This past week Platt College San Diego 3D and Video students had an opportunity to visit a local studio here in San Diego. Hangar B Studios is the home of the Production Crate team. They are a local San Diego YouTube channel put on by Christopher Kelly. The team has grown to five since 2009 specializing in VFX, Motion Graphics, Sound FX, and Music. Our instructors connected with them and… Read More
Well, another year has come to an end and while many are happy to say goodbye to the year 2016, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the amazing designs created by our students and alumni throughout the year. We’re counting down the Top 20 Student & Alumni Creations of 2016 based off of likes via our Instagram profile. If you’re not following us on Instagram already,… Read More
This week’s featured motion graphic was a collaboration between two of our alumni, Michael Fugoso and Austin Faure. We love seeing our students work together using their different skill sets to create fun and unique designs. For this motion graphic, Michael originally illustrated the robot character in Adobe Illustrator. Then Austin surprised him by animating his character and adding the explosions and other effects using Adobe After Effects. The result… Read More
In 1977, George Lucas and his team changed the way we saw and created movies forever. It was an epic challenge, because Lucas had envisioned an entire universe full of creatures, spaceships and technologies that didn’t exist yet. In fact, even the visual effects technology to portray this universe was in its infancy. So how did they do it? Trilogy I: Episodes IV through VI, 1977 – 1983 … Read More
Platt College Alumni Bryan Toomey collaborated with fellow classmate Austin Faure to create this 3D animated logo. Lipstick Surf Co. is a surf wax brand founded by Platt alumni Austin Faure and a lifelong friend of his, Noah Crider. This logo was originally designed by Austin and is used for several of their promotional projects. Bryan did a great job bringing it to life in 3D and adding some great… Read More
VFX Project Of The Week: Advanced Rendering With Boujou Whether you’re a student in our 3D Animation program you will learn how to use advanced rendering techniques with Boujou. This week’s featured VFX project focuses on an animation created with the help of Boujou as well as other 3D and VFX related programs. Platt College student Jennifer Holland filmed the following footage on her GoPro and then imported it into… Read More
New IMAX Film ‘The Walk’ Features Platt Alumni VFX Talent This weekend the latest IMAX film from Robert Zemeckis will be released called ‘The Walk.’ The film has already earned $240,000 in its first day of limited release and currently has an 87% “fresh” rating on the review site Rotten Tomatoes. Here at Platt College San Diego we understand the time, effort and talent needed to bring amazing blockbusters like… Read More
Looking to try something new in Adobe After Effects? We compiled a list of these 5 popular tutorials from posts we made to our Facebook page over the past few months. Whether you’re just learning visual effects or you want to add some new techniques to your repertoire, we hope you will find these tutorials helpful. #1 – How to Replace the Sky in a Video: Sky replacement is a… Read More
Whether you’re a student studying digital media design at Platt College or you’re a designer currently working in the industry, chances are you’ve used a tutorial to learn a new skill or technique. We enjoy sharing helpful and inspiring tutorials we find online through our Facebook, Twitter, Google + and Pinterest pages almost daily! Through researching our social media insights we compiled this collection of the Top 10 Design Tutorials… Read More
Platt College VFX Alumni Joel Morillo on His Latest Project, Cosplay Dreams 3D If you’re a fan of Cosplay and Comic Books then do we have a treat for you! Platt College Visual Effects Alumni, Joel Morillo, has recently completed production on a fun and inspiring film about the world of cosplay called Cosplay Dreams 3D. Joel did a great job using his VFX skills to bring many of the… Read More
