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Learning After Effects: Free Tutorial Series

| By Adrian Thompson

A series of FREE tutorials to help you get started using Adobe After Effects. Presented by Adrian Thompson, a motion graphic designer with over 5 years of professional experience. These tutorials are short, to the point and aimed to quickly build your Read More[...]

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5 Steps to Becoming a Motion Designer

| By Adrian Thompson

Have you noticed the increase in animated videos lately? It seems like they’ll be around for a while! Starting and evolving a career in the motion graphic design industry is an exciting process. Below is a basic outline of topics to consider Read More[...]

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How to Produce a Whiteboard Video

| By Adrian Thompson

Whiteboard videos are an excellent way to engage your audience and explain complex ideas or systems. The simple drawings and narration have a way of engaging people and evoking the feeling that it’s being drawn live just for them. This approach removes Read More[...]

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How to Backup After Effects Project Files

| By Adrian Thompson

You’ve created, rendered and delivered a final project out of After Effects. Now what? It’s a great idea to archive the project file so that you can have access to it down the road. By backing up your project correctly, you’ll be Read More[...]

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NorCal Premiere of Project Arbiter

| By Adrian Thompson

Modio had the honor of working on the epic sci-fi espionage short film, Project Arbiter. In November, the entire team and their families were able to gather into Camera 7 Cinemas and see the complete film for the first time. It was Read More[...]

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FREE Element 3D iPhone for After Effects

| By Adrian Thompson

After many requests, we are happy to release this working iPhone 4 model for Element 3D. Show off your apps, play a movie or even better… make it spin in circles! So much to do. All we ask in return, is that Read More[...]

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Nvidia GTX570 Upgrade on MacPro

| By Adrian Thompson

A major part to offering competitively priced motion graphics, is making sure that our workstation doesn’t slow us down. With After Effects CS6 and many new plug-ins utilizing the video card’s GPU – it simply ends up costing more money not to Read More[...]

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Modio on Project Arbiter Credits

| By Adrian Thompson

Modio has recently had the honor of working on the 20 minute sci-fi espionage short film, Project Arbiter. This has been a labor of love by a passionate and innovative group filmmakers, which we were grateful to be apart of. Our role Read More[...]

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Adding 3D to the Mix

| By Adrian Thompson

Here at Modio, we’re always trying to push our limits by learning something new. Below are a few examples of tests we’ve been working on to see how we can effectively add 3D to our motion graphics. The possibilities are just about Read More[...]