Category: Motion Graphics

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Inspirational motion graphic designs

Here are some Inspirational motion graphic designs. During my talk on “Typography and Dynamic Text animation” in motion Graphics I showed several inspirational examples of opening title sequences that I have been inspired by throughout the years. Here’s a list of links to those movies. Big thanks especially to the “Art of the Title” website…
Textonomy Presets for Sapphire Edge

My brand new Textonomy Presets for Sapphire Edge are now available from the Genarts FX Central Website. OK, sometimes you need text, but no-one says it has to be boring. These ten effect presets, designed for text will have your viewers sitting up and taking notice. Camoflash A Camouflage-style of pattern is applied to text…
Vibrant Vignette Presets for Sapphire

This week saw the release of my latest collection of Vibrant Vignette Presets for Sapphire. This collection features a weird and wonderful collection of vignettes in an attempt to prove that vignettes don’t always need to be black and circular.
Adobe After Effects CS6 – Learn by Video

Adobe After Effects is an incredibly deep and rich set of tools for creating motion graphics, manipulating movies, adding visual effects, and more. In this Learn by Video course, created in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press, experts Todd Kopriva and Angie Taylor teach you how to make the most of this powerful software,…
Free After Effects & Premiere Pro Performance Workshop

I’m excited to be able to offer a free top-up course on my website to all my lovely visitors. In this free course, Adobe Technical Support Lead Todd Kopriva offers dozens of tips for optimizing Premiere Pro, After Effects, your operating system, your computer, and your workflow for maximum speed and performance. He makes recommendations…
Post-Digital Aesthetics make a welcome return

I’ve been speaking at events for a long time, in fact I can’t believe how long, after fifteen years now I’m classed as an industry veteran! (I’m not sure whether to be happy or sad about that one!). It’s been great to be in this position as I’ve seen the industry develop both technically and…
20% off new Todd Kopriva After Effects workshop

This week I’m giving a 20% discount to anyone who wants to buy the fantastic new workshop on Motion Tracking & Stabilisation by Todd Kopriva which is now available to buy from my video training store. Just enter MOTION into the Coupon Code box when buying from my shop. It’s valid till July 15th 2011.…
Speaking at Flash on the Beach 2011

I was very pleased to get a call from John Davey, the organiser of the amazingly successful and entertaining “Flash on the Beach 2011” conference, asking me to speak at his event. It’s an annual conference, held in my home town of Brighton. Bringing together the best designers, developers and minds in the Flash, design…
Speaking at Production Fiesta 2011

For those of you who can’t make it to NAB 2011 in Las Vegas this year there’s some good news! I’ll be delivering some of my sessions from the NAB Post Production World Conference here in London at the Post Production World Conference“>Production Fiesta on the 5th and 6th of May. There will also be…
Uprezzing Comps

A question appeared on the Video Copilot website today about uprezzing old projects which can be a bit of a nightmare in AE. You can often find that layers positions get messed up and effects change appearance when you scale your comp. Some of the issues that you’ll come across are hard to avoid but…
Animating a line drawn on a map – Indiana Jones Style

I contribute to the Creative Cow Basic After Effects forum (amongst others) where this question was posted recently; “Hi I am newish to after effects and I have created a old map effect that pans from the UK to africa now I want to add a red line that reveals like in the Indiana Jones…