As of, Aug 6 2013 this personal blog of mine is no longer active. Inspite of it’s goofy name, I’ve blogged about some very interesting things I’ve learned and my early days of Computer Graphics and Motion Design. I’ve received comments from so many wonderful people and I always appreciate getting in touch with great artists and designers. This site is completely archived and you can always read the articles from the archive below. I’m glad to report that I’ve my own company now and I highly suggest you to follow it.
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- AEFlame CS5 Beta Builds ·
AEFlame is a popular Fractal Flame generator plugin for Adobe After Effects. It is an opensource plugin, which was never ported to the Intel Architecture on the Mac and the 64bit CS5 versions. Here are the 64bit Beta builds compiled from its source.
- Plexus with Expression Timeline ·
Mathias Moehl, the prominent script author in the After Effects Community created a new video tutorial in which he uses Plexus, his Expression Timeline Script and various expressions authored by Dan Ebberts to create some really nice transitions and he explains the process in detail.
- Plexus is now Available ·
I am happy to announce, that Plexus is now available for sale. We have a limited introductory offer right now, before the prices go up. For those who are not familiar, Plexus is a next generation Particle Engine designed for Adobe After Effects. It is highly integrated into After Effects and has a modular workflow that creates many possibilities.
- Plexus will be Released on 21st Feb ·
Plexus, an After Effects plugin to create 3D organic structures and networks will be released on Monday 21st February.
- Teaser: New 3D plugin "Plexus" ·
Plexus, a new 3D plugin to create organic structures and networks inside AE is coming soon. Folks on my Twitter stream have already seen this, but in case you missed it, here it is.
- Intro to After Effects plugin development for beginners ·
Building plugins for After Effects isn’t that quite simple. There are many ways to create a plugin for After Effects and it depends on the type of plugin you want to create. In this article I will explore the various tools/technologies you can use to create plugins for AE and their respective advantages and disadvantages.
- Data Glitch Plugin Released! ·
Data Glitch, a new After Effects plugin to Simulate Realistic Digital Image Glitch is now available for purchase. You can also download the trial version, which renders a watermark. Now, its time to make things go wrong!
- New Plugin "Data Glitch", Coming Soon! ·
An exciting new distortion plugin for After Effects. Data Glitch is useful to simulate realistic Digital Image glitches right with in After Effects.
- Introduction to Pixel Bender ·
A theoretical introduction to Pixel Bender and Image Manipulation techniques and steps to create a simple R,G,B,A fade plugin. Intended for people with little/no prior programming experience and is geared towards After Effects users.
- Tutorial: Intro to Pixel Bender for Non-Programmers ·
A short tutorial to explain the concepts of Pixel Bender and how it works for people who have no prior programming experience. I created this tutorial long time ago, but never had a chance to post it. Any comments/suggestions are welcome.
- Omino Glass: Refraction & Chromatic Aberration Pixel Bender Kernel from Omino ·
David Van Brink of Omino Pixel Blog, released a new advanced pixel bender plugin called Omino Glass 32 that simulates glass refraction and natural Chromatic Aberration. It’s a great plugin that produces some really nice results.
- My List of After Effects Feature Requests ·
I have been using AE for quite a while and like everybody, I also have a list of features that I would love to see in After Effects. Keep in mind that, these requests are based on my experiences and interests, but not based on any kind of industrial research or some other crazy statistical data.
- Pseudo-Volumetric Point Lights; Magic Behind Trapcode Lux ·
Trapcode Lux is an amazing After Effects plugin, which generates Pseudo Volumetric Light effects, written by Peder Norrby. There are many times, I wanted a plugin/utility to create such an effect in other programs. In this article, I discuss the various methods this plugin possibly utilizes to create those beautiful point light effects.
- Plugin Talk: Going Native ·
There is a lot of talk going on recently in the After Effects world about plugins. While there are many new exciting plugins that are coming out this year, there are quite a few plugins that won’t be compatible when the next version of After Effects comes out. Amidst all of this, I have a little announcement to make. Both of my plugins ‘Separate RGB’ and ‘Bad TV’ will be going native pretty soon.
- Bad TV Pixel Bender Plugin ·
A Pixel Bender plugin to create Realistic Bad TV distortion, based on the algorithm written by Memo Atken. Compatible with After Effects CS4 and Photoshop CS4.
- Restricted Perlin Noise [W.I.P] ·
I have started working on a personal project, which was in the dust for quite a while and the results are pretty interesting. This is a work in Progress and I usually don’t write about them. But, this is an interesting piece to watch!
- Inspiration - Air 'Electronic Performers' ·
This piece was made in 1999, but I have to say, it is one of the Masterpieces ever made that perfectly blends Generative Art with a compelling story and breath taking 3D Visuals. It was made by Onedotzero and BUF and took more than 11 months to finish it.
- Tweaks, New Sections and Updates! ·
After a long time, I decided to start writing my blog more frequently. I won’t call it a redesign, but there will be some significant changes and here is an update on various things.
- New AE Plugin: "BAD TV" Distortion ·
There are many popular ways to create a Bad TV distortion effect, but most of them aren’t realistic, difficult to control and really time consuming. This plugin is very easy to use, gives a very significant control and realistic TV distortion effect.
- 5 Free/Open Source Apps to create Mind Blowing Motion Graphics ·
Sure, Adobe After Effects is an Amazing App. But sometimes it is good to know alternatives and produce something different from regular stuff. Also, these Apps really make you manipulate/generate content in true Pixel level and thus increase your knowledge and efficiency.
Image © defetto
- New Pixel Bender Plugin: Separate RGB ·
This is a handy little plugin that helps you to separate RGB channels of the given image. Even though you can do it manually by separating one channel per layer, this saves a lot of time. Also, it saves you time because Pixel Bender plugins are GPU accelerated.
- Elegant Concentric Circles Animation. ·
A new form created by me which explores the unique look of delayed iterations. Inspired by a piece done by Designer Mark Coleran .
Update: Mark Coleran has put his piece for download , which is used in the movie ‘The Island’.
- Interesting Visuals utilizing Audio Analysis Preset ·
I am glad that people are utilizing my preset and I must say AE is way more powerful than we actually think. I am posting some interesting visuals that I stumbled upon Youtube. Also, if you don’t know what I am talking watch the AE tutorial on Create a Sound Reacting 3D Waveform written by me.
- Audio Analysis in After Effects ·
If you have been using After Effects for a while, you might definitely know Trapcode Soundkeys which is an excellent plug-in to create extremely audio driven animations. But there are many disadvantages using that plug-in. Today we will see an effective replacement to overcome those problems utilizing many powerful expressions.
- The Secret Menu of Radio Waves in After Effects ·
Radio Waves is one of the most under rated plug-ins in Adobe After Effects. This is a really brief article covering my experiences with Radio Waves and some tips when creating organic form transformations based on my tutorial for AETUTS . Lets take a much deeper look, in this article.
- Introduction ·
Welcome to my personal website. It is not just my portfolio/business website. Instead, it is designed to be a blend of both portfolio and weblog style, using a very simple, yet robust CMS called Textpattern . I am not much familiar with Textile markup language, but it sounds pretty simple and easy. So, kindly ignore any errors in my first few posts. Click through the link on the left hand side to know more about this website and my reason behind using this CMS and theme.