Monthly Archives: November 2009

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Five Second Project – “Home Sweet Home”

Update: The deadline for this project has passed. The winners will be chosen this week. Stay tuned. For this Five Second Project, It’s all about what makes you feel most at home. Just think about what makes you feel happy … Continue reading →

November 30, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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“Start With A Photo” Winners and Honorable Mentions

Winner Congratulations to Daniel Coutinho. He is the winner of the “Start With A Photo” Five Second Project. Thanks to everyone that participated. Great turnout and great work! Honorable Mentions

November 30, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Hypa blog moves to helloluxx

Tim Clapham from Hypa.tv taught me a TON about Cinema 4D. His training videos and scene files were instrumental in me understanding the program. The bad news? Hypa.tv is no more. The great news? He started a NEW C4D blog … Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 and filed in News
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Contact The Gorilla

Have a question? The best way to get ahold of me is though Twitter, My Facebook page or in the comments. I am always hanging around there and love to help when I can. Feel free to email me below … Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 and filed in My Work
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Greyscalegorilla at MGFest

Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be in Washington DC all weekend for the Motion Graphics Fest. If your in town, come say hi tonight at the party will ya? I also will be teaching the After … Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 and filed in News
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How to make a globe radio-wave animation in After Effects AND Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I show you how to make a Radio Wave animation that animates around a sphere. First, I will show you how we can do this in After Effects. Then, I show you how to animate this scene … Continue reading →

November 19, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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Top 5 Cinema 4D Tutorials of the Week!

Model an iPod Nano In this two part tutorial over at John Dickinson’s Motionworks, Grischa Theissen breaks down his process on modeling an iPod Nano in Cinema 4D.  This is a pretty long tutorial set, but Grischa really goes in … Continue reading →

November 18, 2009 and filed in News, Tutorials
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Five tips to stop creative block and to help get started on your next project

1. Just freaking start already! 2. Make a design. Sketch it out or make a board frame. 3. Think of your scene as if it were a real studio. 4. Set limits. Try doing this project with no plugins or … Continue reading →

November 17, 2009 and filed in Design, Inspiration, Motion Design, Video, Visual Learning
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Keyframe TV Episode 2

OMG! The episode 2 of Keyframe TV is up and ready for viewing. Check out keyframeTV for the full post and credit list. As always, we would LOVE to hear your feedback. Enjoy! UPDATE: kingandcountry.tv was kind enough to send … Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 and filed in KeyframeTV, Video, Visual Learning
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How to price your work

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November 13, 2009 and filed in Design, Downloads, Ideas, My Work
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Five awesome AE tutorials from around the web

Hey, everyone! My name is Topher Welsh. You might have seen me around the web a few places, but Nick has asked me to throw out a handful of tutorials every once in a while to let you all know about … Continue reading →

November 12, 2009 and filed in Inspiration, Tutorials
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How To Color Correct footage from your Canon 5D or 7D with After Effects

The Canon 5D, Canon 7D, Nikon D90, and Nikon D5000 put the ability to shoot high quality video in the hands of so many photographers. The footage looks great, but it lacks contrast and finish. Watch this tutorial to learn … Continue reading →

November 11, 2009 and filed in After Effects, Digital Cameras, Photography, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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Interview: Jason Esser – His journey from student to Digital Kitchen

I wanted to share with you the story of my friend and peer, Jason Esser. He took all the right steps to land a job, right out of school, at Digital Kitchen. Jason was also the inspiration behind the Five … Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 and filed in Inspiration, News, Video, Visual Learning
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Why Is design so hard to teach?

Many of you have been asking for tutorials on how to learn design. I took a stab at a design tutorial called “The Art Of Making Things Look Less Crappy Over Time.” This went a part of the way to … Continue reading →

November 9, 2009 and filed in Design, Ideas, Inspiration
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Five Second Project, “Start With A Photo”

Update: The deadline for this project has passed. The winners will be chosen this week. Stay tuned. This one should be fun. You must use photos you have taken to make your animation for this weeks theme. Use a photo … Continue reading →

November 9, 2009 and filed in Five Second Projects