learn after effects

Learned how to animate a “signature” this week. In this particular case – the word “Gift” – using the stroke effect. Was shaky at first like an 80 year old man wrote it, but I perfected it the next day. yay. Thanks a million to Creative Cow online tutorials.

I’m all over this these days!

was a complete success. I learned a lot, it looks great, and I’m very proud.

The second one I was proud of too…but the client turned around and made their own damned commercial leaving me wondering why I wasted my time. I was a bit bent out of shape but I made peace with it. At least I got to learn some stuff and I’ll save that for a client who appreciates my skills!

Oh yeah, and a friend figured out how to put a damned drop shadow on some front and shared his knowledge with me! Why doesn’t this program make sense?

I used After Effects TWO TIMES in a spot I worked on today. The 3D effect I practiced with last week and a cool text effect too. The clients aren’t paying for that kind of work but I do it for myself.

can be done with After Effects. Today I’m working on this still photo I took of a Wombat and making it move around in 3D space with the grass around it. Thankfully there’s been some down time at work where I have a chance to play.