Pepsi Diet - Bottle Animation 3D

A 3D animation done for PEPSI Diet.

First I have modeled the bottle in 3D max. Here i am showing the pictures of different stages of the model. Then applied the texture ( art work of Pepsi Diet Bottle) supplied by the client. Done the animation with key frames and rendered as tga files for compositing.

3d max stage 1

3d max stage 2

3d max stage 3

3d max stage 4



Texture Supplied by client



3d max Interface

Compositing has done in Adobe After Effects. 3d layer has composited on a blue gradient background plate. Sapphire plugin has used for making the lensflare.

After Effects Interface

Hope you guys liked the Pepsi Diet - Bottle 3D Animation.

Wish you a 'Very Happy New Year'. See you next time with a new animation post.

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OSCAR 2008 - Visual Effects

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films were selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 81st Academy Awards.

The films that were selected as semifinalists

“Australia”
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
“Cloverfield”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“The Day the Earth Stood Still”
“Hancock”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“The Incredible Hulk”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“Journey to the Center of the Earth”
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
“Quantum of Solace”
“The Spiderwick Chronicles”

In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who voted the semifinalists, will narrow the list to seven.

On Thursday, January 15, all members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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Credit Card Animation - RAK Bank Master Card

This is a 4s 3d animation I have done for RAK Bank - Master Card Credit Card advertisement.

Maya and Adobe After Effects used to do this animation. Hope you guys like it.

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Logo Animation - 3ds Max, Maya, After Effects

Logo Animation - Noor Islamic Bank - Dubai

Dear friends,

Here I am talking about a Logo Animation which I have done for a Dubai based Bank couple of months back. Below i am showing an image if the logo. Got this logo as an Illustrator file format.

Logo in Adobe Illustrator Format

Created the space and planet in Maya. Rendered as TGA files. Composited in Adobe After Effects with many layers of different effects includes Trapcode plugins for After Effects.

The illustrator file imported in 3d max as lines. Add bevel modifier and animate the text. Rendered as TGA files and composited in Adobe After Effects.

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After Effects Interface

This is the Calligraphy image I have created in Adobe Photoshop which I have used in the biginning of the logo animation.

Hope you guys liked it. Enjoy.

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Rexona Logo Animation

This 5s Rexona Bumper animation done with the help of 3ds max, Real flow & After Effects.

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NIDO Tin Animation - 3ds Max, After Effects, Photoshop

Final Animation

Guys, here I would like to explain you, how I have done an animation for NIDO, with help of 3ds Max, After Effects, Photoshop. Before the animation there was an ariel shot of NIDO research and development center. Then the last frame will roll on the NIDO tin and it forms with some line glow Effects. Then a NIDO shield will pop-up from the tin. The total animation was 7 seconds.

I did the model in 3ds Max. Then Created a Plane and apply the research center shot as texture on it. Then add a rolling effect on the plane using 'Bend Modifier' and animated it along with NIDO tin. Created many lines and animated along paths. Here I will show the animation from 3ds max.

Animation from 3ds max

Here I will show you the texture applied on the NIDO tin.

Tin Texture

Max Interface

Rendered all elements separate TGA layers and composited in Adobe After Effects.

After Effects Interface

Here I will show you the Image which I have used for background of animation.

NIDo shield Image which I have used for pop-up animation.

Hope you have got an idea about this animation. Enjoy...!

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Bounty Coconut Boat / 3D Animated Commercial

Bounty Coconut Boat 10" 3d animated Commercial, I have done for Bounty Chocklates with the help of Maya, 3d Max, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.

The ad agency was IMPACT BBDO, Dubai.

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Rolling Carpet / Rolling Ribbon / 3ds Max Tutorial

How you can create a Rolling Carpet or a Rolling Ribbon in 3ds max with very simple method?

Guys, Get ready..


