Monthly Archives: March 2009

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Layer Tennis – Walkthrough and Behind the Scenes

Today I go through part of the thought process and techniques we used for Friday’s Layer Tennis. Also, check out the screen capture of my monitors during the event. I tried to capture Anthony’s screen as well, but the software … Continue reading →

March 11, 2009 and filed in Motion Design, My Work, Video
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David on Making Time

I’m sick and tired of hearing “no time” as an excuse for why you can’t be great. It really doesn’t take that much time to get started, but it does take wanting it really bad. Most people just doesn’t want … Continue reading →

March 10, 2009 and filed in Ideas, Inspiration
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Seth On Making Decisions

Once you decide that you want lunch, you don’t need to know sandwich making tactics. You’ll figure it out. – Seth Godin

March 10, 2009 and filed in Ideas, Inspiration
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GSG Cast: Click That Button – How Following Silly Ideas Can Make You Happy.

Explaining: ClickThatButton.com Follow: Your Passion Learn: From Doing, not by Dreaming. Time: Long, but worth it, I swear. At least jump to the end to see my homemade arcade button mouse! Click: That Button!!

March 10, 2009 and filed in Inspiration, My Work, Video
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Five Seconds and Orange Project – One More Week

Thanks to everybody who has sent in a “Five Seconds and Orange” Project so far. The turnout has been awesome. If you haven’t heard yet, I sent out a project to anybody who wants to join to do an animation … Continue reading →

March 9, 2009 and filed in Design, Inspiration, Motion Design, Video
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Intro To After Effects – 3D Layers and Cameras

In this episode, I go though the steps to make layers 3D and animating cameras. I also discuss Depth of Field within AE

March 9, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Motion Design, Tutorials, Visual Learning
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Thru YOU: Artists Samples Music From Youtube Videos

Check out this fantastic Online Album and site from Kutiman. He mixed and sampled dozens of Youtube videos to make his own beats and songs. He also meticulously lists and links to all of the original material. Great stuff. Is … Continue reading →

March 8, 2009 and filed in Inspiration, Video
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GSG Plays Layer Tennis

Don’t forget to tune in today to watch me and Anthony V from DK Chicago play Layer Tennis live against Werk in Stockholm Sweeden. All the details are at the Layer Tennis page. Also, come back to GSG after the … Continue reading →

March 6, 2009 and filed in Design, Motion Design, My Work
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Intro to After Effects: Keyframes and Animation Basics

In this episode, I go though the basics of key-framing in After Effects including: Setting multiple keyframes Spacial Interpolation Bezier Keyframes Roving Keyframes Auto Orient

March 5, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Motion Design, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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GSG Cast: Intro to After Effects

In this episode, I show you the basics of animating and pre-comping in After Effects. UPDATE: Here is Part 2 Animation Based on my Five Seconds and Orange Project –

March 3, 2009 and filed in After Effects, My Work, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning