First off, to everyone who made it to Drive, thanks for coming. We thoroughly enjoy the chance to visit with and learn from you. Sometimes in these visits, we’ll get asked a question along the lines of “How did you make that?” Since it’s difficult to answer that question succinctly, I’ll often respond with something useless [...]
Continue reading...30. September 2010
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Continue reading...6. July 2010
It’s actually been a while since I got to stick my toes in AfterFX. Being on Short Film shoots and other video productions, it’s fun to finally get back into some Motion GFX. This was our latest Title Pack for this past Sunday. Few tips I used: Public Domain, Public Domain, Public Domain, did I mention [...]
Continue reading...20. May 2010
Typographic motion graphics pieces are all the rage right now– and why not? If communication is your goal, words are usually helpful. However, since typography-centric videos have become so common, you need to stretch your creative canvas a bit if you’re going to create a piece that is both powerful and unique. For the one-part sermon [...]
Continue reading...5. May 2010
Hey everybody. First of all, if you came to Drive 2010 we are so humbled and honored that you would take time out of your busy schedule to come to North Point and let us pour what is in our cup into yours. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones. Below [...]
Continue reading...7. April 2010
Hey Guys & Gals! Here are a few tricks I used while creating our Easter Opener and turning a stock video into something unique. Hopefully some of these techniques you can find useful in your own projects. Check it out, then see the process behind it. _____________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL CLIP (purchased from iStockVideo) FINAL PRODUCT Different Levels of [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
On January 3rd we started the new year with a bang! Especially in the TenBefore. Nathan Boyd (one of our amazing interns) built a project in After Effects that included a little fireworks! Best thing about it is we can make future changes with ease so when we want to celebrate winter or spring [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2009
Earlier this month, I was given the task of creating a new promo for this year’s MarriedLife Live Christmas event. Last year’s promo was both simple and effective, so we wanted to build on that foundation with a fresh coat of paint. Charged with merely adding “more pizazz” (I believe that was the phrase), I [...]
Continue reading...26. November 2009
For Christmas we had quite a few requirements for our Keyart. 1. It needs to symbolize the tension of the series — “God uses the most unlikely people to fulfill his promises” 2. We wanted it to look “Christmasy.” Once it is on a resource center shelf it should be quickly recognized as Christmas. 3. We needed a [...]
Continue reading...13. November 2009
Last Thursday night during our Night of Worship we played a video during communion. It is a VERY simple video that paraphrased scripture while the underscore of “Adagio for Strings” rolled underneath. The video is around 7:38 so we did edit the song a bit. The long version for “Adagio for Strings” song can be [...]
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6. April 2011
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