Episode 31: Creating an Old-School Sci-Fi TV Opening By Chad Perkins October 6th, 2009
In this episode of Red Giant TV, Chad Perkins shows you how to create various elements for use in a Twilight Zone-esque TV show opening, using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D. Get ready to kick it old-school...
Nice collection of methods, some good stuff there, well done. I think the expression bit on the Twilight ZWN is a bit too cumbersome though. First of all, your still using key frames on the null, while you could wiggle the checkbox. And then, just calculate for the top layer: opacity = opacity * checkbox marker. No need for if/then, and no need for an expression on the lower layer. Cheerio
October 12th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Thanks that's grate.October 9th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Nice collection of methods, some good stuff there, well done.I think the expression bit on the Twilight ZWN is a bit too cumbersome though.
First of all, your still using key frames on the null, while you could wiggle the checkbox.
And then, just calculate for the top layer:
opacity = opacity * checkbox marker.
No need for if/then, and no need for an expression on the lower layer.
Cheerio