Interesting MV

Look what creativity, after effects and Maya can do together... A music video for the band Royksopp


Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

Director Reuben Sutherland got his own style, this video was done previously and use similar technique of using Maya for designing cars and objects and after effects for Compositing.



Finally you can check his website here: http://www.joyriderfilms.com/reuben_sutherland.htm

Seven Up Ads... using paint/vector paint?

welcome to the 90s'... These are ads for Seven Up, combining animation and photos. Today similar effects can be usely achieved with After Effects Paint and Vector Paint... Check it out!

Paint and Vector Paint in After Effects

Paint and Vector Paint can be really cool tools to use for doing very basic animation, animated strokes and shapes, making transitions or simply for Rotoscoping...
Check it out:

Going to Chiang Mai...

...With the First years
But I didn't forget you... Next Week, Nicolas will do the job. Be nice with him as he had not much freetime!
Come in time (I will ask someone to help him for the attendance)

Next week he will teach you the puppet tool in after effectst... Here are some of the cool things you can do with it... Check it out!

Christian Hogue next week...

Christian Hogue next week will be our guest, you can check Lost In Space, his company he is working for... Here is a little article about him from Bangkok Post...

Lost in Space is a network of designers, graffitists and film-makers who blur the boundaries between the moving image and art in advertising. They don't adhere to normal advertising strategies, preferring a more artistic, hands-on approach to working on the bleeding edge.

"It hurts to be out front," creative director Christian Hogue said.

So why are they called Lost in Space?

"If you're lost in the cyber-space world of modern communications and advertising, then you might need the help of Lost in Space," Hogue explained in part-superhero, part-cyber nerd terminology. He spends most his time in Bangkok where he gathers creative types to create projects for international clients, such as Nokia's current global campaign to raise environmental awareness, which commissioned three short films under the title Power of We.

Hogue prefers Bangkok, not just for the weather, or its close proximity to his mother in New Zealand, but also because he feels the creative scene is just starting here, with new VJs, designers and artists constantly appearing, creating a fresh, vibrant atmosphere. One of his more artistic video pieces - Tree of Life and Death - was created for the anniversary party for Whitespace Gallery.


Perhaps you may recognise some of his work, such as the cover of Coldplay's Rush of Blood to the Head (originally commissioned as a fashion piece for the movie Dazed and Confused), and the infamous final scene in Terminator 2, where the T1000 sizzles to its doom in a cauldron of molten metal.

Hogue's outfit also worked on the video graphics for Pierce Brosnan's last Bond film Never Say Die, including the satellite views, medical beeps and zooming into maps and mobiles, all of Bond's gadget graphics.

Lost in Space has also worked alongside other creatives to produce stage graphics and projections for the Rolling Stones and Bjork in the UK.


As an example of how artistic work can be produced with modern telecommunication technology: When they worked on the stage graphics for the Robbie Williams 2007 World Tour, Hogue was working out of New Zealand with a programmer in South Africa, along with a London crew. This is what really marks Lost in Space apart from other design/film collectives - that they can work with different types of people who may live hundreds or thousands of kilometres apart from each other, but function through a virtual setup, making them a truly global team.

Find out more about Lost In Space at http://www.lostinspace.com and see their current Nokia project at http://www.nokia.com/environment.
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Superb Music Video using 3D technique from AE

Please have a look at this Music Video done by Hong Kong artists based, Da Joint. The technique used is 3D Camera movement and depth of field in After Effects!
Download the Music Video here

3D Tutorials...

useful Tutorials

- Turn a single picture into 3D (similar effect seen in Ong Bak 2 title)

- Transform an image into 3D space by projecting light(ADVANCE).

- Transform an image into 3D space by projecting light part. 2

- Projecting 3D shadows on a 2d Layer