Wow the audience with a larger than life Hollywood Blockbuster title sequence! We’ve gather together 21 tutorials showing how to create titles of some of the most popular films around which you can tweak and make work for your next film.Read More
FXGuide explores the creation of the world of SyFy’s Defiance, a transmedia show about a future human society staving off alien invasion that is also being released as an MMO third person shooter. The series is set in the not distant future, when ‘Votans’ and humans have clashed on Earth. The result of fierce fighting has Read MoreRead More
Here’s a quick peak at what the Adobe Wizards are cooking in the next version of Photoshop. As cameras sensors get bigger and bigger (both for photography and video) motion blur is becoming more problematic but Photoshop may provide a software solution.Read More
Using Adobe’s ExtendScripts – David Torno explains how to write scripts which are powerful ways to automate actions inside After Effects that can really add a heightened dimension to your workflow. To begin this series I will show you some helpful resources for ExtendScript, reveal helpful tips to get started as well as teaching you Read MoreRead More
The Art of the Title interviews Daneil Kleinman, the designer of James Bond’s latest outting as well as covering the history of a franchise which has been consistent in delivery more and more ellaborate title sequecenes. In the last interview before his passing in 1991, longtime Bond titles directorMaurice Binder observed that Bond sequences were the Read MoreRead More
This episode of Bammo Basics introduces the Time Remapping process in After Effects – a tool which controls the timing of your footage. It’s demonstrated here as a ramp up and down of speed of footage but it can also be used to control how animations play in a composition.Read More
Hollywood effects studio yU+co discusses the concept and making of the title sequence for the Oz prequel. Hollywood-based design/production studioyU+co created the imaginative main title and end title sequences for the new Sam Raimi filmOz the Great and Powerful. The goal was to embrace the idea of illusion that plays a central role in the story, and pay Read MoreRead More
After Effects has evolved throughout the past 20 years to make rotoscoping a less eye-bleeding task. Check out how After Effects has changed throughout the years and get a sneak peek at the evolution of rotoscoping.Read More
A research project of he BTK (Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule) covers the history of Opening Titles from the earliest title cards to modern CGI creations.Read More
Half of the image below is real, the other half is CG. Joseph Flaherty takes a look at KeyShot, a CGI program that lens an extra bit of realism to 3D models. Computer-generated images are moving out of theaters and onto store shelves and catalog pages, thanks to software that makes it nearly impossible to Read MoreRead More
Sure, there are literally hundreds if not thousands of tools and commands in Adobe Photoshop, but Jeff will teach you the top 15 to get you retouching faster and more effectively. If you are a photographer, you are not concerned with 3D, video features and hundreds of other commands. Learn the 15 key features of Read MoreRead More
VFX house Lola describes the techniques employed on working on History Channel’s miniseries, “The Bible” Over the weekend, History Channel’s The Bible miniseries premiered with an impressive and record viewership of 13.1 million. The show is a 10-hour series from producer Mark Burnett and Roma Downey of Lightworkers Media, and features visual effects by London’s Lola. We Read MoreRead More
