Eart Day Commercial

Working on a short commercial for Earth Day 2007. I figured while I am learning the software, Adobe AFter Effects, might as well do somethign that is more porductive, like working on an actual project.
Very simple. I know the text has to be there for a little longer, but this is what I have so far. I haven't yet experimented with video in After Effects, but will do that soon enough.
Let me know what you think of this.

After Effects: still experimenting.

Another sample. I really don't have a direction in this one, still learning the software. I wanted something cinematic, without the use of video, kind of like a preview to a movie without showing any clips from the movie. I know it dosen't really make sense, but I am limited to my knowledge of the software. Well for what its worth, here it is:

First Attempt at After Effects.

Experimenting here! Last night I took a shot at Adobe After Effects 6.5. I have seen some really cool effects in movies, commercials, especially ESPN and opening credits. I have always wondered how they did it??. I was so intrigued by the way these effects werer done, that I reserached it and found out that most were done in After Effects, 3d Studio Max, Light Wave, Maya, Photoshop, Flash and Combustion. Well a combination of a few of these programs. Well somany programs so little time. I decided to go with After Effects and just start learning the tools and some filters that they use to get some really cool effects. Last night I sat and just messed with all the filters and effects, added some music and came up with this thingggy! Whatever you call it. Either way let me know what you think!

Business Directory

My latest project, a MySQL Powered business directory. www.thecommunitydirectory.com 90% done. Just waiting for the clients approvals and check ofcourse. This was my first time venturing out into the programming world. Dealing with Databases, scripts, PHP, MySQL and admin tools. Man, that's confusing. Had to get some help. A good friend of mine, is a programmer and he wanted to work with me on a project and also get more into web development. I decided to give him a shot and it came out pretty well. Ofcourse we changed the color scheme about 4 times. I liked the first one which was orange and gray, but currently it is baby blue and gray, which is not too bad. Looks nice, a good contrast. This was a pretty challenging project. Not having too many graphics, just something simple, catchy but still keeping it clean and crisp. Much like Google, but nicer fonts... :) I learned a lot and since all I have been doing was Informative or graphic intensive sites, I can now expand my horizons a little into databases.
With so many new technologies and languages coming out its kind of hard to keep up. Doing a project that utilizes these aspects is a great way to learn and stay sharp. Gotta keeeep up!!!

The Photography Website - brief analysis.

The initial page layout for www.camerabstract.com (soon to come) is www.imanstudios.com/camera. Very simple site, tried to keep it clean and not cluttered. The client wanted a palladium feel to it. This site is dedicated to display a portfolio of black & white and palladium photographs. The current logo (as of 4-1) is being changed, working on that right now. The images at the bottome are just space fillers. In its place wil be a scrolling flash movie which will scroll right to left depending on the movement of the mouse. Every image scroling will also be a link that will open up a larger version of that image. The website is kind of shifted to the right a little, and needs to centered more.
The top picture of the trees, will fade in and fade out every so many seconds to different images, that will alos be a flash loop. The contact button up top is also too close to the edge, and will be moved over as of (4-1). But thats the basic layout.
Waiting on the client to send me the initial deposit and then I will begin. With most clients I have dealt on the payment issues, there is always a delay in getting the money, i dont mind it being a 2or 3 days late, but when I starts taking weeks, then I do get a little furstrated. They are quick to sign the contract and FAX it over. But I guess I can understand, sometimes we all run into situations where we just don't have that extra income at that point. its ALLL GOOD... but dont PUSH IT>>