This new title sequence is certainly inspired by the original one I created over 4 years ago and was meant to feature the alternate future represented in the episode.

I’ve added some breakdowns for the work that was involved in the title as well! Plus there may be something interesting in the last credit…

Since I’m talking about intros, I also had the opportunity to create the opening title for the CBS show Person of Interest too. Watch That here.

I’ll be attending NAB in Las Vegas this year so if you see me around please stop and say hello! I’ll be presenting at the Adobe Booth to talk about some recent television work I created which should be really fun. Sam and Tino are also going to be making the trip.

My Schedule:
Monday: Walking around aimlessly
Tuesday: 10:30 am presentation at Adobe Booth
Wednesday: 4:30 pm presentation at Adobe Booth

See you there!

In this new tutorial we’ll composite the interior of an airplane as the wing bursts into flames. We’ll cover green screen keying, 3D tracking with Camera Tracker, particles and compositing live action elements. I’ve also included a dropping Oxygen mask in the project file for people that want to add an extra layer!

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UPDATED: CS3 project file is now available

If you are trying to make sense of the words above… have at it!  Actually they are various layer styles in today’s free Project File.

Since they added Photoshop layer styles to After Effects, I pretty much never used it but I recently decided to spend a little time creating some clean titles to share with everyone here. I’ve even recorded a short tutorial to show you how to edit the project file along with some tips for customizing and adding textures. I’ll be on soon with more tutorial so until then… Enjoy!

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Digital domain has a great breakdown for some of the VFX for Transformers 3. In fact if you browse their website you will find many amazing reels and finished work that will surely inspire you!

http://digitaldomain.com/projects/20

Over at michaelbay.com someone just posted a 10 minute reel of various FX for the third Transformers film. I wish there was some before and after stuff but there is no denying the amount of impressive work that went into it! And remember everything was done in stereo… There might be spoilers so if you have not seen it be warned. There are robots!

BTW, I just moved this past weekend and sucked a little bit of my life away but we’re almost unpacked hoping to get back in gear this week!

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Video Copilot finally helped kill off William Shatner! Sort of. Love him or hate him, TV personality Captain Kirk was just exploded for a Priceline commercial and I couldn’t help but notice the explosion looked somewhat familiar.

Turns out his gruesome demise was enhanced with a clip from our very own Action Essentials 2 pack! I sometimes see some of our products used commercially which is exciting but when they kill off William Shatner… that’s worth talking about!

Now if you want to see Sam Loya being killed check out this Video and this one!

Watch as Sam & Tino take-off in this new short video for an upcoming tutorial that will be landing soon!

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