January 5, 2022Comments are off for this post.

Animation January – Watching 31 Animation films in 31 days

Animation is a vast and broad genre of film as any. Really, it runs parallel to live-action films, but it isn't held to the same rules and realities of filming that live-action is. Often times it's more complex and labor-intensive than traditional films. Bored with winter and locked-down we decided to watch a animated film a day for the entire month of January.

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August 3, 2021Comments are off for this post.

Traffic Overview: Attack Studios July Report 2021

This is the traffic overview of the Attack Studios website for July 2021. I got this tip to do this kind of post from Pat Flynn after reading his book Superfans https://patflynn.com/book/superfans/

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June 23, 2021Comments are off for this post.

Traffic Overview: Attack Studios May Report

In order to be fully transparent with my audience and trying to hit my traffic goals, I'm going to be doing a traffic overview of Attack Studios website. I got this tip to do this kind of post from Pat Flynn after reading his book Superfans https://patflynn.com/book/superfans/

 

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June 9, 2020Comments are off for this post.

After Effects Tips: Gradient Map to LUT

Working with all kinds of designers and illustrators, we sometimes get assets that aren't ideal for importing into After Effects. The client can get pretty mad when the look of the video doesn't match the look of the design boards. Gradient Maps are the common culprit. Here's how to convert a Gradient Map to LUT?

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March 18, 2020Comments are off for this post.

FOLDING@HOME ACTIVELY TARGETS CORONAVIRUS

I first found out about this through some awesome School of Motion Alumni in the Facebook group. I just joined today, and so far it's been a very small hit on my CPU, so well worth the effort and it hasn't slowed me down.  The following is lifted straight from the source: Folding home actively targets coronavirus

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September 12, 2019Comments are off for this post.

Collaborative With Prysm Studios

I'm happy to announce I've joined a collaboration with Prysm Studios. It's a non-exclusive agreement so that means I'll still be doing projects through Attack and I'll also be able to offer low-risk scale and on-site reviews for clients through Prysm. I like the freedom it offers while opening up some bigger and better opportunities.

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August 20, 2019Comments are off for this post.

Advertising Tips From Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This!

I've just finished reading Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads, 5th Edition and thought I would pass along some quick tips on creating successful Ads from this book following some advertising tips for animation after effects. Successful video ads first grab our attention (with a surprise, something unusual, something funny, something weird, something shocking, a mystery) and then make us think.

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