Open Wide: Creating That Widescreen Look
For years, the widescreen look has held a certain allure. Most widescreen imagery originated as film that was reframed...
Elements for Editors
As motion graphics artists, we’re often asked to supply elements for an editor to use in a final composite...
Luminance Ranges in Video
It would seem like a simple concept: “black” is the darkest color you can have; “white” is the brightest...
Do Not Adjust Your Set
In the motion graphics world, it is easy to become seduced with technology. New releases of software and hardware...
Do Not Adjust Your Set: The Studios
In the main article, we discussed some of the more interesting design topics brought up during the 1999 BDA...
Spinning Gold
In a perfect world, clients supply gorgeous video clips for you to use in the graphics they’ve hired you...
Getting Behind the Color Wheel
Ever composite a number of clips, only to have the result like an explosion in a paint factory? This...
Field Order – Who’s on First?
If you thought most NTSC video ran at 29.97 frames per second, that's only half the story – literally....
Playing Squash: Blobby Text Effect for NBC
Back in 1997 – still fairly early in our motion graphics career – one of our more enjoyable gigs...
