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I’ll Be M.I.A. For a While….

Topher — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:29:16 +0000

Sooooo me and the family are looking to get a house soon, but before that happens since I am working a low-paying, low-hours job… we have to cut costs… sooo that means no more internet, no more 400 channels of cable… no more covered parking spot… and many other luxuries sacrificed. I never really realized what its like to not be able to afford the things that you really take for granted… I mean, my whole life I have pretty much had everything I wanted… but times have come that the family comes first and to get to that dream life… the road gets a little rocky. I am still going to be updating my blog and youtube every once in a while… but I won’t be checking in every day.

In other news… I have finished the editing on the Kane Hodder video… and now comes the fun part… visual effects post production! I am really stoked for this, because this is my first REAL music video I have done that has a bunch of VFX put in. Kane Hodder LOVED the raw footage with the plain editing… so I am stoked to see what they say about it after I get the VFX done. I am thinking that this might be my first opportunity to make a video tutorial. Since I am going to have so much to OFFLINE and so little time online… I will have a lot more time to make productions, and I really want to break into the AE tutorial scene and learn some more Cinema4D. Most of my time is going to be spent posting here, youtube, and downloading and watching tutorials.

As for now… keep a lookout… because I will be posting a lot of new stuff… VERY SOON.

-Toph

Freakin’ Helpful In Anything You Do…

Topher — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:41:39 +0000

So I thought that I would make a posting telling you all about how I really got going and got all my inspiration and all that crap, but I just figured, I’m lazy and have things to do, but what I will give you is a link to a ton of places that have helped me AMAZINGLY and will give you tons of information to make some freaking sweet stuff in AE, 3D apps, Zaxwerks, or whatever.

If you wanna make some killer stuff like you see in movies… this is the place to do it. Andrew Kramer really shows you how versatile After Effects really is.

John Dickinson pretty much is one of the best I have seen at teaching how Zaxwerks plugins really work and covers the basics in his free tutorial section… also check out his Making It Look Great Series… damn. New ones are coming out in a week!

This has everything on ANYTHING you need to know… just peruse.

Those are my faves, but there is also:

http://www.cineversity.com/Index.asp for C4D Resources
http://aefreemart.com/ for tons of free AE stuff
http://maltaannon.com/ more AE tutorials
http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e.html more AE tutorials
http://generalspecialist.com/2007/10/cinema-4d-resources.asp a link to MORE C4D resources (I’m lazy)

So yeah… check those out if you want to get going in either C4D or AE, because seeing what cool stuff you can actually make with just these two apps… makes you feel like you can do ANYTHING.

Oh, and if you live in Tacoma or the surrounding area… remember we are shooting the Kane Hodder video at Supernova Hair and Tattoo at 4pm SHARP on Sunday April 13th 2008!

We are also going to be filming behind the scenes as well for a special I am gonna be editing after the video is done… so if you dont make it into the music video perhaps you will get on the making of!

Toph.

Kane Hodder Video Shoot

Topher — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:40:07 +0000

So the details have been finalized… and I am going to be producing the new Kane Hodder music video for the song “Siberia 1908″! Yeah, I know… it’s AWESOME. Although this is my first REAL music video shoot… I have a great feeling about it. I got my good friend Mike Crews as the DOP shooting the video on his Sony VX2100 and I am going to be directing and in charge of post production.

We are shooting APRIL 13th 2008 @ 4:00pm at Supernova Hair and Tattoo. Address is 817 Division Avenue in Tacoma, Wa 98403. We need around 60 people to be in the video because its going to be a live based video… so if you want to come and rock your ass off and be a part of musical history. LET ME KNOW! Email me at welshcs@gmail.com

Adobe Maxon Power Integration Tour

Topher — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:36:10 +0000

So I just agot back from the Adobe Maxon Power of Integration Tour 2008… and damn, that was a lot to take in. Pretty much what it was about is integrating both Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects to use in real world situations… it was pretty awesome… I mean the dude from Maxon completely made a freaking 97 story building build itself from the ground up being made up of particles in like 20 minutes.

They also showed us all of the features of the Adobe Production Premium Suite CS3 and showed us how to integrate all of those features as well to better our workflow.

OH…. and the food was ridiculously amazing too. Hahaha pizza and gourmet cheeses and desserts… freaking awesome. Seriously next year when it comes around to your town…. GO! or if it hasn’t hit your town yet… make sure you are there…

It was the perfect boost and just the right amount of information for me to feel comfortable jumping into the Cinema 4D interface, because there is sooooo much to it.

So yeah, bottom line… if you don’t care about After Effects or Cinema 4D, just go for the food… because it is freaking awesome.

100 Grand XLNTads Contest Entry

Topher — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:35:01 +0000

So the Toe-Fur Productions production crew is at it again… and in the running for a $5,000 dollar prize, and a possible $20,000 prize if it makes it onto television!

The contest is the XLNTads 100 Grand video contest. We shot for two hours at the Graf Garage in Tacoma, Washington, which by the way is now painted over…

Cast and Crew are as follows:

Director: Topher Welsh
Director of Photography/Camera: Mike Crews
Good Guy: Topher Welsh
Bad Guy: Sean Cunningham
Thug: Fun Bobby
Girl: LaShae Peyton
Dog: Beaux Welsh

Click here to view the embedded video.