Comments on: Latest After Effects Project – 2016 Chicago Olympic Bid

By: Eugene

Eugene — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:28:16 +0000

Thanks for the prompt response – it gives me a great platform to start working off. Hopefully I’ll reply with a small vid of the result soon.

Thanks for an awesome site, being new in C4D, I use your tuts more than any other, enjoy the style and methods!

Keep it real!
Later
Eugene

By: The Gorilla

The Gorilla — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:50:28 +0000

The best way to describe this technique is this.

Stand in the middle of the room you want to capture. Rotate around and take a bunch of photos. Take those photos into AE and roughly place them in the correct order. Then, animate the camera around.

Hope that helps.

By: Eugene Opperman

Eugene Opperman — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:44:38 +0000

Hey Gorilla

Probably a bit late, commenting on this post so long after it was published, however, it’s something that grabbed me and inspired me.
Without revealing any agency secrets, I’m trying to create a very similiar effect in AE, am I on the correct path with casting image shadows on plains?

Would love to hear your comments on this matter!

Thanks in advance!
Eugene Opperman
South Africa

By: ilogic

ilogic — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:13:05 +0000

*going

By: ilogic

ilogic — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:11:15 +0000

I think the concept (i am not judging the AE presentation) but rather the overall concept of the presentation.. I am not sure that suggestion on how to use the social media tools, and technologies is very practical. the presentation advocates “lets be all friendly, let’s all talk about it, talk with the athletes, with the media” etc, it does not say anything about the spirit of the olympics, what it’s , the competition itself and how the tools can indeed help other areas that are predominant in the competitions..

how does today technology integrate with the olympic spirit, for those that do have a culture of olympics, that do value olympics as a cultural and national pride..

anyways i am not gong to bother to really build the argument.. for them, but this is a lazy presentation. and is pretty much taking the product description of each tool, and appropriating it to the olympics, very very very very very poorly build ARGUMENT, i hope they will not present this ..

PS: THE AE presentation is nice

By: Zac

Zac — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:25:01 +0000

I second this. Wow am I tired of holding down a a key and scrubbing for audio.

By: Bo Parker

Bo Parker — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:19:01 +0000

I think my biggest challenge with this type of work is blocking animation to the narration and what process is used. Do you do this all within after effects? Do you block your moves in final cut and bring in a sequence that has markers? I’m just curious as it seems that after effects tools for audio leave something to be desired and having to render to preview or hold down a key to hear audio becomes a pain sometimes. Thanks for all the insights you provide.

By: Memlap

Memlap — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:50:34 +0000

Oh yeah thank you but I’m talking of the begining with all the photos…

By: hector

hector — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:40:06 +0000

Nice work!!.
I think a good tutorial it would be the process of a motion graphics animation. I mean, the steps that are involved to create a motion graphic.
Story board, the best decision to make on a given situation, …
Greetings.

By: eyedesyn

eyedesyn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:32:30 +0000

that’s balla