Open 3ds Max

Go to Menu, Customize,Unit setup...
Check the 'Generic Units'

Create a Box

Length 14.5width 230Height 0.3

Length Segs 20

Width Segs 150

Heght Segs 1

Add a 'Bend' modifier from the modify Panel


Change the parameters to,
Angle -3000
Select x axis
Check 'Limit Effect'
Upper Limit 240
Lower limit 0

Now you got almost a Roll.







But to get a perfect Roll, go to Bend Modifier Sub object Level and Select the Gizmo
Select Rotate and in Perspective Viewport Change 'z' Value to 1

Now you got the exact Roll.




Select Bend 'Gizmo' Sub Object level and move right and left.

U will get a perfect animation. Add a Beautiful Texture and Render it.

Enjoy.


With this carpet rolling I have done animation for Braun Silk-epil.

Done animation in 3ds max. Created a pink silk texure for ribbon.

The Final Compositing and Color correction done by Adobe After Effects

Here you watch final animation of the shot.

Thank you for reading this article. Please write your comments.

See you again with another interesting topic soon......!

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New After Effects CS4 With 'Imagineer Mocha'

This major upgrade to After Effects lets you more easily search and navigate around your project, import 3-D layers from Photoshop, fine tune your composites with separate X-, Y-, and Z-position keyframes, create a cel animation look from live footage, and export projects to open and edit inside Flash. A new add-on program, now shipping with After Effects, helps you track hard-to-manage shots.

Imagineer Systems’ Mocha for After Effects is a stand-alone application that now ships with After Effects CS4. This powerful 2.5-D planar motion tracker works better than point-based trackers on problem footage—for example footage with objects moving out of frame or poor lighting conditions that show little detail, or excessive noise.

Mocha for After Effects is a stand-alone 2D tracking tool based on Imagineer Systems unique 2.5D Planar Tracking technology. Mocha for After Effects makes it possible to track problematic shots that traditionally challenge point based trackers, with problems such as footage with objects moving out of frame, lack of detail, motion blur and heavy grain. This helps the artist to generate solid tracks, giving position, scale, rotation, shear and perspective matched tracks and exporting the data to After Effects in less time.

Mocha for After Effects is compatible with prior versions of Adobe After Effects and also is available as a stand-alone application directly from Imagineer Systems. Additionally, mocha for After Effects users are eligible to upgrade to a full mocha toolset, adding significant VFX design functionality.

For more information visit www.imagineersystems.com.

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Mickey Mouse - Happy 80th Birthday

Name : Mickey Mouse

Date of Birth : 18 Nov 2008

Fathers Name : Walt Disney

Longtime girlfriend : Minnie Mouse

Pet's Name : Pluto (dog)

Mickey Mouse, the most popular character in history,the little rodent who helped build the empire of Walt Disney, celebrates his 80'th birthday today. Oddly, the Disney corporation is not making a big deal of Mickey's birthday, perhaps because it is worried that mentioning Mickey Mouse great age will damage his reputation among his youngest fans. So it is up to the rest of us to celebrate for him - and celebrate we should.

Disney marks Mickey Mouse birthday on this day in 1928 upon the release of Steamboat Willie. Now 80 years on Mickey Mouse has grown to be one of the most recognizable symbols in the world.

He never ages. No wrinkles, no drops, no sagging, not even a gray whisker. That's my kind of aging!

Happy 80th Birthday Mickey Mouse! ...

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Bounty Hammock 3D Animated Commercial

This 10" 3d animated Commercial I have done for Bounty Chocklates with the help of Maya, 3d Max, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.

The ad agency was IMPACT BBDO, Dubai.

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Dubai International Horse Racing Promo

This is a promo I have done for Dubai International Horse Race.

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Braun Silk epil 2D Animation - Particle Effects

This animation I have done for 'Braun Silk-epil' with Free Gift 'Pome Bag'

The following picture I created in Photoshop with different layers. It was around 3o layers in Photoshop and imported that file as a single comp (2048 x 1556). Animated the flowers and Stem in the high resolution composition. Then I brought the high res. comp. in to a PAL resolution comp. (720 x 576) and animated the position from bottom right to top left.

