Night Before Christmas

First off, I'll admit that a lot of this video is really bad ... I was brand new to After Effects and I was pushing my limits. I took as many of Andrew Kramer's tutorials as I could, and pieced them together, as creatively as possible, to form a story. I then burnt this story to DVD and gave it as a Christmas gift. Let's count the Video Copilot tuturials, in order ... Smoke Screen, Disintegration, Flip-Book Motion, Earth Zoom, Day to Night Conversion, Submerged, Frosty Breath, 3D Camera Projection, 3D Light Casting ...

Christmas DVD Menu

The DVD intro/menu that I made, in After Effects, for part of a Christmas present.

DVD Intro

The intro for a DVD that I made as part of a birthday gift. The end shows two of the transitions you would see when you selected one of the three menu buttons (Lucky Duck and Milla Vanilla). Programs used were Photoshop, After Effects and Soundtrack Pro.

Daddies Thank You

I always buy my longboarding and snowboarding stuff at this place ... amazing owners and staff that give exceptional customer service. I made this thank you for them, in Apple Motion.

Rain - Beatles Tribute

This was how I revealed my parents' gift, concert tickets to Rain, the travelling Beatles tribute band. It was created for DVD, so it's rendered in standard definition format. I used After Effects and Soundtrack Pro. Music by the Beatles, of course.

BUST

This was part of a gift that I made. The recipient loved BUST magazine, so I emulated the cover and used some creative juices to go from there. I could not find the original project files, so I rendered this from a DVD image (mpeg file). Programs used include Motion and Soundtrack Pro. Music by Blind Melon.

Rock and Rose

Part of Father's Day card that I made in Photoshop, for a music lover.

P38

A vector drawing of a P-38 Lightning, done in Illustrator. It was printed at a larger scale and framed, for use as a gift. The name on the plane was historically accurate, and had significant sentimental meaning to the receiver.

Steamboat House Illustration

This illustration was done in Illustrator, using a digital photograph as a base. The leaves, branches, etc. were done using custom brushes.

NE House Illustration

This illustration was done in Illustrator, using a digital photograph as a base. The leaves, branches, etc. were done using custom brushes.