Brew Crew
Depending on how hard you were tailgating at the last home Brewer game you attended, you may remember seeing the Milwaukee Brewers Stadium Open by Pixel Farm on the big screen. It’s a highly detailed build of the stadium with past clips of Brewer history blended in. If you’re a Brewer fan or not, this animation rocks. Also linked below is a video of how Pixel Farm put this together. Enjoy. Pixel Farm: Milwaukee Brewers Stadium Open with Line-up Pixel Farm:...
The Keyframiest
Motion design is similar to its print design brethren in that it follows trends/styles. In motion design some trends transpire because of a new plug-in or tool, others evolve because of a reaction to an overused tool. While some come about through innovation. Lately there has been a lot of really great simple shaped animations that can’t necessarily be created with just a plug-in, but through massive amounts of keyframes and experimentation. Some of the links...
BG Renderer Hits Version 2
Some breaking news from this morning: BG Renderer has officially hit version 2! There are more details on my personal blog as well as the After Effects Scripts site, but it now comes in Basic & Pro versions (both license based now, but for a reasonable price: $4.99/$19.99 respectively). These are the two features of Pro that caught my eye immediately: Render notifications through email, sms, Growl, or Prowl (for iPhone notifications, though Growl + Boxcar could...
21 Motion Graphics and Visual Effects User Groups and Meetups
Saw this post on AETUTs recently. And sure enough, Mograph Milwaukee was nowhere to be found. Booooo…..but that doesn’t change anything. Mograph Milwaukee still puts on a great show and we always have something cool to share like this. I think it’s very cool that these meet-ups/social gatherings are now becoming very popular in our society and the tech community alike. They are always a great place to learn new and exciting things, meet people in...
Art of the Title Sequence: The Pacific
Admittedly, I haven’t seen The Pacific, but the title sequence is fantastic. It’s a great blend of practical shooting, VFX, and animation. The subtleties like the charcoal breaking matching debris from the battlefield and the paper texture matched perfectly to the live-action footage tie everything together. It’s a great imagining of drawings coming to...
After Effects CS5
We could write an extensive post covering what’s new in AE CS5, but Chris & Trish Meyer have covered that over at ProVideo Coalition. It’s well worth the entire read, but here are some highlights: Native 64-bit (No more out of memory errors!). Roto Brush. Mocha & Mocha Shape. DE FreeForm. Native R3D file support, including color & metadata management in the Interpret Footage dialog. Two new blending modes: Subtract & Divide. New keyboard...