January 31, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 737 views | Comments (0)

Ever thought about working with your brother, sister, partner or best friend? Then don’t miss this riveting episode as John and Robin get personal and talk candidly about the synergies and pitfalls of this most sensitive topic, to reveal what has to happen to make it work. Read more…

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January 29, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 7,523 views | Comments (17)

In this 1 hour, recorded E-seminar learn how I used Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to create a grungy, bullet-riddled wall with spray-painted text. Note: this is the unedited seminar with a few short pauses due to technical glitches. The audio is loud so you may need to turn down the volume. Enjoy!
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January 27, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 356 views | Comments (11)

This video clip by Mew is wonderfully odd. Not a bad song either!

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January 20, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 290 views | Comments (2)

MILG 6 and 7 host Tim Clapham recently completed a beautiful animation for 3D World magazine, created using Cinema4D and Adobe After Effects. The even cooler news is Tim recorded a tutorial.

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January 20, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 3,081 views | Comments (32)

In this tutorial, guest host Grischa Theissen demonstrates a must-know technique for adding motion blur to your 3D renders in After Effects using ReelSmart Motion Blur.    Watch tutorial (10min, 20MB)

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January 18, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 1,811 views | Comments (7)

Unplugged Challenge winner, Robert Leger, is back with part 2 of a breakdown of his terrific animation. This section focusses on tips and techniques for integrating Cinema 4D with Adobe After Effects.

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January 17, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 412 views | Comments (13)

In this insightful episode of Unplugged, Artbeats founder Phil Bates shares how Artbeats began as a still image provider during the desktop publishing revolution of the 1990’s and has grown into arguably the most recognised stock footage provider in the world today. Read more…

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January 16, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 309 views | Comments (5)

Prologue has posted a teaser for The Pacific, the sequel to the stunning Band of Brothers miniseries. My friend and ex-Foxtel colleague Clarissa Donlevy headed up Concept, Design and Direction. A beautiful piece of work indeed.

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January 14, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 267 views | Comments (2)

Superb CG architectural renderings. Quite beautiful and hypnotic.

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January 11, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 4,945 views | Comments (29)

In this tutorial, guest host Grischa Theissen demonstrates a cool technique for creating the popular photo mosaic look in Cinema 4D, where one image is made up of multiple images. Recently Grischa was working side-by-side with Tim Clapham, who helped refine the technique. I wonder what’s bringing these talented Cinema 4D artists to Australia… Read more…

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January 10, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 1,934 views | Comments (21)

MILG 7 Mograph Unleased with Tim Clapham is coming. Teaser 1 – Dynamics

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January 9, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 2,739 views | Comments (10)

Unplugged Challenge winner, Robert Leger, has posted part 1 of a breakdown of his terrific animation. This section focusses on tips and techniques used to build the 3D elements in Cinema 4D.

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January 7, 2010 by Brett Morris  | 1,852 views | Comments (15)

Hollywood Camera Work’s Visual Effects for Directors training series is an invaluable resource for both visual effects and motion graphics artists. The 7 DVD set includes over 11 hours of video with more than 1000 examples. Calm, clear and informative narration make this training a joy to watch, and easier to absorb the wealth of information. Read more…

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January 6, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 4,604 views | Comments (14)

A simple red silk-style banner created in Adobe After Effects using Trapcode Form. Also includes a logo displaced by the Form layer using the Displacement Map effect. Read more…

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January 6, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 301 views | Comments (9)

French motion design artist Pierre Magnol of GKaster has some truly stunning work, you must see.

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January 5, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 182 views | Comments (0)

Stock footage veteran Artbeats has announced daily free clips for registered users.

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January 4, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 2,289 views | Comments (22)

Robert Leger’s Unplugged animation was recently chosen as the winner of the Unplugged Title Challenge. What is truly amazing is that Robert entered the Unplugged challenge with only 1 day left until the deadline. In the first Unplugged for 2010 Robert discusses his background, present work and of course the terrific title animation he created for Unplugged. Read more…

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January 3, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 793 views | Comments (5)

In this Adobe After Effects walkthrough learn how Red Giant Holomatrix was used to give grungy 3D text a dynamic sci-fi look.

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January 3, 2010 by John Dickinson  | 12,911 views | Comments (35)

In this Adobe After Effects walkthrough learn how Red Giant Holomatrix was used to give grungy 3D text a dynamic sci-fi look. Grab a 10% discount over at Red Giant Software using this code “motionworks10”.

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