GreyScaleGorilla is hosting a new 5 Second Project sponsored by Motionworks. This week’s theme is “Kick the Bucket”. The winning entry will receive a copy of Making It Look Great 6 for Cinema 4D and After Effects. This is a great way to make sure your work gets noticed, with the chance of winning a fabulous prize. To learn about the idiom “kick the bucket” click here.
June 15, 2009 by John Dickinson | 974 views | Comments (0)
April 24, 2009 by John Dickinson | 1,116 views | Comments (5)
NAB has wrapped up for another year and this show was the quietest I have experienced, with companies such as Apple, Avid, Red, Grid Iron Software and Lynda.com who previously had large booths, not attending. Between demos on the Zaxwerks booth, Maltaannon and I gave Zax feedback on the new 3D Serpentine plug-in for Adobe After Effects. Read more…
April 22, 2009 by John Dickinson | 824 views | Comments (4)
Day two at NAB was definitely busier but still nothing like previous years. Once again between demos I was able to catch up with plenty of people including Alan Lorence from Wondertouch, who demonstrated particleIllusion working right inside After Effects. It’s going to be handy to have access to the massive library of particle effects that Wondertouch offers, Read more…
March 13, 2009 by John Dickinson | 2,372 views | Comments (1)
Aharon Rabinowitz has just released a massive library of 45,000 pre-keyed stock images. The product is named “Crowd Control” and is apparently the largest of it’s kind in the world. Check out the site and register to download a number of free clips up to HD resolution. Nice work Aharon.
January 8, 2009 by John Dickinson | 3,230 views | Comments (40)
Just signed up for my first term at fxphd.com. I’d heard about their online courses in visual fx so was curious, and having just watched the amazing new term preview video, decided to take the plunge. Looks like some excellent training being offered. Take a look and if you decide to sign up please mention “motionworks” with your registration so I can get some credits.
December 7, 2008 by John Dickinson | 2,816 views | Comments (6)
My buddy Aharon Rabinowitz has moved on from Creative Cow and is now hosting Red Giant TV, a brand new tutorial hub for Red Giant Software. Aharon will be adding one new tutorial every week to help us create some cool motion graphics and visual effects and get the most out of our investment in Red Giant plug-ins. Check out the beta here.
