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Entries for October, 2008

Recuperation

So, the National Film Challenge was kind of a blast. Only last night did I really unwind from it, and the rest of the busy-ness of life right now. Just in time for my car to break down. Go fig, right?
But life presses on! In much the same vein, I’m still looking for tutorial ideas. [...]

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AE Tutorial — Rotating Glass Orb Part II

When last we left our hero, he was still just a blue orb. He could rotate a bit, but glass, he was not.

This is ok for an orb of mystical power. Of course, it’s also ok for a decent-looking water planet. For something that’s supposed to be glass, it needs to have few more things. [...]

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AE Tutorial — Rotating Glass Orb - Part I

Today marks the first of a two part tutorial for After Effects. This is the first AE tutorial I’ve written and hopefully it won’t be the last. For the first part, we’re going to create a blue, marble orb. Part II will deal with making it all glass looking.

This could be used as an element [...]

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T Minus 4 Days

The National Film Challenge begins this weekend. The Crew of Funk will be spending the weekend writing, shooting, editing, and blowing our brains out. Donations of energy drinks, fruit smoothies, and cookies are most welcome.
Before then, though, I will hopefully have finished my first After Effects tutorial. Here’s what we’ll be building:

A rotating glass orb. [...]

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