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5 Second Project: Kick the Bucket

So I finally jumped in Greyscale Gorilla’s 5 Second Projects competition. Here is my entry/interpretation for the category of “Kick the Bucket.”

I guess I can call myself a character animator now.

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New Tutorial: Create a Galaxy with Fractal Noise

My newest tutorial is posted. It shows you how to create an entire space scene in After Effects using primarily the fractal noise plug-in. I got inspired to do this based on part of this tutorial where it showed how to use fractal noise to make a star field and I took it a bit further. Fractal Noise has always been considered one of the most useful plug-ins; I’ve used to create tons of different things from clouds to curtains. Check out the video and you’ll be on your way to creating a scene straight from outer space.

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After Effects – Outer Space Galaxy with Fractal Noise

Tutorial: Outer Space Galaxy with Fractal Noise

This tutorial uses the always handy fractal noise plug-in to create different elements in an outer space scene. Space gas, planets, and star fields originate from this versatile plug-in. With the right settings you have a nice looking galaxy environment that you could move a camera through if you so choose, or it can be a good background for a title sequence.

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Wish I Thought of This

It would have gone great with my paint splatter web site theme.

Here’s the tutorial.

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New Welcome Video – Sifting through my file

I was long overdue for a new video that play on my homepage. I haven’t played Guitar Hero in ages, so I definitely need something else. But it’s hard to come up with a self-promotional video with no guidelines. So this one I made in After Effects. I just came up with the idea long ago to animated a file folder opening and moving on its own. It’s all Photoshop and After Effects.