts” which discusses the use of fonts in movie posters.
Industrial Light and Magic has a new site. It’s quite amazing just how many productions ILM has been involved in.
Urban Dirty has terrific free grunge stock images and also provides color themes for various images with a downloadable .ASE file. You can import the .ASE file into After Effects using Swatch You Want.
10 Responses to this post
September 9, 2009 at 1:11 am |
Hey John,
I thought BOD would be the best place to post this question.
No doubt you’ve been asked this before.
I have been teaching myself AE (with the help of sites like motion works etc.)for over a year now and really want to make a go it as a career. Wondering if its worth sticking it out, working full time and learning things for myself or going to a full time course.
Typical coin toss of self taught Vs. specialised school.
There are many factors, of course.
Just wondering your thoughts on the idea.
Thanks.
Have a great day.
Aidan
September 9, 2009 at 6:21 am |
Hey Aidan,
I’d say if you’re confident in your skills at this point and feel you have something to offer your clients, I say go for it. But if you find yourself struggling to deliver, then you may want to rethink more training. I’ve come across a lot of self-taught AE artists and the worst thing is to have to educate someone in the middle of a deadline. That being said, I’m self-taught and I fully believe it is possible to have a successful career this way. Though I never stop learning.
Best,
-Robert
September 9, 2009 at 2:50 pm |
Hi Aidan, thanks for the interesting question. I learned doing a few short courses here and there, and watching tutorials/reading books. I’ve learned the most “on the job”. My suggestion is do enough training to allow you to build up a solid showreel, then get out there and work in the industry. All the best, John.
September 9, 2009 at 5:07 am |
Hey John,
Great video. I remember reading books from R.T. Kyiosaki, my parents suggested theme when I was still at school. This really helped me learn some of the basics of the business mentality.
Also great idea, that you should not think about spending/investing to much money at the start, just enough to get you going.
I like the idea of starting small and developing the business as you progress.
The most important thing is to start somehow and not to look for excuses like, “I need a website, but a website cost too much money…” and stuff like this.
September 9, 2009 at 2:55 pm |
Hey Gyorfio, thanks for joining the discussion. The Kiyosaki books, especially Rich Dad Poor Dad, are very useful indeed. All the best, John.
September 9, 2009 at 5:00 pm |
excellent as always guys
September 10, 2009 at 6:51 pm |
Excellent! I hope this series (and my business) will never end;)
September 16, 2009 at 7:34 pm |
Between After Effects plugins, C4D upgrades, stock media, new shiny Apple hardware…yes it’s easy to spend over 10k a year on tools–I’ve done it each and every year for over ten years now.
September 17, 2009 at 2:12 am |
I totally agree Craig. Have you had value for money? Best, John.
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