I’ve been drawing a lot of silly birds this week.

Some quick notes on colour management, between After Effects and Illustrator. Colour Spaces, on Wikipedia

There is a really useful button, hidden away in the “Save As” dialogue, in Illustrator. If you have just been given an Illustrator file, with about a hundred-million art-boards in it, and you need to find a way to import it all into After Effects; then this can be good thing to know! (it took […]

Why is it Important to Correctly Prepare the Graphics? If the graphic elements can be supplied in way that makes it easier for an animators to use straightaway, then it can save whole days worth of animation time. An animator’s time can be wasted by having to wade through unfamiliar/unorganised Illustrator files, converting file formats, […]

A Wacom Cintiq works well as a makeshift 2nd monitor, when animating on a teeny-tiny laptop.

While working at the white-hot coal face of After Effects, I find that I am often asked by wide-eyed youngsters, just how I do I organise my projects? (NB; a complete lie). Being organised is important! As an After-Effects-er, you’ll find yourself dealing with so many files and comps flying around, that it pays to […]