Posts tagged Compositing

BlueDot regional TV ad 2010: Home Energy Checkup

Here’s a TV spot for a local plumbing company . Aloe Design created all the character animation, particle effects, sound effects and compositing.

Compositing Maya 2009 Render Passes with After Effects

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. After many trials I’ve developed a workflow via After Effects that successfully composites all my passes so that they just about match the default composite render. More >

Missile Defense Agency Kiosk

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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BlueDot Plumbing TV Spot

BlueDot of Maryland needed their mascot converted from cell animation to a full 3D rendering, but still wanted to keep the cute cartoon look. Aloe Design modeled and animated this updated mascot while DCP Productions created the video plates and sound design.

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