http://zaxwerks.com/blog The Official Zaxwerks Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:37:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this tutorial, we're going in depth to create a baseball animation. One of the cool things you can do with 3D Warps is to create interesting reveals. So, we'll go over how to create an animation where a baseball splits open to reveal a baseball player! Topics discussed: • ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2010/03/11/3d-warps-making-a-baseball-animation-tutorial/ 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 ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2010/03/10/proanimator-helped-my-love-life/ 3D Warps version 1.5.1 is now available to download: Visit our download page: HERE 3D Warps Version 1.5.1 Update: - Fixes an issue where shadows casted onto After Effects 3D Layers may not look accurate. - Updated display for objects using 3D Layer Tracking. - Fixes an issue where the object may not move correctly ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2010/03/03/update-3d-warps-version-1-5-1/ "Where Content Comes to Life For more than 80 years, there’s been only one global event for people passionate about content. A place that fosters the convergence of industries the world turns to for information and entertainment. An essential destination that is synonymous with next-generation technology, education and ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2010/02/18/nab-2010/ Time has sure flown by. Who can believe it's already the year 2010? Let's start 2010 strong by improving our skills and committing to what we set out to do in our New Years resolution. If one of your goals has been to improve your After Effects ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2010/01/05/dma-la-jan-19th-2010/ In this tutorial, John Dickinson covers how to combine a lot of different effects together to create a captivating jumbotron! In this extensive tutorial, John covers many effects such as our very own Layer Warps, as well as Trapcode Shine and Magic Bullet Looks. Topics discussed: • Learn how to identify ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2009/12/22/3d-warps-making-a-jumbotron-column/ In this tutorial, Serge Hamad covers how to use the primitives from 3D Invigorator and the depth control to create an interesting city scape animation where the buildings expand. Serge goes over how pivot points are created, and how to precisely control your pivot points to work with your ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2009/12/16/advanced-control-of-invigorator-pro-part-two/ In this tutorial, John Dickinson shows you how to create a great animation that integrates both 3D Flag, and ProAnimator. John goes over how 3D Flag can be used for more than just a flag. The plug-in works well for banners, or even an animated fabric background. ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2009/12/14/3d-flag-and-proanimator-tutorial/ In this tutorial, join Serge Hamad as he takes you alongside his pencil animation project. Learn how to adjust the pivot point correctly so that you can have your 3D Invigorator objects integrate the way you want with your After Effects objects. See how a good pivot point ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2009/12/10/pivot-point-tutorial-part-1/ In the recording of Maltaannon's live video broadcast, he discusses the topic of Zaxwerks Plug-ins versus 3D applications. If you are wondering about the advantages of why you would want to use Zaxwerks plug-ins in After Effects, take a look at the discussion. Topics discussed: • ProAnimator's setup vs. using ... http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2009/12/07/zaxwerks-plugins-vs-3d-applications/