Yo dawg, I heard you like compositing charts…

July 26, 2010Doodles&Noodles,MotionAfter Effects,Adobe,project,TVC,layers,flow,graphic,chart,comps,compositions,pre-comp

I usually like to build my compositions vertically, placing most of the data in a single timeline. It works most of the time, although sometimes results in skyscraper monstrosities like the nearly 1000 layer project I talked about a while back.

The ad I am working on right now required a different approach. I had to create pre-comps of pre-comps of pre-comps of some more pre-comps, constantly burying and digging up various elements. A timeline screenshot would not do it much justice, so I decided to share with you the flowchart view of the project.

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Japan: The Strange Country

March 30, 2010Found Around,Motiongraphic,tanaka,kenichi,pictogram,educational,information,info,infographic,strange,country,design,animation,graphics,motion,japanese,japan,simple

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Tutorial: Text Reveal (Efficient Method)

February 17, 2010Motion,Tutorials&Presets,Featuredlesson,After Effects,Adobe,particles,path,reveal,typography,video,motion,mask,tutorial,text,graphic

In this tutorial I present possibly the quickest and most efficient way of producing a handwritten text reveal in After Effects.

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