Matthew Santoro Scion AV

Matthew Santoro directs and animates this ethereal music video (all animated in AE) entitled “Final Breath” for the ScionAV project.

C4D Live

Tune into c4dlive.com for live talks from Andrew Kramer, Ash Thorp, Casey Hupke and more — including a demo of Element3D for AE.

YELLOWSHED: A Special Dad

Great mix of illustration and AE by YELLOWSHED (Soyeon Kim and Todd Hemker) in this Father’s Day greeting.

Harry Frank needs your help

Harry Frank has given so much to the AE and motion design community. Here’s your chance to give a little something back.

School of Motion

Nice set of AE and C4D tutorials over on School of Motion

Quayola Natures

Quayola teamed up with Mira Calix to work on a 2 Screens Video Installation commissioned by Faster Than Sound. They went out to “explore the… Read more

Broad.cat 2011

Europeans! People within convenient travelling distance to Barcelona! Don’t miss out on Broad.cat 2011, a 2-day design conference at Imagina Auditorium. Highlights include a video… Read more

Bildungsroman

Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age story dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education “Bildungsroman” is a 2-minute personal project produced and directed by Barcelona-based art… Read more

Pep Rally is born

PepRally has quietly launched. The studio is part of a growing trend of director/designer/animators creating new opportunities for work that fall outside the normal scope of freelance.… Read more

Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”

For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project.  What began as… Read more

AE Seattle hosts Tim Clapham

AE Seattle will feature Tim Clapham (https://helloluxx.com/ and https://luxx.com.au/) for their AE Seattle August Meeting.  Please note: This meeting will take place on Monday August 17th (not the usual… Read more

Lobo: Amnesty International

Leo Burnett Lisbon and one of my favorite Brazilian studios, Lobo, have teamed up to create this arresting spot for Amnesty International. Based on the… Read more

Adobe CS5 Launch event is today.

Adobe CS5 Launch event is today. Check out the new Roto Brush tool via a Motionworks tutorial as well.

Paul Tuersley: OpenSesame

Paul Tuersley’s After Effects scripts have helped me countless times. With OpenSesame, he’s figured out how to make After Effects files backwards compatible. Someone buy… Read more