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  1. 29-Jun-2010 #1
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    My first stab at animation

    Whipped these up this morning.

    Let me know what you guys think. Especially those of you that actually get paid to do this sort of stuff! I feel like I've just been wasting my talent for editing and I'm trying to get in "the business" somehow... I've yet to forget that one out, though.

    http://www.vimeo.com/12955130

    http://www.vimeo.com/12954583

    The second one was pretty damn easy. The first one was significantly harder, however.
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  2. 30-Jun-2010 #2
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    Very nice!!
    "When the dead walk, we must stop the killing, or lose the war."
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  3. 30-Jun-2010 #3
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    I take it you were using the photo projection technique? Andrew Kramer is kind of a god in my book lately.
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  4. 30-Jun-2010 #4
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    Thanks, Clang!

    Cooper - What's this photo projection technique you speak of? And, yeah, if it weren't for me learning from Andrew Kramer for 8 hours straight yesterday, I'd still be clueless about AE.

    Although the things I made are fairly standard pieces, it was my first time sitting down with AE and I'm pretty proud of myself.
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    Great stuff Mike, you're a man close to my own heart


    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...subj=736730143

    This is my latest one - let me know if it works and I'll post more!
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    Step after step we try controlling our fate. When we finally start living, it's become too late.
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  6. 01-Jul-2010 #6
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    sorry i meant camera projection...its basically 3 dimensionalizing/wireframing 2d footage/photo's and using a virtual cam to zoom or pan in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SymphonicX View Post
    Great stuff Mike, you're a man close to my own heart


    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...subj=736730143

    This is my latest one - let me know if it works and I'll post more!
    "This video either has been removed from Facebook or is not visible due to privacy settings." Argh.

    Quote Originally Posted by CooperWasRight View Post
    sorry i meant camera projection...its basically 3 dimensionalizing/wireframing 2d footage/photo's and using a virtual cam to zoom or pan in.
    Nah, I didn't do the wireframing. I just took two separate photos, the ground and the wall, and tilted the ground to give it some depth. Then I animated the camera.
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    Got a few things up on youtube - hope you like them

    An Animated Tribute to Bruce Lee


    Angry Elf Media Title





    Bronson - Title (made for my showreel as I did a promo for it, which has sound and stuff but this doesn't)
    Innocent victims of merciless crimes, fall prey to some madman's impulsive designs.

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  9. 03-Jul-2010 #9
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    Very awesome stuff! I especially like the Bruce Lee tribute. I want to learn how to do stuff like that; like how you follow the water pouring down into different things and whatnot - very cool effect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikePizzoff View Post
    Very awesome stuff! I especially like the Bruce Lee tribute. I want to learn how to do stuff like that; like how you follow the water pouring down into different things and whatnot - very cool effect.
    do a search for "animated tribute to bruce lee after effects" or something into google- there's a tut there...I saw his final version of it and did my own without the tutorial cos it's 70mins long and in 3 parts. Part 2 has how to do the water effect though, which is useful - but yeah when you watch his one you'll see it's fairly different...

    Best trick you'll learn for these kinda vector graphic animations is the one you employed in the graffiti project - animating a Stroke effect over graphics or text...

    What I did to create the Bruce Lee one was build the animation on a massive 8000x8000 canvass and take that into another composition and animate a camera around it - saves a lot of bullshit - think the tutorial guy does that too...
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    Awesome, thanks man. Yeah, creating a giant canvas and having the camera animated around it is a great idea. I'm definitely going to have to mess around with something like that sometime soon! Thanks again
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    Awesome, brother. If I had your skills, I wouldn't be a funeral director.
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    People would be surprised to know it just takes the right software and patience... Not to take away from anything anyone has done but AE* and the right tutorials can come up with some impressive results. I would say the real thing is drive which is admirable. It is easy to start but to finish and really develop this stuff is what separates to pros and the dabblers.



    *Adobe After Effects
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    Cooper, you're right. It takes a lot of self-control, patience, and willingness to do it. Also, this isn't to say that one doesn't develop their own skill from a tutorial.
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    Absolutely... Completing a tutorial project is the seed... Do enough of em and you will certainly develop a real impressive set of skills.
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