Post Production
AE Project Diary: 6) Xian part 2: With Video!
As part of the After Effects Project Diary series, my last article looked at colour grading on the Xian...
Post Production
AE Project Diary: 6) Xian part 2. Color Grading
This is part 2 of my After Effects diary on the Xian project, and in it I’ll be looking...
Post Production
Managing complex expressions in After Effects
Expressions in After Effects are a powerful tool for animation, but while they can be as simple as the...
Post Production
AE Project Diary: 6) Xian part 1. Compositing.
When I started on the Xian project in 2011, it was the largest and most complex compositing project I...
Post Production
AE Project Diary: 5) Burning Embers
In this project diary we look at the process I went through to create an animation of burning embers...
Post Production
Alpha Channels: The good, the bad & the ugly
Alpha channels are the basis of digital compositing, but there are two different types – straight and premultiplied. Understanding...
Post Production
Some clips from Quantel’s “Clips”
As one year finishes and another begins, it’s traditional to look back and reflect on the last 12 months....
Post Production
Badu Gili – Behind the scenes
Sydney’s “Artists in Motion” recently posted a rare glimpse into the work involved to produce “Badu Gili”, a building...
Adobe
After Effects: revisiting feature requests from 2008
June 2008 seems like a long time ago now. Adobe had only just released After Effects CS3 and I...
Channels
AE Project Diary: 4) Mixing up a cake with maths
I like cakes a lot, especially cakes with lots of layers. After Effects also has lots of layers, but...