Image From Photoshop

Animated the supers, 'Silk-epil shaver' and the 'Pome Bag' in the PAL Resolution Comp.

After Effects Interface

Created the particle effects from 3d Studio Max. Composited in After Effects.

3D max Interface

Hope you have got an idea about this work. Enjoy.

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Snickers Football Mania - 3D Animation

This is a 10s animation I have done for Snickers Arabia using 3d studio Max and After Effects.

Ad Agency was Impact BBDO, Dubai.

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Head & Shoulders Pack Change - 3D Animation, Visual Effects

Dear friends here I will show you how to create a new pack to an existing pack shot of a running commercial to avoid the reproduction cost of the whole commercial when they change the model of the packs.

These are the Shots Before and After the Animation.

Pack Shot 01 Before Animation

Pack Shot 01 After Animation

Here I am showing another shot from the same project.

Pack Shot 02 Before Animation

Pack Shot 02 After Animation

First I have modeled the pack by the help of 3d studio max. Here I am showing the textures which I have used for the pack and its cap.

Here is the 3D Interface Image to get you an idea how it looks like.

After modeling I did the animation of the pack as the reference of the existing shot and rendered the output as 32bit TGAs. Here i will show you a movie of 3d animation.

3d Scene

The final compositing has done in Adobe After Effects. Recreated the water effects and composited the leaves on top of the new 3d pack.

Hope u have got an idea about this work and enjoy reading this. Thanks for being with me. If you have anything to ask please write to me.

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Autodesk Aquire Softimage - Avid Lost Password to 3D

Autodesk and Avid Technology announced that they have signed an agreement for Autodesk to acquire all of the assets of Avid’s Softimage for $35 million. Its flagship product is SOFTIMAGEXSI, an extensible 3D animation software solution used by leading media and entertainment companies all over world.

Softimage was founded in 1986 by National Film Board of Canada filmmaker Daniel Langlois. It was later bought by Billgates's Microsoft in 1994. They bought Montreal-based SoftImage for $130 million. Later AVID bought Softimage in 1998 for $285 Million. It was included DS - now AVID DS.

AVID has revenue of $638.2 million in the last 9 months which annualizes to $850M, so Softimage represents only 1.8% of their annual sales. While they will make $35M selling Softimage, their net loss for the quarter was $66.4 million.AVID installed a new management team at the beginning of the year and it is this team that after reviewing the company as a whole decided to sell the division. The Softimage business unit acts as a separate operating unit, with its own very motivated sales and marketing team, so the split was not going to be messy or relatively complex.

Softimage Product Integration

Upon completion of the acquisition, Autodesk intends to continue developing and selling Softimage’s core product line, while integrating certain Softimage technology into future versions of Autodesk solutions and products. Autodesk plans to acquire and continue developing the following Softimage products:

SOFTIMAGEXSI: Including XSI Essentials, XSI Advanced, XSI Academic, XSI Mod Tool and the XSI software development kit. XSI is production-proven 3D animation software for games, film and television. It offers a complete 3D modeling, animation, rendering and development environment for visual effects and custom tools.

SOFTIMAGEFace Robot: A complete software solution for easily rigging and animating 3D faces. Face Robot enables studios to create life-like facial animation at incredible speeds.
SOFTIMAGECat: This advanced character animation system is a plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max software. It is intended to be integrated into the 3ds Max product line.

SOFTIMAGECrosswalk: This interoperability solution is intended to be integrated with Autodesk’s own interoperability technology.

Autodesk now has the most powerful portfolio of 3D products that any company has had since the birth of 3D.

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Showreel Introduction - Adobe After Effects

Here I am showing an animation of my showreel introduction. Completely done this animation in Adobe After Effects. Please write your comments and questions.

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Maya nParticles - Maya2009 Special Effects

Maya 2009 introduces the second module built on the highly acclaimed Maya Nucleus unified simulation framework: Maya nParticles. This newest toolset gives you an intuitive, efficient workflow for simulating a wide range of complex effects, including liquids, clouds, smoke, spray, and dust. It features particle-to-particle collisions, particle and nCloth bidirectional interaction, powerful constraints, cloud and “blobby” hardware display, preset rendering, and dynamic behaviors.

