Dec 15, 2020 | After Effects, Tutorial, VFX
Download the After Effects project and source material to follow along. Part 2 of the screen insert tutorial series. If you haven’t watched part 1 yet do so here. I mostly skip over what I covered in part 1 so check back there if you get lost. Follow along with...
Dec 1, 2020 | After Effects, Tutorial, VFX
Download the After Effects project and source material to follow along. Follow along with this tutorial to learn how to accomplish one of the most commonly requested VFX shots in production, a screen insert. This effect goes by a lot of different names, screen insert,...
May 3, 2020 | After Effects, CG, Design, Elements, Free Stuff, Motion graphics, VFX
I’m continuing on with the FUI elements. At this point you maybe getting sick of them but I am really enjoying putting these together. I’m calling this pack radial nodes. They are basically a join the points/dots but curving the lines connecting the points...
Apr 26, 2020 | After Effects, CG, Design, Elements, Free Stuff, Motion graphics, VFX
I’ve heard yet another definition of FUI this past week. “Fantasy User Interface” It seems everyone agrees on UI’s meaning at least! Lol! So that now brings the list of what F in FUI stands for to: FantasyFakeFuturistic I’m sure there are...
Apr 19, 2020 | After Effects, CG, Design, Elements, Free Stuff, Motion graphics, VFX
I’ve got more FUI elements today. I’m really enjoying making these. Pretty soon I’ll have to assemble all of these into one UI and comp them into a shot. At that point I’ll really see how these look as both background elements and as hero...
Apr 12, 2020 | After Effects, CG, Design, Elements, Free Stuff, Motion graphics, VFX
I’ve been getting inspiration from a lot of sources for these elements. These were loosely inspired by the mysterious UI in the third season of HBO’s “West World” It has been fun to see a FUI element on TV or in a movie and not try to...
