Adobe After Effects

18 09 2007

This post is for all aspiring motion graphics artists. John Vondracek, a filmmaker and industry leader in motion graphics for over 10 years, has prepared a tutorial that lets you integrate yourself better with Adobe After Effects. There are 14 chapters that discuss varying topics from animation to 3D engines. This is good for AE beginners.

Click through this link: A Study in Motion Graphics  

The Chapters:

  1. Introduction
  2. TV “The Basics”
  3. Intro to Workflow Part 1 & 2
  4. Animation
  5. Rendering
  6. Compositing
  7. Alpha Channels
  8. Compositing with Alpha Channels
  9. Mattes
  10. Keying
  11. Masking
  12. Rotoscoping
  13. Into the Third Dimension
  14. Other Concepts and Tools parts 1 & 2

There are even more resources for After Effects in the After Effects Design Center

Have fun!


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The Modern Mathematics

18 09 2007

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs. A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn’t need.

GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t. A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, and she does.


DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.


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