I was so busy that I did not have any time to dedicate to making new animations. This is a simple animation using motion tracking in Apple Motion.

For the record I am definitely posting this tutorial this Friday 5.02.10. I received this brilliant footage from Artbeats, for those of you who do not know who Artbeats are, well they are largest royalty free footage website. The Humming bird footage is just beautiful. I wanted to make a TV Ident as this is something that I have been working on with my students. For this exercise I have used Motion Tracking (Point Tracker) to make this TV Ident. the idea was to make something colorful yet unique.

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I just wanted to share a very valuable and interesting technique of creating Mattes from any of your animations, this can be then used for all kind of things.

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create and render a Mattes in Apple Motion. If you do not know what are Mattes then I suggest you do a little research online. You will find that creating and knowing how to use Mattes is essential knowledge for any Motion Graphic Designer.  The option that enables you do render any colour movie is somewhat hidden. In this tutorial I show you a very cool trick that you will be using over and over again.

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I have been very busy lately giving that I am currently working on three jobs. Anyway I just wanted to give you something to play with, so here it is…

I was playing with circles and paint tool in Apple Motion to bring you this very interesting visual effect. I have used gradients to mask part of the circle and a behavior to move it around, This gave this animation the impression that the highlights are rotating around. I also used few different camera moves to give the animation movement.

And the best thing it is free. I have zipped the file which you can download and butcher as much as you want. Please bear in mind it is a bit heavy on rendering.  To download the file please use this link.

Please see my video tutorial below were I am showing you a workflow of how I created this animation. Please note this is not step by step tutorial but a workflow which covers all techniques involved to make this type of animation.

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Well, this is by no means a groundbreaking animation. I am merely trying to show the power of Boris Continuum 6 by making a eclipse of a planet.

This is simply one of those techniques you can not do without. I am simply showing you how to produce this effect in Apple Motion, look this has been done before in After Effects and that is cool by me. I just wanted to show you how to make this in Apple Motion.

For this I have used few Boris Continuum 6 filters. I loved working on this animation, my five told me that it remind her on HEROES. I am going along with what she said, i like HEROES too.

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I am very proud of what I have achieved by working on this animation. In this tutorial I will show you how to make gold typography with a see through mesh.

I obviously wanted to explore new features and behaviors  of Apple Motion 4. I also wanted to explore few interesting filters that enabled me to produce GOLD EFFECT. And no it was not created while I was listening to Spandau Ballet song, although if you are of the similar age as me you would have been guilty of dancing to this song few times. What can I say it was cool at the time.

Anyway I think this is very useful technique to have, long live Apple Motion. You will be very impressed how easy is to make this animation.
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This video tutorial In my view carries essential technique for Motion Graphic Artists. I have produced this tutorial exclusively for creative cow.

This is simply one of those techniques you can not do without. I am simply showing you how to produce this effect in Apple Motion, bearing in mind that this technique is very often if not all the time used in Movie Trailers.

As I have created this exclusively for Creative Cow I am going to ask you to go to this link were you can see this Video Tutorial: USE THIS LINK.

I have also become a leader for Apple Motion Forum on creative Cow. If you want to ask me anything you can reach me on this link. Please also note you can always ask me questions on www.embryo.me.uk as this is my personal website.

Below is a example of what are you going to learn to create, start to finish.

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Embryo Energy has finally arrived, I am very excited to show you techniques involved to make this effect. I think you are going to love the simplicity of this tutorial.

Wile working on this animation I have tried to make an energy field that surround the letters, I also tried to produce this only by using Apple Motion 4 already available filters and tools. I have also used new Camera frame behavior.

I will try to produce Video Tutorial for this in the next week, please note this will be only pay per download tutorial. The tutorial will cost $5, this is very cheap bearing in mind you will learn a brilliant new technique enabling you to become better Motion Graphic Artist.

For this animation I have used camera behavior, few different generators, and few filters.

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My new video tutorial is now available to download. The video tutorial is divided into two parts (Animation and Sound) at 2048 x 1280 pix resolution.

The tutorial will cost $7.99 and is available to download now via BUY NOW button below. This tutorial is fairly cheap bearing in mind that you will surely learn some amazing tips within Apple Motion and Soundtrack Pro.  I have created this Video Tutorial at amazingly big 2048 x 1280 pix .

For this animation I have used 3d Shutter filter (third party plugin), lights, advanced type settings and behaviors to create very interesting visual effect with a soundtrack. In this tutorial I will guide you step by step how to make this in Apple Motion 4 and then how to use Soundtrack Pro to create interesting soundtrack. Check out sample animation below.

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This tutorial was created by using Apple Motion 4, this tutorial can be made in Apple Motion 3 and Soundtrack Pro from Final Cut Studio 2 , however in order to open and use purchased Apple Motion and Soundtrack Pro files you will need Final Cut Studio 3.

I just wanted to show you people some of the hidden but cool tricks and tips in Adobe Illustrator CS3. I think you are going to love this one…

While making this Video tutorial I just wanted to shift the focus on Adobe Illustrator for  a second. In this tutorial I am showing you my top three tips in creating a fast but creative artwork. I think you will be impressed with some of the commands I am going to use in this tutorial.

If you have your own techniques send them to me I will be more than happy to give you credit and publish them on embryo.

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Boris Continuum 6 for Apple Motion

I had an opportunity to review what I think is a excellent and groundbreaking set of plug-ins from Boris FX (Boris Continuum 6). See what I think..!

