A while ago I posted about how to set up and use Maya’s Luminance Depth render layer preset, I just wanted to follow up with a quick video tutorial about how we use that pass when compositing. The content is a couple of years old but is used identically as of CS5. Please note you will need the Frischluft LensCare plugin for After Effects if you want to do your Depth of Field adjustment in Post in AfterEffects as …
3D in Flash – Part II
September.09.2010 · Posted By - RexA while ago I blogged about using 3D in Flash, using rendered sequences from 3D animation programs. This time I wanted to talk quickly about some of the actual 3D options you have within Flash, and there are a few, albeit with limitations, and my experience with them.
First of all, Adobe keeps adding some 3D ability to the Flash engine itself. While it is good at doing basic transformations and distortions on 2D objects, or vector based objects, it does …
Case Study – Hotelicopter Viral Animation
June.26.2010 · Posted By - RexProduction Company: PerspectX
Client: Hotelicopter
Role: Modeling, Texturing, Effects, Lighting, Compositing, Animation
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In the spring of 2009, we were contacted by a soon to be in airport hotel booking company, to help pull off an internet hoax. The idea, based around the name of their venture, was to create an illusion of a supersized transport helicopter, converted in to an in-air travel/hotel service. Not exactly what Hotelicopter does literally, except for the name sake.
They wanted a vehicle inspired by …
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