Rendering 3D Images in Photoshop

Untitled from danny grimm on Vimeo.

Energy Ball

We started working with particle systems in After Effects and I decided to tackle just a glowing orb and tried to see how elaborate and organic I could make it look.  I used a number of Vegas effects to create the streams, a burst effect in the CC Particle World, and a lens flare to top it off and give it some character. I promise it looks a lot better in After Effects and I'll try to reload a copy that isn't so grainy.  

Energy Ball from danny grimm on Vimeo.

Caterpillar Crawl

This week's assignment was to animate text and this was the product. I tried to make a convincing crawl but had a hard time animating the text on the Y-axis.

Caterpillar Crawl from danny grimm on Vimeo.