Comments on: Greetings to the Game Show Forums!

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:31:20 +0000

Nice stuff, JK! Wish I could bottle your enthusiasm and sell it — there’s a fortune in there. Thanks for the comments!

By: Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:39:34 +0000

== JAY SEZ: ==
HEYYY!! Jason in here!!

Ah-SO!! THAT was YOU that did THAT??!!

AMAZING!!!

You oughta see my drawings!! Type “TPIR T.O.O.N. ME (This One’s ON ME)” in the Search field and scope out some killer stuff… I think you’ll like it!!

(golden-road.net — JayRockUSA over there)

~JK~

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:13:20 +0000

Thanks, MJ! Good to hear from you again.

By: MJ

MJ — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:23:43 +0000

Thanks for the fantastic behind-the-scenes gallery! Your redesign really makes the new set pop!

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:24:07 +0000

Hey Nick,
I’m glad you stuck with the food reference, but would have appreciated the Seacrest bit too.
Sometimes I like to use a null layer (in 3D of course) instead of animating with the camera. That’s probably what I did on the Blingariffic piece. It’s one master move, with all the objects assigned to the null layer (renamed something like MASTER MOVE). If you want to reposition an object, you just move that object (using that object’s controls, not the MASTER MOVE) back in Z-space or whatever, and don’t necessarily put in a keyframe (unless you want a local move within the move). As long as it’s parented to the MASTER MOVE layer, it will all play out.
The camera can sometimes be difficult to move precisely (which is why I do it this way sometimes), but that’s probably just me. Hope that helps.

By: Nick S.

Nick S. — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:03:51 +0000

Hi there – I’m the one with the Spaghetti Cat quip; I could have made a Ryan Seacrest-height-related joke but I decided to go a different route.

As a fellow motion graphics person (and way, waaaaaaaaaaaaaay on the intermediate level, mind you)… when you were designing the limo portion for the E! Bling promo – was it more of a vanishing point idea and then animate with the camera… I assume (and hope) in AfterEffects, too!

Anyway, love the work.

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:27:42 +0000

Ah, the famous bwood! You’re the resident sleuth on the boards (or at least one of them). Glad you found me and thanks again for the words.

By: Brandon W

Brandon W — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:22:48 +0000

Hey! This is the other Brandon (bwood) on the forum. The one who stumbled across your great blog. Thanks for saying such good things about us and our forum and thank you for the “Price” pics! You’re awesome at what you do. Keep it up and feel free to stop by the forum any time!

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:22:15 +0000

Thanks, Brandon. I look forward to more of your observations.

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:21:10 +0000

Hey, you’re welcome, Cory! Glad to have you! I knew I’d have to figure out how to do a slideshow with WordPress anyway.