Here is Spirograph created with Trapcode Particular, using an expression from Dan Ebbert’s site (Motionscript.com). I applied the expression to the position of a light and used that as an emitter for Particular. I changed the values of the expression (offset, speed, scale) to get different results. I also changed the values of wind in …
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Apps Fall
Here is my first animation using Reactor in 3DS Max. It was fun to animate with and I hope to use it more, along with the other things that can be done with Reactor. I did want the bulldozer to be moved with Reactor but I couldn’t get the timing right so settled with …
Logo in the rain
This animation was originally part of the recent Future Pro Wrestling Crowning Glory trailer, but due to some changes it didn’t fit with the rest of the trailer. I liked the animation and didn’t want to delete it as it was no longer needed, so I put my JEH Designs logo in there instead and added …
Transitions with Element 3D
Based on Greyscalegorilla.com’s tutorial for creating the Discovery Channel rebrand cube transition effect, I wanted to see if I could create the effect in After Effects with Element 3D. In the end I had to model the cubes outside of After Effects but that was all. All the mattes, specular, and ambient occlusion was done with …
Lights Camera Action
A short and simple animation using Lights Camera Action as the starting point. I didn’t have an idea what the animation would be at the beginning. I started with the model of the directors chair and then added things as I went, using Lights Camera Action as something to animate too. Watch on Vimeo here.
Juice in a Can
This is a fun advert for a fake juice drink. I started with the idea of fruit flying into a can and then exploding, I then built the rest of the advert around that. I used Element 3D with the Fresh Foods pack as the custom sprite for Trapcode Particular on a custom path, which …
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