Archive for August, 2009

Summer Bundle Special is Ending!

Friday, August 28th, 2009













Our Summer Bundle Special pricing is ending Monday, August 31st! Be sure to take advantage of our special pricing.

The price of our Summer Special is lower than our normal bundle prices, and it also includes our newest plug-in, 3D Serpentine! Whether you are looking to do 3D logo creation, making your logo into a flag billowing in the breeze, creating shines, reflections, or bends, our plug-in bundle has got you covered.

If you already own either ProAnimator or 3D Invigorator, you may still be interested in our Designer’s Bundle, which includes:

3D Serpentine
3D Flag
3D Warps
The Werks Vol. 1
Reflector
Layer Tools

To purchase any of our bundle deals, please visit our bundle page below, and select any of the bundles that you are interested in:

http://zaxwerks.com/bundles/index.shtml

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Creating the Mac Intro with After Effects and 3D Invigorator

Monday, August 24th, 2009

















Aetuts+ has released a new tutorial featuring how to create the Mac Intro with After Effects and 3D Invigorator.

Follow After Effects artist Saqib Naqvi as he goes over his tutorial on how to create the Mac intro. His tutorial will go over how to create the 3D text, as well as animating the fly-in. In addition, he will go over material setup such as applying texture maps and reflection maps.

In After Effects, he will guide you through how to create the aurora look and work with Trapcode Particular.

Be sure to view both episodes of his tutorial below:

Mac OSX Wallpaper Creation – With Invigorator Pro Day 1

Mac OSX Wallpaper Creation – With Invigorator Pro Day 2

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3D Warps Quick Start

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

3D Warps Quick Start is now available! Learn how to install the plug-in as well how to set up 3D Warps. Learn how to apply multiple warps together, as well as using the different presets.

Check out the new video tutorial below:

Zaxwerks Video Tutorials

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ProAnimator Tutorial: Applying Layer Maps vs Directly Loading in a Texture Map

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Ever wondered why you would use Layer Maps vs Directly loading an image or movie directly as a texture map onto your 3D object? Jeff Carrion from SuiteTake goes over a comprehensive tutorial about the advantages and disadvantages of using layer maps vs directly loading in a file.

Jeff’s project involved him moving the globe from one continent to another while being coordinated with a pre-recorded sound clip. This tutorial goes over some of the obstacles you may run into when working on this type of project.

If you ever wondered about when you should use layer maps, and when to load textures directly into a material swatch, this is the tutorial to watch.

http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/17/live-previews-with-zaxwerks-proanimator/

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Unplugged 3: Zaxwerks

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009






















John Dickinson has just released another episode in his video series “Unplugged”. This interview series goes into the different companies in the motion graphics industry, and this week, he’s covering Zax!

“Zaxwerks is one of the veteran After Effects plug-in developers, with the 3D Invigorator range of 3D title and logo plug-ins as popular as ever. In this interview with Zax Dow we discuss the origins of Zaxwerks, the ProAnimator and new 3D Serpentine plug-in. Zax also touches on new features in the upcoming ProAnimator 5 and reveals how Zaxwerks played a part in Star Wars!” – John Dickinson

Click on the image above to listen to the interview, or click on the link below to visit John’s site which include numerous resources for the Motion Graphics community.

Motionworks

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