Bonus Tutorial: US Flag Illustration (After Effects)
Added 2019-07-06 04:20:56 +0000 UTCHello,
I didn't quite manage to finish it in time for Independence Day, but here's a.. 'merica-themed followup tutorial on shape layers, with a few more workflow tips.
If you are not signed up for the tutorials pledge level, don't worry, this is not a mistake. I just felt that since it's an "extra" video, I'll go ahead and make it available to more patrons. If you're not into motion graphics or listening to me mumble for a full 15 minutes, then feel free to skip this :)
I'm working on a ~proper~ debunking video now.
And as always, thank you for your support!
Comments
Are there names you can assign numbers, so you can say "flag height" / 2 or such? Being able to tweak things that aren't necessarily as defined as standards would be helpful.
Tony Hammitt
2019-07-13 15:36:35 +0000 UTCThis is great. Seeing all the (to me) opaque options in use is super helpful. I do more 3D graphics and we are always transforming the upper left corner of the main object to 0,0 so all math from then on is pretty easy (no dividing by 2). This requires a final position translate of (-500, -950) to center the object again. Is this possible in AE?
David Whitney
2019-07-08 19:20:40 +0000 UTCHere's my version: https://imgur.com/cA68ihs
2019-07-07 03:17:10 +0000 UTCGolden ratio proof sketch: https://imgur.com/3Z1g8f1
2019-07-07 00:06:16 +0000 UTCCool! I feel like I learned... something!
Captain Disillusion
2019-07-06 14:11:35 +0000 UTCThanks! Lol, yes, that sounds like a much easier way. My brain is not great at the maths...
Captain Disillusion
2019-07-06 14:10:48 +0000 UTCOn a Mac you can add a shortcut for any app, just from the settings menu, if the program does not have its own way of assigning shortcuts :)
Martin Embeh
2019-07-06 10:46:03 +0000 UTCAhhh thank you for sharing with everyone... I was wondering where the prior referenced tutorial was!
Andy D.
2019-07-06 08:47:36 +0000 UTCI am watching the tutorial videos even though I am not into 3D modelling, because it's entertaining to watch how to make things working. I think when you first time showed the arithmetic input the fields, you could have just type minus and paste the number, then *2, instead of multiplying it by -1. Am I right?
2019-07-06 08:26:32 +0000 UTCGood stuff. ... As a math proselytist, I'm compelled to say "out loud" what you and many (most? all?) of your viewers already know: The star's inner-outer radius ratio derives directly from the famed Golden Ratio, phi = 1.618033...; the defining characteristic of phi is that its reciprocal is exactly one unit smaller: 0.618033.... Therefore, the digits "618" are something of a ... *flag* ... that the Golden Ratio is in play. (Pentagons are also a tip-off. The Golden Ratio is *all over* pentagons.) Someone in an appropriate mindset, then, would notice that the experimental ratio 0.38 is *awfully* close to 0.382, which is 1.000-0.618. Such a someone would be instantly rewarded with an extra digit of accuracy (and would know that arbitrary accuracy is just a golden ratio web search away).
2019-07-06 05:07:41 +0000 UTCNext up: Nepalese flag? ;)
SkaveRat
2019-07-06 04:39:09 +0000 UTC
