3D modeling and animation gets me excited. There are few things I enjoy more than churning out a really cool 3D render. I like to think it’s the artist in me, but it probably has more to do with nerding out on the computer than exercising my inner Picasso. One of the best areas to work in 3D is in...
For a video guy, having a way to reference filmed material while on the field is a incredibly convenient. It makes me shudder to think that, once upon a time, this convenience was a luxury not easily obtained. But, luckily for me, the lcd screens that allow you to instantly review shots and reference earlier material are standard for most...
Animating logos is one of the more interesting aspects of what I do here at Blueprint. It isn’t as difficult, from a technical perspective, as creating a full-fledged animated explainer video, but from a creative perspective, it is a major challenge. One of the bigger difficulties is avoiding repetition. With animation, it can at times be a huge temptation to...
Something I have been working on recently is improving the composition of the videos I create. Due to the fact I work on animation and live-action videos almost equally this has presented a unique learning opportunity, and also a challenge. For animation, keeping scene composition in mind has to be maintained from the point of view of raw implementation. What...
At Blueprint, we are always finding ingenious ways to take care of our client’s needs, give them great service and a quality product. One of the most difficult operations we perform, and the one requiring a lot of ingenuity, is Media Conversion. Media Conversion takes many different shapes and forms. Many of our clients that need Media Conversion bring in...
Blender 3D is a fantastic tool available for everything in your 3D production pipeline. It has grown by leaps and bounds in the past couple of years, with the introduction of the cycles rendering engine taking point as arguably its most exciting development. Achieving photorealism is one of the most sought after goals of any 3D production studio. It can...
Using Adobe Premiere Pro can have its drawbacks, but its seemless integration with After Effects makes it a fantastic solution for adding graphics and animation. These past couple weeks I’ve been using it to edit videos for clients at Blueprint. Getting started was a bit rough as the program was a little different from software I have used in the...
Blueprint recently aquired some new toys for the Video Production Department, including a new mac pro and a massive libarary of video and sound FX. For me it was like an early Christmas (or late depending on your perspective), as I work for the most part exclusively in video production here. I’m excited about the new mac, as it comes with...
These days I think its pretty well undeniable that an online presence is becoming a key growth factor for many businesses, whether big or small, old or new. The question is, once you have a website, how do you get noticed amidst the ocean of other sites strewn across the web? There are many things that go into marketing a website,...
So you have to do a video shoot in a warehouse… When you hear you have a video shoot scheduled in a warehouse, do you prepare yourself? Video is never an easy project. Furthermore, on location in a warehouse is certainly not an easy project. Warehouse projects may come up often. Several companies want to show off their equipment, laboratories, and...
