Monthly Archives: October 2009

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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
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New Five Second Projects Sponsor: videohive.net

New Sponsor I’m proud to announce videohive.net as a new sponsor for the Latest Five Second Project. They have graciously offered up $100 of downloads from their site to split between the “best in show” winner and a randomly chosen … Continue reading →

October 6, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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New Five Second Project “Fast Food”

UPDATE: This theme is closed. Stay tuned on wednesday to see the winners. This Time With Prizes From VideoHive! Yep, It’s True! Videohive.net has graciously sponsored the latest five second project with $100 worth of credit to spend on their … Continue reading →

October 5, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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GSG Reel Critique Episode 2

Thanks for all of the great feedback from last week’s GSG Reel critique. I’m really excited to share with you the second episode. Check out my Reel Critique Rules and Overview before watching. Also, the critique shouldn’t stop here. I … Continue reading →

October 1, 2009 and filed in Inspiration, Motion Design, Reel Critique, Video, Visual Learning