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Hypoly ‘50 Idents In 50 Days…For Free!’

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James Chiny is motion graphics artist and all round designer based in Bournemouth UK. His latest project Hypoly consists of 50 user submitted Logo’s (1 per day) which he will then turn into animated idents. See below the fantastic job he did with Sneaky Badger! Continue Reading…

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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After Effects flaming fireball test

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Heres another technique that i have been working on in After Effects. This time by using a combination of motion tracking, bitmap explosion techniques and a variety of blurs creates this semi-real fireball effect. It still needs a lot of tweaking however to achieve a truly realistic effect. See video below for some initial tests. Continue Reading…

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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Darwiin Wii remote test with OSX and Halo - Video tutorial

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I recently came across the Darwiin remote App from the developer Hiroaki. At first (after folowing the instructions) it did not seem to work and after a bit of research it seems there is a slight bug. what u have to do is connect the Wiimote via Bluetooth wait for the error then restart the App and connect again and it works fine. Continue Reading…

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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A few more motion tracking Experiments

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Below are some of my older tests that i have conducted while using the interactive mirror, the tests include, The neon lights, The movie clip attach method (still buggy as hell but getting there) and finally the Ice fire (Original source code courtesy of G.Skinner). See below….. Continue Reading…

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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PacMan viral video

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Created to promote the Interactive Media Division of the Arts Institute Bournemouth via an online viral advertising campaign. This process included; Costume Design, Video Editing, Cinematography and Photography, Story-boarding and Concept Design, Casting and Location Set up. See Video Below… Continue Reading…

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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