http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/ Kurt Murphy's library of tutorials, articles, reviews and more for media professionals world wide. en-us http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/invigorator_tr_rev.php Broadcast designer Kurt Murphy has been using After Effects since it went by the name of CoSA, but even then, Kurt found its one big drawback was the inability to create true 3D objects in 3D space. That is until Zaxwerks Invigorator came along. And now Zaxwerks Invigorator Training (Volume 1) by Serge Hamad is the perfect solution to get up to speed using this plug-in. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:28 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/glass_globe.php When broadcast designer Kurt Murphy received a glass globe as a gift, it inspired him to see if he could create one in After Effects. In this tutorial, Kurt demonstrates creating and animating a glass globe totally in After Effects using Solids and Effects. This project is totally self-contained, needing no outside footage, but you will need the production bundle to complete it. Also nice but not necessary is the Trapcode Starglow plug-in. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:26 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/cross.php Kurt Murphy demonstrates the technique of moving layer masks on 2 sides of a glass cross in Zaxwerks Invigorator. This tutorial assumes that you have some previous exposure to the plug-in. If you don't have the plug-in, download the demo so that you can follow along. Kurt also completes the project by using the Write On to Reveal a 'handwritten script", Trapcode Shine and Lens Flare. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/basic_text.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he continues his exploration of the process of re-creating the on-air identity of a local broadcast affiliate in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. At the end of the animation, Kurt Murphy adds the titling for each heading (Local News, Morning News, etc.) using Basic Text. In this lesson, Kurt shows you some tricks to using Basic Text and follows with Path Text. And then... Finishes with the Arc Reflection. This is the completion of the series. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/logo_touches.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he continues his exploration of the process of re-creating the on-air identity of a local broadcast affiliate in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. In part seven of the series, Kurt adds a few touches to the logo - a blur, a lens flare, a drop shadow - little touches added to fine tune the look. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/beauty_shot.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he continues his exploration of the process of re-creating the on-air identity of a local broadcast affiliate in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. In part six of the series, Kurt integrates the beauty shots into the design. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/coverage.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he continues his exploration of the process of re-creating the on-air identity of a local broadcast affiliate in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. In part five of the series, Kurt adds some text to his sequence. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/hilight.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he outlines the steps he used to re-create the on-air identity of KVEW television, an ABC affiliate in Washington state. In this on-going series, Kurt explores design issues as well as set-up short-cuts and tricks. In part four of the series, Kurt adds some highlights to his design components. Join in, you will enjoy this great series. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/background.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he outlines the steps he used to re-create the on-air identity of KVEW television, an ABC affiliate in Washington state. In this on-going series, Kurt explores design issues as well as set-up short-cuts and tricks. In Part One, he introduces the subject and then sets out to create it. Join in, you will enjoy this great series. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/open.php Join noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy as he outlines the steps he used to re-create the on-air identity of KVEW television, an ABC affiliate in Washington state. In this on-going series, Kurt explores design issues as well as set-up short-cuts and tricks. In Part One, he introduces the subject and then sets out to create it. Join in, you will enjoy this great series. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/invigorator.php In Part Two of the series, noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy expands on the logo that the client chose in Part One. Here, Kurt takes the EPS files into After Effects and uses the 3D powers of Zaxwerks Invigorator to bring the Wow! to the on-air identity Kurt creates for KVEW. Even if you do not have the Invigorator, this is a great article for AE and other users as it shows the process used by a respected artist in action. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/murphy_kurt/natural_selection.php In this matte painting tutorial noted broadcast designer Kurt Murphy explores some basic compositing and image enhancement techniques using Adobe Photoshop. He focuses on ways to avoid the obvious paste up look of a shoddy compositing cut-job. He also points readers to some of the productivity short-cuts that will enable you to create your images in the shortest amount of time possible. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT