CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 12 – Stencils and the “T”
In Appreciation Of The Lowly Wipe
While editing Michele Yamazaki’s upcoming book on After Effects plug-ins, she reminded us of the classic, then-revolutionary video Cry...
CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 11 – All About Track Mattes
As you are aware by now, we’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition...
Courage Under Lighting
Recently I had the opportunity to direct a music video for a local Chicago band called Flatfoot 56. On...
CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 10 – All About Masking
As you are probably aware by now, we’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th...
The HS-2000 at Screenplay Magazine’s Media and Innovations Summit
Earlier this year, Ken Pyle at Viodi LLC, contacted us about what equipment he could use to switch and...
Customize a Dell Precision Tower Workstation
An old adage in the professional video system integration world still applies today: Pick your software first, and then...
Extra Extra, Free Light Leak Clips!
Jesse Rosten is a studmuffin filmmaker, and he’s giving away some light leaks that he created. These are excellent...
Podcast: The Adventures of Anthony Dod Mantle, part 2
Here’s the second part of my cross-ocean conversation with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. After discussing his work on “127...
Smith & Nephew VERILAST Commercial
Silhouettes…ink splashes…particle streams that follow movement…all very pretty; all arguably done to death by now. Thus my pleasant surprise...
Art of the Title: Quantum of Solace
The good folks at The Art of the Title Sequence have recently posted a wonderful expos© on the titles...
Podcast: Adventures of Anthony Dod Mantle, part I
With Academy Award nominations out, the movie awards’ season is now at full heat. In the cinematography category, last...
Panasonic AF100 Sensor Size Comparison
One of the common questions that I’ve personally gotten in the past few weeks is in regards to the...
CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 7 – Trimming Layers
As you are probably aware by now, we’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th...
Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects Hidden Gems: Chapter 6 – Layer Essentials
We are in the process of going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (“CMG5”)...