Comments on: The Death of the Keyframe – How expressions are making everything look the same http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/ 3D Teaching, Training and Products Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bobby Voeten http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-36908 Bobby Voeten Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:13:17 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-36908 I never saw this post till today. Wow, i feel exactly the same. I'm running my own one man company and the DNA of my company is classic 2 animations. I never saw this post till today. Wow, i feel exactly the same. I’m running my own one man company and the DNA of my company is classic 2 animations.

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]]> By: Thomas http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-23838 Thomas Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:40:06 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-23838 piece_dope_lvl = (artist.isGreat && artist.isCreative)? 100: 0; // % piece_dope_lvl = (artist.isGreat && artist.isCreative)? 100: 0; // %

]]> By: Erik http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-22824 Erik Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:34:53 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-22824 You can just hold a camera and film the wall (with a dot or something for track point of course) and motion track it and use that information to make your own AWSOME UNIQE WIGGLE!!!!!!!!!!! You can just hold a camera and film the wall (with a dot or something for track point of course) and motion track it and use that information to make your own AWSOME UNIQE
WIGGLE!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Padraic http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-20273 Padraic Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:29:06 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-20273 my after effects is a virgin...it never ran ANY scripts^^ my after effects is a virgin…it never ran ANY scripts^^

]]> By: Tim Visterin http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-9280 Tim Visterin Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:24 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-9280 I happen to agree with Harry here. I think as a beginning fx artist you first try to comprehend keyframes and later on get to know expressions. I always thought expressions are a time saver, and in a way they are. If you have a deadline within, let's say 4 hours, i intend to use expressions rather then keyframes. Me for instance am still in the process of learning and understanding expressions, I am still looking for the perfect balance. Cheers, Tim Antwerp - Belgium I happen to agree with Harry here.
I think as a beginning fx artist you first try to comprehend
keyframes and later on get to know expressions.

I always thought expressions are a time saver, and in a way they are. If you have a deadline within, let’s say 4 hours, i
intend to use expressions rather then keyframes.

Me for instance am still in the process of learning and understanding expressions, I am still looking for the perfect balance.

Cheers,
Tim
Antwerp – Belgium

]]> By: The Gorilla http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-8684 The Gorilla Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:42:38 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-8684 Try this one, Manuel. http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/basix/writing-with-the-clouds/ Try this one, Manuel.
http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/basix/writing-with-the-clouds/

]]> By: Manuel http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-8677 Manuel Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:34:49 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-8677 I need a tutorial to convert text into smoke anyone can help me? I need a tutorial to convert text into smoke
anyone can help me?

]]> By: stephan http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-8447 stephan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:48 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-8447 There is no right answer, it all depends on style, skill, speed, ability. To say that expressions make everything look the same is a vast generalization. Any real artist knows all the tools and will experiment with all the tools to find the right one for the job. seedRandom(index); may help you feel better :) Also, for people using AE as a stepping stone into Nuke, Fusion, etc... learning a bit of some form of scripting is a great lead in to more robust math down the line. There is no right answer, it all depends on style, skill, speed, ability. To say that expressions make everything look the same is a vast generalization. Any real artist knows all the tools and will experiment with all the tools to find the right one for the job.

seedRandom(index); may help you feel better :)

Also, for people using AE as a stepping stone into Nuke, Fusion, etc… learning a bit of some form of scripting is a great lead in to more robust math down the line.

]]> By: Simon Bronson http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/09/the-death-of-the-keyframe/comment-page-1/#comment-7712 Simon Bronson Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:51:03 +0000 http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/?p=3540#comment-7712 Great discussion Nick. It certainly captured the imagination of quite a few. I've fallen in love with expressions over the last few years. They've helped my work flow on commercial jobs immensely. I agree with your premise for a junior animators, but as you get more experienced you can integrate expressions and still retain personality. For me I compare it to when I was a kid at school and the teacher wouldn't allow us to use a calculator. Once you knew the basics it was fine to use one. I believe its the same with animation, learn the hard way with keyframes then you can use expressions to help you get there. Also expressions help in keeping 'commercial' jobs flexible and are indispensable for allowing changes in tight turn arounds. my 2 cents.....somewhat late in the discussion. Great discussion Nick. It certainly captured the imagination of quite a few.

I’ve fallen in love with expressions over the last few years. They’ve helped my work flow on commercial jobs immensely. I agree with your premise for a junior animators, but as you get more experienced you can integrate expressions and still retain personality.

For me I compare it to when I was a kid at school and the teacher wouldn’t allow us to use a calculator. Once you knew the basics it was fine to use one. I believe its the same with animation, learn the hard way with keyframes then you can use expressions to help you get there.

Also expressions help in keeping ‘commercial’ jobs flexible and are indispensable for allowing changes in tight turn arounds.

my 2 cents…..somewhat late in the discussion.

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