August 2009 Entries
Here is more fun with particular. A tutorial from aetuts.com helped me create this effect. Here is my finished ae file for those of you who like to cheat. :) download aetut
Spent last weekend in San Francisco with beezwax and fmnexus.. Filemaker plugin software and consulting.
Also got to see Randy Hill, an old PenSoft co-worker. He is doing great since moving there 3 years ago. We had some drinks and he showed me around as much as he could for the 5 hours i had.
Me and Randy (Can you tell who the tourist is?)
Another interesting thing happened as soon as I got to the hotel. Right outside the hotel Local 2 was holding a strike for Hotel Workers. Police escorted mob chanting 'Local 2' 'Local 2'
Thank god I am home. I...
Cheap After Effects Thrills. I have not had as much time as I have wanted to devote to motion graphics lately. I ran across this ae tunnel tutorial and thought I would share. The possibilities are intimidating with after effects. You really have to have the mathematical side of the brain to complete the other half. Sort of like Adobe Flash but this has sooo many more possibilities.
My grandma put together a book from her mothers diary and photos called the 'perpetual diary'. It has daily details of road trip to Colorado in 1930 when gas was 12 cents a gallon. These are one of a kind books, she only had 200 or so printed, so stop by www.chenterra.com and get one.
Here is Sam acting like he is thirsty lapping out of the gold fish pond.. (At my grandparents ranch in Kansas)