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I was pondering for a very long time how to start writing a review of Boris Continuum 6.

As someone who is very much into Motion Graphic, and as someone who uses Apple Motion 4 as a tool, I have to say that I was very much impressed with the latest incarnation of Boris Continuum 6 for Apple Motion, and Final Cut.

I suppose you people want to know why?.  Before I answer this question I would like to say few things so that you will understand just exactly why I was so impressed with it.

There is no question I am interested in Motion Graphics, there is no question that I am, yes I admit it, a geek, I love reading about third party plug-ins. More that this, I am very interested in finding out how many of those released plug-ins have been finally ported to Apple Motion, as they do really increase our productivity and extend greatly our creativity within the given program. I am pleased to say that the answer to how many third party plug-ins have been ported for Apple Motion have increased ten fold in the last year or so. The reason for this is simple, all of those companies have realised that Apple Motion has come of age and it is considered now to be a major player on the Motion Graphics scene.

After downloading and installing BCC 6 plug-ins I started Apple Motion and immediately proceeded to apply one of the 3D filters, this was simply because it seemed to come first in a stacking order of filters under the filter menu. What immediately became apparent about Boris Continuum 6 was the fact that you had the ability to create 3D text from within Apple Motion without the need to use external program or interface, more impressively was that you could create 3D objects based on imported EPS. We all know how difficult it has been to create true 3D within Apple Motion. For those who have been with me on Embryo and followed what I was doing in the last year and a half, you understand just how much effort I made to bring you effects that are revolving around 3d text and objects by trickery. It seems that Boris people really saw this as a challenge and as a gap in the market to create what seems to be a most extensive set of plug-ins.

Just ask yourself what is it that you cannot do in Apple Motion but always wanted to be able to do. I am sure, that in most cases, creating 3d objects will come top of the list.

Well, I am pleased to say, fear no more, because you will be amazed to learn that all of those things are now possible by using Boris Continuum 6. Sorry, I meant to write, be afraid, very afraid, as this set of plug-ins will truly blow you away. After you download the complete trial version which, consequently works for two weeks with no restriction, I suggest you tie yourself to the chair you are sitting on, as what you going to witness would be a life changing experience. Having said that, make sure you use one of the amazing BCC 3d Objects plug-ins on a group rather than a layer, as this is a must – in order to achieve true 3D. Also make sure to add a camera and use a setting within the setting of the filter where it says use Apple Motion Camera, then, as any good Motion Graphic Artist would, apply a camera behavior sweep (or any other camera behavior) and see what happens. I suppose you can call this magic….

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Just the fact that you can very easily build 3D objects and text inside Apple Motion was good enough for me. However the magic did not stop there, when I looked at the different setting and parameters for each of the BCC 3D Objects I was stunned to see a truly vast numbers of settings that can be key-framed and animated within the realm of Apple Motion. You even have an option to specify your own textures, bump map, specular highlights for front image map, bevel and back image map of the created object. For me, personally, the cherry on the cake was that most of the 3D objects filters had dynamics built in. You had a choice of using (Curl, Shatter, Ripple, Pulse, all of the mentioned dynamics had a vast array of settings which could be manipulated).

In total, Boris Continuum 6 has around 200 filters and effects that can be used to improve your work-flow. This amazing set of filters and effects even has a very long list of Generators that can be used for all kinds of tasks.

To that list I am proudly adding a set of Distortion filters that you will find you cannot live without any more.

In the set of filters of BCC Open GL there is a 3D Extruded Image Shutter filter, we all know that this was a filter that Apple did not include even in the Apple Motion 4. This is one of those filters that is very useful and generally we all wanted to have.

I have honestly spent almost two weeks not making anything substantial. However I have spent two wonderful weeks by just exploring a wide variety of different filters within BCC 6. I did have a sketchbook and a pen and while I explored I was recording in my sketchbook, concepts and ideas that are now very possible to achieve solely within Apple Motion and thanks to BCC6 flexibility and a amazing array of effects and filters.

In conclusion I did not even touch nor I have written anything about a BCC Colour and Blurs filters, BCC Effects, BCC Key and Matts, BCC Lights, BCC Time, BCC Wipe Transition, BCS 3D Filters, and so on, as this would have taken a very long time.

All filters have built in help that will enable you to better understand what does chosen filter or effect does.

Boris seemed to be on their toes when it comes to making sure all filters are seamlessly working with Snow Leopard as the update came only few days after Snow Leopard official Release. This to me was a proof that it is a company who genially care about their Mac customers.

Well, I think I wrote quite a lot of nice things about Boris Continuum 6 for Apple Motion and Final Cut. I also want to be critical as it is an integral part of any review.

The price of the whole bundle is not for everybody’s budget as it costs $ 995.00. I think Boris people recognised this and because of it they have broken the bundle into parts reducing the price substantially, this in turn made this set of filters and effects affordable. I have also found that 3D filters did not accept Apple Motion lights, rather you have to use 3 different lights built in into the plug-in. This was not necessarily a problem as the build-in lights have a vast numbers of settings that can be used, they can be position into X, Y, and more importantly into Z space. This is merely my own personal preference that I can live without.

And in the end I encourage you not be believe me anything I have written, I encourage you to visit Boris website and download the trial version of the software, simply install it, play with it, then come back and tell me how you feel about it.

In my opinion, you lovely people from Boris should be very proud of what you have achieved.