As the saying goes: “Your results may vary.” But one lucky guy credits ProAnimator for starting the journey, which ended with him finding his true love! Daryl Young, from Mad Cow Films, considers himself primarily a video editor but wanted to expand his business. He added ProAnimator to his toolbox and got rave reviews from his clients, an edge over his competition, and he found love. Here’s how it happened.
“I was given a challenge to help a company look bigger than it was. I thought I could help them by giving some life to their logo, and maybe boost the entertainment value. I had never done animation in my life, so I was looking for a 3D program I could use. I did some research and I saw the demo video of ProAnimator and of course I was sold straight away!”
“The first animation was easy, that’s where I learned the art of animating an individual letter or character. I learned about the timeline and keyframes. By the way the behaviors in ProAnimator are brilliant. It made my imagination very easy to achieve.”
Take a look at Daryl’s first animation here.
“The second animation was more of a challenge. There is a lot more movement with every character, and getting the characters to appear like they are reacting with the others. I found a lot of thought had to go into the characters. I had to think like that character and feel how they would move.”
Watch Daryl’s second animation here.
“The third animation was the hardest; it involved multiple camera angles and camera animation. I planned it out carefully; story boarded it to see what the main frames would look, and to see if I could do it. But in the end I conquered it. I feel pretty much invincible. If I have an idea, I can set it in motion. ProAnimator has made me look better than I really am, for which I’m very thankful. Thank you Zaxwerks.”
Watch Daryl’s third animation here.
ProAnimator made it very easy for Daryl, to achieve professional work without hours of training.
“The tutorials helped me understand other aspects of image creation, even with Photoshop, a program I was convinced I knew a lot about.”
Daryl has now enlisted ProAnimator to do logo designs in Illustrator and Photoshop, He also uses it on Final Cut and Motion.
“I love the workflow, it’s always quick. I can save my movies with alpha channels; I can change text that has already been animated. I can make adjustments on the timing and resolution very quickly, and I love the fact that I can send previews within minutes to my anxious clients, although I actually wait before sending them, as I try to make it appear that I spent a fair bit of time on it…naughty huh!”
“Thanks to ProAnimator. I can let my creative juices flow, and experiment with different ideas, without the long hours and fuss. But what I love the most is that it’s very profitable.”
And then there’s the love angle. Because of his venture into the new world of animation, Daryl found the girl of his dreams. During production, he realized he needed a voice for the “characters” in the animation. He put out a call and found Erin who captured the spirit of the animation and captured Daryl’s heart too. They didn’t meet face to face until after the project was over, but soon they did meet, began dating and eventually got engaged.
Daryl is a very, very happy guy these days. “You just don’t know where ProAnimator will take you.”
