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.

I felt my home page was in need of a bit of a makeover, so I created a new welcome video. I consulted my Xbox for inspiration and decided to create a Guitar Hero style video for my site. After doing tons of interactive research while observing the details and nuances of the game, I did my best to recreate the look and feel of the game with Cinema 4D, Photoshop, Motion, and After Effects. If you’ve never seen or played Guitar Hero (or even more awesomer, Rockband) then I suggest you head down to somewhere like Best Buy and take the floor sample for a spin.
I’m pleased with the way this came out. It’s good to know that all of my research and hard work payed off.

I’m planning on doing more welcome videos to the site every so often. I’ll either have them play randomly if I can figure out how or I will have a way to cycle between them.