The Motion Graphics with LightWave Series

Motion Graphics artist Rich Helvey demonstrates the techniques he uses to create 3D animated graphics for NBC's Access Hollywood, The Tonight Show and others. You'll discover valuable time saving tips & tricks for text formatting, surfacing, background treatments and design layouts.

• Text Creation
• Logo Conversion
• Lighting Tricks
• Post Processing
• Better Bevels
• Making it Loop
• The Glint Pass

• Super Surfaces
• Particle Application
• Background Treatments
• Graphic Design
• Broadcast Transitions

Create dazzling animated motion graphics in LightWave 3D®. Discover professional modeling & animation techniques that save you time and provide the ultimate creative control of your logo creations.

Motion Graphics with LightWave

Textual Revolution

Twist, shrink, bend, spin, twirl & shimmer your logo and text to create dazzling animated motion graphics in LightWave 3D®. Discover professional modeling & animation techniques that save you time and provide the ultimate creative control of your logo creation. Convert flat artwork into a 3D object then apply modeling techniques to add detail. Quickly create graphic elements to enhance spatial depth. Use the graph editor to easily fine-tune each element, and then apply post processing in Adobe® After Effects for that final touch.

• Logo Conversion
• Adding Detail
• Managing Layers
• Graph Editing
• Lighting Tricks
• Post Processing

Discover professional techniques for creating broadcast quality 3D motion graphics. With technical explanations, step-by-step instruction and real time visual demonstrations. Includes all project files, which can be easily accessed on your computers DVD Rom drive or download at www.desktopimages.com.

Motion Graphics with LightWave

Graphic Details

Find out what sets apart a mediocre graphic animation with an awesome one. It's all in the details. Learn some of the subtle yet all-important elements of motion graphics including advanced concepts for extruding, beveling and surfacing. Creating effective metal & glass surfaces. Discover the application of the glint pass to guide the viewer's eye. Plus powerful techniques to endlessly loop any animation.

• Better Bevels
• Super Superficies
• Make It Loop
• The Glint Pass

Discover professional techniques for creating broadcast quality 3D motion graphics. With technical explanations, step-by-step instruction and real time visual demonstrations. Includes all project files, which can be easily accessed on your computers DVD Rom drive or download at www.desktopimages.com.

Motion Graphics with LightWave

Distinguished Backgrounds

Learn to apply powerful techniques for creating unique and useful backdrops for motion graphic applications. Ambiguous and abstract backgrounds for a wide variety of applications, themed backgrounds for holidays, weddings & special events and backgrounds with selected elements for production packages. Create templates that can be easily manipulated to make custom backgrounds in no time.

• Particle Application
• Ambiguous Environments
• Themed Backdrops
• Graphic Packages

Discover professional techniques for creating broadcast quality 3D motion graphics. With technical explanations, step-by-step instruction and real time visual demonstrations. Includes all project files, which can be easily accessed on your computers DVD Rom drive or download at www.desktopimages.com.

Motion Graphics with LightWave

Grand Design

Combine the techniques from the Motion Graphics with LightWave Series and apply the real-world demand for title and logo animation. Rich Helvey shows you his unique approach to award winning motion graphics. With a variety of applications from event graphics, corporate logo treatments, and broadcast style packages.

• Elements of Design
• Themed Animation
• Corporate Logo
• Broadcast Transitions

Discover professional techniques for creating broadcast quality 3D motion graphics. With technical explanations, step-by-step instruction and real time visual demonstrations. Includes all project files, which can be easily accessed on your computers DVD Rom drive or download at www.desktopimages.com.

Rich Helvey

Rich Helvey has been creating special effects, broadcast graphics, and animations since 1992 for the likes of The Tonight Show, Entertainment Tonight, UFO Films Inc, and Art FX. Rich is currently the lead animator for NBC's Access Hollywood, and creative director at his company, artificial imagination inc.

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