Strap on your motion graphics black belt!

Making It Look Great 4 Design and Production Techniques for Adobe After Effects, Zaxwerks ProAnimator and Zaxwerks 3D Flag.

Work side-by-side with senior broadcast designer, After Effects expert and Zaxwerks demo artist John Dickinson, to create the powerful Northstar Martial Arts animation from start to finish.

Topics include:

• The key design decisions
• Background creation and modification
• Creating graphic elements in Adobe Illustrator and After Effects
• Logo preparation in Illustrator
• Logo modelling and texturing in ProAnimator
• Preparing JPEG files with Illustrator Live Trace
• Getting the most out of mini-dv footage
• Creating 3D banners with 3D Flag
• Tricks for isolating glows to logo bevels
• Simulating refraction and depth of field
• Finishing touches to add mood

This new training DVD is available for $59. In addition, we now offer bundle deals for the Making It Look Great series!

Making it Look Great 1: Design and Production Techniques for Adobe After Effects and Zaxwerks ProAnimator is Available now. You can pick it up immediately by download from Toolfarm, or order a DVD here at Zaxwerks.

Throughout the lessons you’ll learn the techniques John Dickinson uses every day as a broadcast designer, and get insight into many of the design decisions behind the techniques. By the end of this training you’ll have a solid understanding of Zaxwerks ProAnimator and how it integrates with Adobe After Effects and 3rd party plug-ins such as Knoll Light Factory, Trapcode Starglow and Trapcode Shine.

Over 2 hours of training including:

* Making backgrounds with ProAnimator, Fractal Noise and other effects.
* Using ProAnimator primitives and textures to create the planet Mars.
* Using After Effects’ versus ProAnimator cameras and lights.
* Enhancing your work’s mood and “watch-ability factor”.
* Secrets to getting faster workflow.
* Preparing Adobe Illustrator files for the smoothest workflow.
* Modeling, texturing and animating logos in ProAnimator.
* Using ProAnimator for beyond-the-ordinary text animations.
* Workflow tips for creating multiple versions.
* Design and production tricks for integrating logos and text using effects such as Trapcode Shine & Starglow and Knoll Light Factory.

以前予告致しました”Making it Look Great 1: Boom”が本日発売となりました。DVDのご購入はZaxwerksから、ダウンロードはToolfarmから既に取り扱い開始となっております。ぜひご覧ください。