32 Individual Artist Demo Reels – Inspiration Galore!
“Now, last week we had studio demo reels, and while that is all well and good, a lot of us can’t relate. They use Flame, Nuke, and a lot of other high end equipment and software. Well, here are 32 demo reels from guys and gals just like us, who are still finding ways to make awe-inspiring artwork!”
The file of the day is ProductBox by CADesigner.
“This high quality Product display box is perfect for anyone promoting a product. Everything is customizable and controlled with advanced expression controls allowing even beginners full control.The animations depicted within the video preview are merely examples but are easy to make with a couple simple keyframes. Two in depth video tutorials will help guide you through the entire process of using and perfecting the ProductBox template.”
Freebie Friday
Our free file of the month for August is Black Elegance by d3luxxxe.
“If you want modern, smooth, elegant, reflected animation of your images, videos, messages and logos to look 3d and very effective in presenting your files, than this is what you want. Mixing simplicity with efficiency. Contains flash-like glass image reveal effect.”
Grab it while you can!
Intro To Combustion For The After Effects User – AE Basix
“This tutorial is basically for those who love After Effects and want to learn a different compositing software. Well rounded people are in demand nowadays who can handle more than one kind of software. We will be going over the most basic workflow of Autodesk Combustion. This tutorial is made specifically aimed toward those who are comfortable with AE so we’ll go back and forth between the two.”
The file of the day is Renaissance by CarlB.
“Proudly presenting this short and cinematic video, based on typography and on an epic renaissance style. It’s a sure choice for DVD menus, impressive titles and any kind of intro you can think about.”
Clients from Hell
Working with a comedienne that I’ve done video work for previously.
Client: “Can you look at this promo video we did? Do you have time to re-edit it?”
Me: “Sure, what’s wrong with it?”
Client: “It’s not funny. “
Me: “How can I help?”
Client: “I was wondering if you can make it funny.”
Me: “Well, is the content good? Funny material?”
Client: “No.”
“The wire monster is back… but this time it’s personal. Not really, but my goal was to create a material that was somewhat translucent or plastic. I don’t know why I have been experimenting so much but I REALLY don’t know why I even post it. Oh well.”
“Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week’s textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection.”
Convert Your Animations For Stereoscopic Viewing
“In this tutorial, you’ll find everything you need to make a Stereoscopic 3D Video, I’ll explain how to make a 3D video with real camera footage or with 3D software (3Ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D…)”
