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Making It Look Great 4 Design and Production Techniques for Adobe After Effects, Zaxwerks ProAnimator and Zaxwerks 3D Flag

Work side-by-side with senior broadcast designer, After Effects expert and Zaxwerks demo artist John Dickinson, to create the powerful Northstar Martial Arts animation from start to finish.

Topics include:

• The key design decisions
• Background creation and modification
• Creating graphic elements in Adobe Illustrator and After Effects
• Logo preparation in Illustrator
• Logo modelling and texturing in ProAnimator
• Preparing JPEG files with Illustrator Live Trace
• Getting the most out of mini-dv footage
• Creating 3D banners with 3D Flag
• Tricks for isolating glows to logo bevels
• Simulating refraction and depth of field
• Finishing touches to add mood