My good friend Dave Helmly asked me to create an open for his show on Adobe TV...

Well I've finally locked down a training facility and schedule that I can post...

This is the graphics package that was done for There's Hope America
Producer: Don White
Art Direction and Animation: Dean Velez
3D Assist: Beau Battles, Abigail Scott, Alex Casanova and Adam Plouff

Broadcast Motion Graphics Workflow
THE SCI FI THEATRE PACKAGE
3D Assist: Alex Casanova

This is the syllabus I use when teaching an introductory college class in Motion Graphics and After Effects.

Various examples of the "Scale" transform are shown here...this is a great resource for teachers and students.

Various examples of the "Position" transform are shown here...this is a great resource for teachers and students.

Various examples of the "Rotation" transform are shown here...this is a great resource for teachers and students.

Various examples of the "Anchor Point" transform are shown here...this is a great resource for teachers and students.

An example of "motion blur" is shown here...this is a great resource for teachers and students.

An example of the "Opacity" transform is shown here...this is a great resource for teachers and students.

In honor of green beer and that Lucky Charms mascot all St Patrick's Day inspired Ani Elements will be free until March 17th!

Here are some examples on customizing the St Patricks Day Ani Elements

Here is an example of what can be created with the St Patricks Day Ani Elements

From 2000-2005 I was the Corporate Art Director for Gannett Broadcasting. My job was to assist in creating Broadcast Packages for their 22 television stations and USA Today.

Over those years of creating Broadcast Packages I've come up with ( and borrowed ) several questions that are usually asked to the stations.

Since 2006 Erika Taguchi of blurMEDIA has been the Captain behind keepin' this website afloat.

The first 10 CD Project Lessons have been archived to 1 DVD at a new low price.

On many projects it saves a lot of time and money to work up some pencil storyboards before getting into the photoshop boards...here are a few examples of pencil storyboards that I've done over the years.

Experiment: Create a Christmas ID using Ani Elements.

Elements needed: 3D Environment Element 2, Box Element 1, Puppet Element 1, Snow Element 1, Ornament Element 1, 2 and 3

Experiment: Create a Murder Mystery Movie Title Sequence using Ani Elements.

Elements needed: Scary Element 4, Scary Element 5, Scary Element 6, Text Element 2, Text Element 3

Photoshop Boards used for the News Package redesign of WBIR in Knoxville TN 2003.

Experiment: Create a Thanksgiving Day ID using Ani Elements.

Elements needed: Cloth Element 2, Glow Element 1, Scary Element 4, Scary Element 5, Nature Element 2, and Nuclear Elements 1, 2 and 3

Photoshop Boards used for the News Package redesign of KSDK in Saint Louis MO 2003.

Photoshop Boards used for the Package design of Realty on TV 2002.

Photoshop Boards used for the News Package redesign of KPNX in Phoenix AZ 2004.