Monthly Archives: October 2009

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How to Export Your Scene From Cinema 4D to After Effects

I made this tutorial to show you how to prepare your renders in Cinema 4D for export into After Effects. Then, I go though the process of importing your render into After Effects using Multi Pass, compositing tags and object … Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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Demo Reel Critiques: Episode 4

Chad Ashley from Digital Kitchen and cgpov.com joins me to help critique four more reels for episode 4 of GSG reel critiques. In this episode we critique the following reels… Brandon Thomas Gabrielle Lubtchansky Thilo Wohlgemuth Matthew Law Also, the … Continue reading →

October 26, 2009 and filed in Reel Critique, Video, Visual Learning
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Mograph 2 Attractor Project File Download

There have been a lot of questions about how Mathieu Martel did this awesome animation for the “Circle and Spheres” Five Second Project. He actually did this animation with ndynamics in Maya. But, I wanted to replicate it in Cinema4D … Continue reading →

October 23, 2009 and filed in Cinema 4D, Downloads
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GSG Speaks at SAIC Chicago about getting a Job in a Creative Industry.

Here is the speech I gave at SAIC Chicago about what to learn and how to get a job in a creative field. I do focus some of the presentation on Motion Designers, but most of it is relevant to … Continue reading →

October 22, 2009 and filed in Design, Ideas, Inspiration, Speaking, Video
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GSG Live Chat: Off Air Now.

UPDATE: If you missed the live chat, check out the recordings here. Stop by GSG Live today and say hi at 3PM Central. If you have missed any of the last live events, they are available to watch over at … Continue reading →

October 22, 2009 and filed in GSG Live
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Five Second Project “Fast Food” Winners!

I have chosen a winner for the latest Five Second Project, “Fast Food”. This was one of the hardest decisions yet for a Five Second Winner. There were a ton of great entries. Over 50 people entered! Congratulations to Greg … Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Digital Kitchen quick studio tour

I visited Digital kitchen Chicago yesterday to visit with some friends and do some interviews. While I was there, I made this make video to give you a quick tour of the studio. It’s not the best looking video (it’s … Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 and filed in Motion Design, News, Video
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Best Of “Circles and Spheres”

It’s been a while, But I wanted to give a shout out to some of the best animations from the “Circles and Spheres” theme from two weeks ago. Quick questions while we are all here… Should I pick winners for … Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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New Five Second Project “Spooky Scary”

UPDATE: Spooky Scary is now closed. Stay tuned to see the winners. Thanks to everyone for entering. Yep, it’s time again for my favorite holiday, Halloween! So, in honor of all things dark, fun and mysterious, this week’s theme will … Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Making money. How much to expect and how to make more of it.

So many people want to know what they can expect to get paid in this industry. It’s always a difficult question to answer because it depends on so many things. In short, you need to ask yourself three questions to … Continue reading →

October 19, 2009 and filed in Inspiration, Motion Design, Video, Visual Learning
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GSG Live Cast today at 3PM Central

Join me at 3pm central time to talk about the motion design industry, photography, iPhone apps, design, and business at the GSG Live page.. Look for a link on twitter to click though and join me a few minutes before … Continue reading →

October 15, 2009 and filed in GSG Live, Video, Visual Learning
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Cinema 4D to After Effects Workflow Tutorial

John from Motionworks put out a great tutorial about a recently finished project where he uses Illustrator, Cinema 4D, and After Effects to composite a scene. What I love about this tutorial is that John doesn’t bog the video down … Continue reading →

October 15, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video
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Demo Reel Critiques: Episode 3

In the third episode of Reel Smackdown I critique the following reels… Andrea Braga cæv Dave Glanz Also, the critique shouldn’t stop here. I would love to hear what you think about the reels or about my critique. If you … Continue reading →

October 14, 2009 and filed in Reel Critique, Video, Visual Learning
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How to Remove Banding Artifacts in After Effects

In this episode, I show you how to remove the banding from your videos rendered in After Effects. Banding happens when video is compressed and similar colors get posterized. This undesirable, visible bands of color that can be distracting, and … Continue reading →

October 12, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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The Science of Global Illumination in Cinema 4D

This article has been a great resource for learning the details and specifics of rendering with Global Illumination in Cinema 4D. It explains all of the new features in R11 and R11.5 as well. It gets rather scientific at times, … Continue reading →

October 7, 2009 and filed in Cinema 4D