New After Effect assignment: creating a text.
Once again, I'll leave my favorite Star Wars universe for something different (creating the text in the beginning of Star Wars didn't seem that exiting). Instead, I played with a bit of 3D and a camera, some particles, and animated some texts. As you can see, I was very inspired about what to write.
What about a text in space? from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
I also made another text animation, even if it doesn't fulfill the assignment, but just in the idea of playing around with light. I know all of you dreamed at least once about watching a Textrise. Enjoy.
Textrise from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
2/23/11
Track me if you can
New after effect assignment on tracking, using mocha, specialized after affect software for tracking data.
But what to track? First attempt, a sign on the street:
Pretty Girl Ahead from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Considered failed, it's shaking too much.
Second attempt, a construction site on campus, now finished with a french touch.
UT new building from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Considered failed too, still shaking too much, can't get a correct track. So for the pleasure of a good track, here is a video that already exists on the blog, which also fulfilled the assignment. (PS: special effect created by following a tutorial on www.videocopilot.net)
But what to track? First attempt, a sign on the street:
Pretty Girl Ahead from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Considered failed, it's shaking too much.
Second attempt, a construction site on campus, now finished with a french touch.
UT new building from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Considered failed too, still shaking too much, can't get a correct track. So for the pleasure of a good track, here is a video that already exists on the blog, which also fulfilled the assignment. (PS: special effect created by following a tutorial on www.videocopilot.net)
Here comes the light!
Assignment of the week: to light our robot.
This lighting takes place during Brobot’s reign of terror. The spotlight placed in front of him is supposed to create a huge shadow, synonym of power (every powerful man stood at least once in his life in front of a camera with a huge shadow behind him, most of the time performing a demoniac laugh); while a red reflection on a close object is showing the darkness of his cybernetic rusted soul, probably possessed by Satan… or something.
Besides that, a direction light lighten the left part of the sphere in purpose of creating a soft light in the head areas that the spotlight doesn’t fill.
On the other side, Brobot_02 is clearly in the shadow of his other self, subjected to the events. The absence of light makes him look weaker, and the shadow of Brobot, present on the sphere, clearly indicates that his other self is constantly watching him.
But as you all know, Brobot_02 soon became able to confront his other self, and eventually, to have his own powerful shadow.
This lighting takes place during Brobot’s reign of terror. The spotlight placed in front of him is supposed to create a huge shadow, synonym of power (every powerful man stood at least once in his life in front of a camera with a huge shadow behind him, most of the time performing a demoniac laugh); while a red reflection on a close object is showing the darkness of his cybernetic rusted soul, probably possessed by Satan… or something.
Besides that, a direction light lighten the left part of the sphere in purpose of creating a soft light in the head areas that the spotlight doesn’t fill.
On the other side, Brobot_02 is clearly in the shadow of his other self, subjected to the events. The absence of light makes him look weaker, and the shadow of Brobot, present on the sphere, clearly indicates that his other self is constantly watching him.
But as you all know, Brobot_02 soon became able to confront his other self, and eventually, to have his own powerful shadow.
2/15/11
The Attempt of Walk
For this new After Effect assignment, I tried to keep my Star Wars theme, but encountered much bigger problems. Trying to animate an At-at just with the tool parenting can be associated to empty an ocean with a spoon, and after a few hours of frustration, I had to accept that my idea wouldn't work.
Instead, still using that idea of parenting, I realized something less cool, more stupid, but, at least, doable.
The Walk from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Instead, still using that idea of parenting, I realized something less cool, more stupid, but, at least, doable.
The Walk from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Brobot, a few years later
A few years passed, and both Brotot and Brobot_02 earned a new look. Now, they look old.
I’ve added some personal texture (of wall, wood, plants…) for giving them a look more realistic. With that, I added some bump mapping and some displacement for the head and the guns, playing around. Once you figure how it works, it can go really fast.
For the record, all the textures are coming from the island of Alcatraz.
I’ve added some personal texture (of wall, wood, plants…) for giving them a look more realistic. With that, I added some bump mapping and some displacement for the head and the guns, playing around. Once you figure how it works, it can go really fast.
For the record, all the textures are coming from the island of Alcatraz.
2/9/11
The Chase
Using what I learned on Photoshop to make the Star Wars effect on the Grand Canyon (I guess I can admit now that it was a fake), I decided to apply it for our brand new After Effect assignment, about the basis of the software.
The purpose of the assignment was to make us use After Effect's basic tools, a bit of sound, and an effect of our choice. That was enough for creating a little Star Wars chase, starring the Millennium Falcon, Tie Fighter N°47, and John Williams in guest star.
The chase from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Oh, and it was supposed to last less than 10 seconds, but I had some issues with an annoying space warp and couldn't find a way to deal with it. So even if this video LOOKS like 15 seconds, I can assure you it's actually less than 10 (probably something like 6 or 7). Space warps suck.
Also, I don't know how long I'll be able to make Star Wars assignments, but never homework have been funnier.
The purpose of the assignment was to make us use After Effect's basic tools, a bit of sound, and an effect of our choice. That was enough for creating a little Star Wars chase, starring the Millennium Falcon, Tie Fighter N°47, and John Williams in guest star.
The chase from Vincent Desgrippes on Vimeo.
Oh, and it was supposed to last less than 10 seconds, but I had some issues with an annoying space warp and couldn't find a way to deal with it. So even if this video LOOKS like 15 seconds, I can assure you it's actually less than 10 (probably something like 6 or 7). Space warps suck.
Also, I don't know how long I'll be able to make Star Wars assignments, but never homework have been funnier.
The terrible story of Brobot
Brobot is born in 2087, from a Vacuum Cleaner and an abusive father. Very soon, he started to show a strong propensity for violence, due to his father issue with gasoline, which couldn’t be controlled anymore after 2093, when his mother died from asphyxiation (a rumor speaks of deliberate murder; the one foot square chewing gum she tried to clean from the ground would have been put there on purpose, maybe by her husband).
When Brobot’s father died during the terrible shutdown of 98, his uncle Francis, a respected Mixer, tried to teach him the Robotic Code of Honor. By trying to make him a better machine, his uncle started to notice Brobot’s sudden changes of behavior. He was sometimes very sweet, very robot, showing interest in repairing others, while other time he was just this war machine that even the famous robotic company Pear started to fear.
That’s where Francis realized that his nephew was becoming a schizophrenic robot.
Brobot_02, the gentle side of Brobot, was doing everything he could for repairing the damages of his other self. In 2113, he met Tania, a machinegun who convert herself into earth’s protection, and was a respected leader of Greenpeace. Brobot never accepted her, and tried several time to attempt to her consciousness. Since there, Brobot and Brobot_02 were officially in war.
Brobot would destroy everything Brotot_02 was caring about, and Brotot_02 was repairing them faster and faster. The legends says that at the end, Brobot_02 was repairing robots even before Brobot destroyed them.
It’s only in 2267 that Robota, a beautiful Drill, finally succeeded to reach Brobot’s lines of code, and convinced him to stop the war against his other self.
But Brobot’s redemption, that’s another story…
(For this Maya assignment, we were asked to create a robot using only polygons and the basic movement tools. My plan for making it was to create a head, and to see what would come next.)
That’s where Francis realized that his nephew was becoming a schizophrenic robot.
But Brobot’s redemption, that’s another story…
(For this Maya assignment, we were asked to create a robot using only polygons and the basic movement tools. My plan for making it was to create a head, and to see what would come next.)
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