Nick gives Arlo his long awaited super powers as he shows us how to create some laser beams for his eyes and adds a bit of originality to this simple effect.
Visuals
Laser Eyes
Kung Fu Arlo Returns
In a previous tutorial, Nick showed us how to create a plasma energy ball for Arlo's alter ego, Kung Fu Arlo. This tutorial sees Kung Fu Arlo return and Nick looks at 3D space within After Effects and how you can manipulate your creation within it.
Floating Cloud Effect
In this segment, Nick shows us hot to use a green screen and after effects to create a cheesy floating cloud effect, inspired by Monkey Magic.
Headless Humans
Nick shows you how to create a headless human using a green screen, some compositing software and a somewhat unamused Arlo as his subject.
Designing a Graphic From Scratch (Adobe After Effects)
I recently edited a TV special on the Australian National Junior Motocross Competition. In the program they interviewed the current world champion in the 85cc class. While were promised a series of photos showing him with his winning bike and trophy… they never arrived.
So at the eleventh hour I had to quickly make a graphic to end the segment with him. With only about 45 minutes to make something from scratch this is what i came up with…
Virtual Background
Nick takes us through the steps of creating a simple 3D background for a green screen interview type scenario.
A quick an easy technique to get a professional look for your next corporate production.
Plasma Screen Effect
In preparation for a web series that Pro Juice have in pre-production, i've been playing around with some effects that are to appear in a number of the episodes. The first effect is replicating the look of a large screen plasma TV. One of the characters appears on a screen mounted on a wall and then interacts with the characters in the room. It looks like we will achieve the effect in post, so in this tutorial i take you through some of the steps involved in creating this dot-matrix type pattern which is in effect a working style guide for some effects that will appear in the web series - The Science of Night.
Bad TV Effect
Nick takes us through the steps of how to manipulate the settings in the default Bad TV Effect in Final Cut Pro and create an original rolling analogue TV effect.
Thought Bubble
Nick takes us through the steps to create an animated thought bubble.
Using masking techniques, motion tracking and shadows, he creates a thought bubble that floats alongside Arlo's head helping him decide what to do... because obviously Arlo has trouble thinking for himself!
Witness Protection
Nick takes us through 3 different ways to render a character unidentifiable in an interview situation.