In this recorded e-seminar I walk through the techniques used in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator to create the silhouette look used in the award winning Bond Classic Bond teaser. Topics include working with green screen, preparing footage for clean vectorization and batch vectorization of sequences using Illustrator and Bridge. View Gallery post Watch e-seminar
This “hot” boxing promo was produced at Foxtel Design by Luke Simshauser. I was impressed by the project because of the quality that was achieved with a very tight deadline – the entire job took 3 days from concept, through shoot to post production. The clever use of on-set lighting and After Effects’ Puppet Pin tool also caught my eye. read more
Here’s the 90 second promo for Bond. Classic Bond. on Fox Classics, edited by Ryan Watson, with the graphics designed by myself and Dan Creighton (who did much of the roto work). All graphics were created in Adobe After Effects with Trapcode Form used throughout to create the fire and smoke elements, and I must say this is the first time I’ve had a chance to use Form read more
You may or may not know that after leaving high school I trained as a ladies hairdresser. The reason I mention that is because last week I had my first chance to use those skills in my current line of work. Check out the movie link below to see my expert hairdressing skills coming into play on set. You’ll also see my even more amazing dance skills. read more
Here’s the last of the 4 Bond teasers for Fox Classics channel. This one took longer than the other three, for obvious reasons. We did a green screen shoot with models then keyed/rotoed the footage and vectorized it using the Adobe Illustrator Live Trace batch feature in Adobe Bridge. All animation was done in Adobe After Effects. To make the spot flow seamlessly, read more
