Archive for November, 2009

Digital Juice Fonts in ProAnimator

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

For those of you who has worked with Digital Juice Fonts, you may have wondered “These are great looking fonts, but is there a way to get them to work in ProAnimator?”

For the people not familiar with Digital Juice Fonts, DJ Fonts is a program packed with high resolution fonts that are customizable for your project needs. There are a wide variety of creative fonts that include metallic type, ribbon type, ornamental, all the way to watery and cookie fonts. There are a ton of fonts to play with, and now you’ll be able to integrate them all into ProAnimator!

Even if you do not own the Digital Juice Fonts, it’s highly recommended that you watch the trio of tutorial movies that we’ve released. There are so many tips into ProAnimator, and how to export files in Photoshop so you can open them in ProAnimator. You can’t afford to miss out.

With the techniques you’re going to learn, you’ll be able to take the DJ Fonts, and with a couple of steps, be able to bring them into the 3D world of ProAnimator.

Learn the following:

• Creating the text in DJ Fonts, and saving it as a Photoshop layer.

• Setting up the work path for ProAnimator in Photoshop.

• Creating texture maps.

• Loading the file in ProAnimator to extrude the text to 3D.

• Applying the texture maps to the 3D Text.

• Customize lighting, and creating shadows.

• Setting up and customizing the animation.

• Handling special cases in Digital Juice Fonts.

Click on the link below, or the image below to watch the video tutorial:

Digital Juice Fonts in ProAnimator Tutorials

ProAnimator Pivot Point Tutorial

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Ever wondered what’s the best way to set up pivot-points in ProAnimator or 3D Invigorator? Serge Hamad’s new video tutorial will guide you through how to set up a precise point for all your animation needs.

Learn the following:

• Creating a sphere and placing it where the pivot-point should be.

• Moving the pivot-point object to the same track as the objects that need to be animated.

• Scaling the pivot-point object so that it forces ProAnimator to generate a new pivot-point.

• Grouping the objects together.

• Making the pivot-point object invisible.

• Animating your objects.


Click on the image above, or the link below to learn how to set up a precise pivot point!

Click to watch the Pivot Point Tutorial

InvigoMany-Media Introductory Sale

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The newest volume of the popular series “InvigoMany” by Serge Hamad, has just been released. With “InvigoMany-Media” volumes 1 & 2, you get 24 new objects that are perfect for projects regarding the media.

Each object has been created especially for 3D Invigorator and ProAnimator users. Also, each object contains the original Illustrator file, as well as the custom edges that are used to create the objects. This means you get to follow along with Serge’s thought process as to how each object was created. In addition, you will get all the high resolution texture maps, and After Effects projects as well.

For a limited time, you can get massive savings on one or both volumes.

Introductory price extended until November 30th 2009!

* Twelve objects: USD 39.95 (You save USD 35.00!)

* Twenty four objects: USD 69.95 (You save USD 55.00!)

Click on the link below, or the image below for more details:

http://www.nyc-visual.com/