This was an experiment with the Audio Spectrum effect in After Effects. I learned how to extract keyframes number values from an audio track, in this case Poison by Prodigy. Each audio cue produced a keyframe for me, and I linked a rectangle’s scale property to different frequency bands within the song. ... read more
Back in March 2015, I learned how to use the Proximal effect in Cinema4D. This is a crucial effect used to “expose” a material on an object. This is great when you need to show an object in one state, like glassy red text, but at some point you’d like to “pass through” and make a secondary material visible. . ... read more
Back in March 2015, I was working on a project where I had to spell the word “TRIVIA” in these blocky channel letters we see all the time outside theaters. The client also wanted them to move around independently, and of course the lights on the front had to flash sequentially. Modeling each letter was pretty easy. After that, it was just a matter of duplication and moving the lights around to match each letter’s shape. ... read more