Awesome behind the scenes video of the making of the Chicago Blackhawks opening video. Thanks Brad and Daily Planet for the video.

Some great work from Michael Blank done mainly at CBS College Sports CSTV. Thanks for the contribution Michael. Are you a C4D user?

Some great examples of in-game graphics and LED’s from ANC Design. I think building a 3D stadium to display “All World” or LED’s/Jumbotron graphics is the best way to display such a difficult aspect ratio on the internet.
Thanks Mike for the contribution.

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Really cool Sprint NASCAR spot (what’s up with all these NASCAR posts lately?) but an even cooler case study. Complete with boards, animatics and pictures. You can learn a lot about the process of creating spots like this from case studies. Especially when they are as in depth as 3 Legged Legs. Keep up the good work guys.

Jason White and the team at Lift here in Chicago did a fantastic job with their show package for NASCAR Truck Series on the Speed Network. Very high energy animations, with great some great 3d. Thanks for the contribution.

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You may remember Gkaster from his previous work for Euro Sport. Well he’s just posted his new demo reel, and though I don’t see too much sports related graphics, his work is simply amazing. And as a fellow C4D user its great to see a talent like Gkaster using it to its fullest potential. Feel free to ask questions in the comments section, who knows he may even reply.

GKaster from gkaster on Vimeo.

Watch a full HD version on his site.

Going on today. Get over there! Hope to see everyone here at Bridges Media tonight for the after party.

http://mgfest.com/

And follow the fest on twitter

Ben Sutter of Bulls/Blackhawks fame recently updated his reel with some great work. Thanks for the contribution, looking good.

Launch Movie

I’m sure everyone has seen the Fox Sports HD tag, in every football game in the last 6months. (more…)

I have a love hate relationship with After Effects. I’ve covered my gripes with After Effects a few times here. In all fairness I don’t go posting an article every time after effects works correctly, but it sure does feel good to complain in a public way.

Adobe being the smart people they are have created Dear Adobe, a website for posting praise and hate for all their products. It actually feels pretty good flipping through people’s gripes and realizing you’re not the only one frustrated, and even better to type in your own gripe. And Adobe will respond.

So the next time you hear the sheep noise, before you scream and throw your cat out a window, take a deep breath and check out Dear Adobe for a couple minutes.