A Brief History of Title Design
by nathan on April 3, 2011
Love this:
Plexus – First Test
by nathan on February 27, 2011
I downloaded a new plugin from AE Scripts called Plexus. It’s a very cool 3D particle system. It’s really easy to use and has incredible possibilities. See more examples using Plexus.
After about 20 minutes I had the gist of it. Here is my first trial run of the plugin:
Moved Upstairs
by nathan on February 16, 2011
With one of the roommates (manmates) moved out, I decided to take the additional rent on and move my office into a bedroom. Some furniture from Ikea and some sweat (Taylor’s, Clayton’s and mine) and voila, office.
See larger at flickr.
Graphic design can change your life
by nathan on February 9, 2011
Erik Spiekermann talking about graphic design, more specifically, type.
I found myself very inspired by this video. I especially like the part where Erik talks about government using poor design (tax documents, etc.) to separate us from the government by making us stupid—”we don’t understand so we do what we’re told.” I think there is some serious truth in that.
Enjoy.
7D 60p to 24p slow motion test
by nathan on February 2, 2011
So I bought a 7D and a couple of lenses late last year to not only be able take great photos but also shoot some HD video. The 7D combined with some good lenses can make for some near cinema quality video. That being said, this video is neither “near cinema quality” nor decent story telling. It was, however, a simple test to see what is involved in shooting and conforming 60p video to 24p slow motion video. The lighting is terrible. The talent, while insanely cute, is not doing much. But it was fun. Mission accomplished.
Canon 7D
Canon EFS 17-55mm 2.8
Shot at 60p
Conformed with Cinema Tools to 24p (see Phillip Bloom’s post)
Edited in Final Cut
Color graded in After Effects