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This is a short montage of our animations which showcases our style and capabilities.
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Various shot breakdowns of Aloe Design’s recent compositing projects. Tools include Shake, After Effects, Mocha, and Keylight.
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This is a pitch piece which is intended for use in Flash rollout banners. Production time was approximately 1 week. Audio and raw video was provided by the client.
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The coal industry has spent millions of dollars on ad campaigns trying to change Americans’ perceptions over dirty coal. The ads have attempted to whitewash, or “greenwash,” coal using the oxymoron “clean” for one of the greatest source of pollution of our air, water and land.
Animated to the tune “Honestly Sincere,” this video shows a
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This is a four-part tutorial about adding motion blur to a Maya render by first creating a 2D motion vector sequence and then using it with ReelSmart Motion Blur in post production. I’ll be covering Maya 2009’s 2D motion vector pass as well as installation and use of the lm_2DMV shader for earlier Maya versions. Once
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I’ve been experimenting with Maya 2009’s Mental Ray Render Passes feature. It’s intended to easily allow separation of different elements of the render into separate images. An easy example would be separating the diffuse light from the shadow. In practice it seems to be way more finicky ( or broken) than it ought to be.
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Aloe Design Collaborated with TMP Worldwide to bring together a dynamic interactive kiosk and website which allows the user to move through a fictional rendition of the MDA headquarters in Alabama and learn about various job functions. Here are a couple snippets from the non-interactive portions.
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AloeDesign recently collaborated with DCP Productions to create a GEICO animation loop for the superbowl’s jumbotron!
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Aloe Design created and animated the 3D goldfish in this piece. While the starring fish is completely computer-generated, the fish extras are (were) real. The CG was done in Maya: a low poly mesh with some dynamics for the secondary motion. The motion graphics design, concept, and real fish wrangling were done by Nick
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This jukebox is an example of 3D animation in advertising. The music changes as the CDs flip over to offer a sample of the music that may be found on AOL Radio. This Promotion won a Promax Gold in 2006.
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A promotion for an online comedy festival. The only pre-existing assets were very low-quality viral videos and stand-up performances from the internet. Aloe Design created all of the animation and graphics, as well as shot and keyed the hand that inserts the comedians’ heads. The audio design is by Clayton Turner. This piece won a 2006 Promax Gold award as well as a 2005 Telly in the Entertainment/Comedy promotion category.