Mattrunks - tutorials Motionographer Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators “If I’m known for anything, it’s the utilization of some of the more obscure features in After Effects and a weirdo obsession with mathematical phenomena,” explained Adam Plouff. Recently, the Atlanta-based animator has been expanding his skill set beyond keyframes and diving deep into code. Last week he released RubberHose, an After Effects plugin that makes pliable character rigs a snap. I was interested in how Adam started down the tool-building path, so I asked him a few questions to find out more. How did you get started building tools for After Effects? Since all the way back into college, I’ve had a fascination with people making art with code. Usually, about once a year, I would get the urge to dive into the Processing language for a couple of weeks. Then in the summer of 2014, Sander Van Dijk released Ouroboros. This was the point in my career where I started thinking in terms of building systems and tools rather than a one-off animations done by hand. I do agree with that.
Motionworks Motionworks/ Tutorials Main Shop Tutorials Shows About Support © copyright 2011 Motionworks. loading Drawing Armoury - Posts Motion graphics y diseño generativo En este curso te enseñaré distintas técnicas de animación mediante el uso de expresiones en After Effects. Tus animaciones podrán cambiar de forma, color o movimiento usando sencillos controladores. Parece increíble, pero modificando cuatro ajustes podrás generar distintas versiones de un mismo logotipo de forma fácil en un tiempo récord. ¿Qué incluye este curso? Haremos un breve resumen de las posibilidades que nos brinda el uso de la programación en el terreno gráfico. Daremos una pequeña introducción a la programación con algunos conceptos básicos y sencillos. ¿CUÁL ES EL PROYECTO DEL CURSO? ¿A quién está dirigido? Este curso va dirigido a todo aquel que quiera iniciarse en la programación aplicada al diseño, la animación o el arte generativo, así como el que quiera aprender nuevas técnicas de animación en After Effects. Requisitos La verdad es que los requisitos no son muchos, deberas saber utilizar el After Effects (CS5 o superior), Illustrator o Photoshop.
How do I make Whiteboard Write-on Effects? By Michele Yamazaki on Jan 13, 2015 at 10:34 AM Over the weekend, I was asked, “Do you know of any After Effects plug-in that automate the whiteboard drawn on effect?” which quickly evolved into, “Okay, so how do I create this effect?”. I’ll explore the write-on effect in AE and a few other hosts. Here's an example of a whiteboard reveal effect from the RSA. So, is there a plug-in for After Effects? Believe it or not, the write-on effect was one of the first cool things I learned to do back in After Effects 3.1. Create a Write on Effect in After Effects What I've found is that the effect is not a difficult effect to achieve, but it can be very time consuming. Here's the general process that I recommended: 1. 2. 3. Method 1: You could use linear wipes to reveal the elements, layer by layer, if its very simple. 4. An even easier method would be to record yourself writing with a tablet and play that back. AE Basics 30: The Write-on Effect Pencil Write-On Effect Other options for After Effects
Greyscale Gorilla Congratulations to Michael Rinnan for winning the Five Second Project for March. His entry had a great concept and was outfitted with excellent lighting, atmosphere, camera movements and sound design. We wanted to know a little bit more about Michael’s entry, so we asked him a few questions regarding his workflow and the process for creating his winning piece. Where do you work? What is your title? I am a 3D generalist at NFL films in Mt. How did you come up with your concept for the Bright Lights Five Second Project? For my concept, my goal was to come up with a quick story I could tell in 5 seconds. What was the most challenging thing about your project? The most challenging part of this project was honestly the lighting. Tell us a little about how you achieved the zolly (push-pull zoom) effect. To achieve the zolly, I initially mapped out the motion of the motorcycles with a spline and then dropped a camera onto that motion path. What renderer was used?
Improve your line work with these pro drawing tips What I love about drawing is how you can capture the imagination. It’s the thing that keeps me fascinated. My specialty is hand-drawn illustration, and in particular, the creation of line work with dip pen and black Indian ink. In this workshop I’ll show how I create my own interpretation of Mephisto, the demonic antagonist in the German legend of Faust. I start with an underdrawing, on to which the line work is inked. Through this process I emphasise anything that conveys the fantasy noir atmosphere of the tale, in particular the hard lighting. Unlike digital drawing, inking with a traditional dip pen only allows the draughtsman to push forward. Need a little bit more help with your drawing skills? Click on the icon at the top-right of the image to enlarge it. 01. Marking lightly with an overhand grip, I map where the major elements fall on the page: gestural lines, blocks, cylinders, spheres, wedges, and in this case a few anatomical landmarks. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11.
MotionScript.com - main page AE Self Resizing One of the coolest parts about the integration between After Effects and Premiere is the ability to edit text templates in Premiere without having to export them out of After Effects. However, you might be surprised to hear that text templates can utilize expressions in addition to text and keyframes. In the following video tutorial After Effects master Evan Abrams shows us how to use expressions in text templates to automatically scale lower third boxes to match the text length. The tutorial covers: Linking Text Inputs to ScaleTitle and Action Safe BreakdownsUsing the Dynamic Link to Create AE TemplatesUsing Monospaced FontsDefining Template Compositions If you are completely unfamiliar with the text template workflow between After Effects and Premiere check out our ‘How to Create Live Text Templates’ post. You can download the project files for this After Effects template by going to Evan Abrams’ website. This video was first shared by Evan Abrams on his website ECAbrams.com.
Apprendre la couleur avec "Pchan" | Le Carnet Digital Aujourd’hui, j’inaugure un nouveau concept. Les “Apprenons avec :” L’idée dans ce nouveau type d’articles consiste à analyser le travail d’un autre artiste dont j’apprécie les oeuvres et de déconstruire ses dessins pour m’en approprier ses codes. Comme vous le savez, il est important d’apprendre constamment pour progresser (et aussi parce que c’est passionnant). En écrivant ces “analyses”, c’est un peu comme si je prenais un cours de dessin de cet artiste, alors autant vous en faire profiter ! Vous comprendrez mieux en lisant cette première analyse sur le travail de Peter Chan, et notamment sur ses études à la gouache. Certains d’entre-vous le savent peut-être (notamment, si vous me suivez sur Twitter), mais à BlackMuffin Studio, nous travaillons sur un Jeu Vidéo appelé Night Call. Bref, tout ça pour dire que : le travail de la couleur me manque. Et Peter chan étant un artiste dont j’adore le travail de couleur, il me semblait tout naturel de me pencher sur son travail. 1. 2. 3. 4.