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I am now published at AEtuts+

Topher — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:38:51 +0000

There is a new amazing tutorial site on the horizon for After Effects. It is a subsidiary within the Envato Network, and a sister site to popular tutorial websites like PSDtuts+, Nettuts+, Vectortuts+, and Audiotuts+.

AEtuts+ has finally launched and has been running strong for a couple of months now. This is a tutorial site unlike any other out there, because they are user-run, and only accept high quality effects and tutorials. They have featured tutorials on popular effects like Pierre Michel’s Particular Signature effect, and various, very cool kinetic typography tutorials.

Run by Lloyd Alvarez of AEscripts.com, AEtuts+ is quickly growing to be one of the daily stops for a lot of rising AFter Effects artists. I have been fortunate enought to have a weekly article that gets released on Fridays on various subjects such as inspiration, tutorial roundups, and informational articles like my latest article this week: A Concise Guide To After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts. If you click the thumbnail, it will take you to my author page at AEtuts+ so that you can see all the different articles I have published. I am working on a tutorial for the site based on the beginning of the RockNRolla title sequence where Johnny Quid pulls out his guns and it shows the name of the movie. The tutorial will be basically showing how to do the shifting in depth of field, moving in 3D space, and the transition from video to illustration. =

That’s it for now, so check back often to see when I have new stuff published, and feel free to check out my Demo Reel.

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

My Favorite Youtube Channels

Topher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:40:21 +0000

I find myself enjoying “New Media” more than actual television these days. I figured I would make a post about those channels on youtube that I watch constantly and make my day when I see that there are new videos available.

Edbassmaster:

sxePhil:

SMPFilms:

GradualReport:

makemebad35:

You should also hit up channels like RadioPlayhouse, Minouye, DaveLehre, and of course WELSHCS and TOPHERTHEVIDEOGUY

Defend Net Neutrality!

Topher — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:53:21 +0000

Okay so this is an issue that I am very passionate about, but haven’t really taken any action against protecting… NET NEUTRALITY. There are huge corporations like VIRGIN that want to commercialize the internet… not just posting too many popups and things like that, but actually limiting access and speeds of access to certain sites if you are with a certain provider. I personally think this is ludacris… I mean, the internet is the World Wide Web. It connects everyone, in everyway, and it is a place where anyone can post anything and see whatever they want, withough guidelines, and without the FCC breathing down their neck. But now corporations are trying to threaten that.

I frequent a youtube channel called AtheneWins. Its this crazy World Of Warcraft player with a reality show about how it is to be a professional gamer. Well, they have made a website called IPower, and on that website they have posted this video below. Don’t mind the picture of the girl… that’s just to get views… but seriously WATCH IT, it explains everything that is going on with this fight of Net Neutrality very well.

Click here to view the embedded video.

So now you understand, we have to defend Net Neutrality. If we don’t the internet will become just like the rest of the world… commercialized.