• Maya nParticles

Maya nParticles, the newest Maya Nucleus toolset, gives artists an intuitive, efficient workflow for simulating a wide range of complex effects, including liquids, clouds, smoke, spray, and dust.

• Liquid Simulation

The Liquid Simulation functionality gives you an intuitive method to create effects such as pouring liquids and sloshing liquids in containers.Specify the incompressibility and viscosity of the particles, as well as how much they are permitted to overlap.

• Particle to Particle Collisions

Maya nParticles can collide with other nParticles, enabling them to accumulate within volumes.

• Particle and Cloth Interaction

Bidirectional interaction with nCloth enables particles to affect cloth, and cloth to affect particles simultaneously, allowing complex effects to be easily simulated.

• Particle Constraints

nParticles can use a range of nConstraints, including Transform, Component to Component, Point to Surface, Slide on Surface, and Force Fields, providing an extra degree of control without the need to write complex expressions.

• Cloud and Blobby Hardware Display

An accurate hardware display allows you to interactively preview the look of nParticles set to software render as clouds or blobbies.

• Fill Object with Particles

Fill a mesh with nParticles with a single click, for an easy simulation starting point.

• Ramp Widgets for Particle Shading

A built-in ramp widget allows for easy and intuitive mapping of various shading attributes such as Radius, Color, Opacity, Incandescence over time (or over age, radius, speed).

• Creation Presets

Create nParticles with a choice of dynamic and rendering behaviors, such as water and cloud, making initial setup faster and easier

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Color Keying - Visual Effects - CG Shots Compositing

Here we are talking about Color Keying. Showing some images from one of the most outstanding mini-series in recent times has been the historical drama of John Adams. Apart from outstanding performances by Paul Giamatti as John Adams and his wife, Abigail, played by Laura Linney, the whole production was one marked by visual excellence and historical authenticity.

Green Screen Shot

CG Shot For Compositing

Final Shot after compositing

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Green Screen Shot

Final Shot after compositing

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Green Screen Shot

Final Shot after compositing

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Gillette Blue 3D Animation - 2D Compositing

Recently I have done an animation for Gillette. Here I will write the way I have done the animation.

Here u see the story board which I have received from ad agency.

Guys, First I have modeled the Shaver using 3d studio max. Here I am attaching an image of max interface. Then animated shaver and rendered tga files (32bit alpha) with the help of Vray renderer.

The drop also animated separately and rendered in 32bit tga format.

Composite in Aftereffects and got the final output.

If u have any Q's please feel free to ask.

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Animation - 3D - 2D - Graphics

Animation means, literally, to breathe life into some thing. Animators in this sense, look to breathe life into situations rather than people. They help to build environments and relationships in which people can grow and have a care for each other. It is this latter strand that is closest to informal education.

An animator is an artist or illustrator who creates Special effects or other visual images on film, on video, or with computers or other electronic media. The illustration aspects to this skill cannot be emphasized enough, as animators often use story boards and other venues to create their initial work or even to create the final images. Although animators need to learn how to draw by hand, they also use software that creates vector images for animations.

The animator may develop skills through fine art classes or through classes aimed at increasing skills in the arts. Most visual effects projects completed by a animation studio or advertising studio begin with brainstorming ideas. The people who brainstorm include the creative director, the art director, or the person who heads up the design team, the advertising or marketing department heads, and others who have input into the project. Once the idea is decided upon, the various department heads take the project back to their employees to begin work.

The creative director will make sure that the creative team the layout and design artists, typesetters, illustrators, photographers, and whoever else is involved in a project understand the project and can finish their separate components on time to create the prototype. The creative director may work directly with the copywriters or scriptwriters, but if the studio is large enough, the art director may work with the writing team. These titles are not absolute, as the hierarchy in some studios may vary according to responsibilities.

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