Comments on: Light the World with Firefox http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/ Resources for the motion design community. After Effects tutorials and more. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dan http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-511 dan Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:39:56 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-511 hey Harry whilst I completely understand your point above about not making tutorials sharing specifics of a client driven (ie paid-for) piece of work, can I ask you to expand a little bit on your use of turbulent displace to create wiggly line art animations? I have been using the built in wiggle operator in the vector paint effect in AE to achieve this kind of look - but I am about to upgrade to CS5 and this effect has been canned! so I'm looking for new techniques to make 'hand-drawn' looks. your work is fresh and inspiring as always, keep it up man. thanks dan hey Harry
whilst I completely understand your point above about not making tutorials sharing specifics of a client driven (ie paid-for) piece of work, can I ask you to expand a little bit on your use of turbulent displace to create wiggly line art animations?
I have been using the built in wiggle operator in the vector paint effect in AE to achieve this kind of look – but I am about to upgrade to CS5 and this effect has been canned! so I’m looking for new techniques to make ‘hand-drawn’ looks.
your work is fresh and inspiring as always, keep it up man.
thanks

dan

]]> By: Harry http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-510 Harry Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:50:37 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-510 Thanks Dimi! Thanks Dimi!

]]> By: Dimi http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-509 Dimi Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:08:42 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-509 That was really nice That was really nice

]]> By: Harry http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-508 Harry Sat, 08 May 2010 16:08:08 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-508 Only a couple scenes were created with full 4-5 frame cycles, like the opening walk cycle. The vast majority of movement was done with the Puppet Tool in AE, which is why some of them look a lot smoother. Most of the Puppet cycles where done with loop expressions. Only a couple scenes were created with full 4-5 frame cycles, like the opening walk cycle. The vast majority of movement was done with the Puppet Tool in AE, which is why some of them look a lot smoother. Most of the Puppet cycles where done with loop expressions.

]]> By: Taro http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-507 Taro Sat, 08 May 2010 14:36:59 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-507 Hi Harry - can you tell us how many frames had to be created for each character that is walking across the screen? When played at full speed it looks pretty simple like 3-4 illustrations, but when played slower it looks much more complex? Thank you! Hi Harry – can you tell us how many frames had to be created for each character that is walking across the screen? When played at full speed it looks pretty simple like 3-4 illustrations, but when played slower it looks much more complex? Thank you!

]]> By: morsiiii http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-506 morsiiii Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:19:50 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-506 Harry, good job man, everyday you have a new something making me proud of you, i was shocked when i saw these video on your web, i saw it before on firefox facebook page couple days ago, you are amazing man, by the way congrats for themotionexchange nice job too!!!! Harry, good job man, everyday you have a new something making me proud of you, i was shocked when i saw these video on your web, i saw it before on firefox facebook page couple days ago, you are amazing man, by the way congrats for themotionexchange nice job too!!!!

]]> By: Ola http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-505 Ola Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:51:46 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-505 Thanks, I see your concern. I think you are very generous :-). Friendly style - good question. In all I would say clean friendly style is more about vector graphics and less about lens flare, shine and particles. More about analog than digital. More animation than rendering. More about typography then effects on gradients. Two exemples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55OcGB0L8o&feature=fvsr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-LXlQKLQI&feature=related Effects include wiggly coloring and fonts and camera. How do you as a pro do all this - while still keeping organized? Some of this stuff might seem basic to you :-). I am myself a designer though not focused on motion design however I see it as an interesting means for putting ideas into flesh. Thanks, I see your concern. I think you are very generous :-) .

Friendly style – good question. In all I would say clean friendly style is more about vector graphics and less about lens flare, shine and particles. More about analog than digital. More animation than rendering. More about typography then effects on gradients. Two exemples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55OcGB0L8o&feature=fvsr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-LXlQKLQI&feature=related

Effects include wiggly coloring and fonts and camera. How do you as a pro do all this – while still keeping organized?

Some of this stuff might seem basic to you :-) . I am myself a designer though not focused on motion design however I see it as an interesting means for putting ideas into flesh.

]]> By: admin http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-504 admin Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:36:14 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-504 Ola... can you name some examples of this "clean friendly" style? Really, the tutorials come from the ideas that I get while working on various jobs. Also, I am a bit hesitant to a lot of tutorials that directly show how to do the work of a job that I've done for a client. I don't think it's fair for me to go into a studio like Blur, do a bunch of work, charge them for it, then do a tutorial that shows how to do what I did. It gets a little tricky. But, I can take apart other styles, ideas, etc.. I am curious if you have samples of the style you are thinking about. So, I try to break down concepts and ideas that I can re-apply to another fabricated project. I'd certainly like to cover other styles Ola… can you name some examples of this “clean friendly” style? Really, the tutorials come from the ideas that I get while working on various jobs.

Also, I am a bit hesitant to a lot of tutorials that directly show how to do the work of a job that I’ve done for a client. I don’t think it’s fair for me to go into a studio like Blur, do a bunch of work, charge them for it, then do a tutorial that shows how to do what I did. It gets a little tricky.

But, I can take apart other styles, ideas, etc.. I am curious if you have samples of the style you are thinking about.
So, I try to break down concepts and ideas that I can re-apply to another fabricated project. I’d certainly like to cover other styles

]]> By: Ola http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-503 Ola Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:17:03 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-503 Yeah this is great. Many tutorials on the web are all about visual movie style FX, it would be great to see a tutorial of how this more clean friendly style is done. I can imagine that breaking ALL of this down to a tutorial would be a daunting task - however if you could just do a tutorial on how to do the wiggeling and or some more tricks that would be awesome. Thanks for a great site. /Ola Yeah this is great.

Many tutorials on the web are all about visual movie style FX, it would be great to see a tutorial of how this more clean friendly style is done. I can imagine that breaking ALL of this down to a tutorial would be a daunting task – however if you could just do a tutorial on how to do the wiggeling and or some more tricks that would be awesome.

Thanks for a great site.

/Ola

]]> By: Barry Brimely http://www.graymachine.com/2009/11/light-the-world-with-firefox/#comment-502 Barry Brimely Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:16:05 +0000 http://www.graymachine.com/?p=2059#comment-502 Wow, that's amazing! I'd love to do that stuff, however I'm just starting out and I know next to nothing about motion graphics and visual effects. Nice job Harry! It was these sort of videos that made me want to get into using After Effects. The only problem is that it's taking a heck of a lot longer than I expected to learn. I'm probably just a slow learner. :( Wow, that’s amazing! I’d love to do that stuff, however I’m just starting out and I know next to nothing about motion graphics and visual effects.

Nice job Harry! It was these sort of videos that made me want to get into using After Effects. The only problem is that it’s taking a heck of a lot longer than I expected to learn. I’m probably just a slow learner. :(

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