Category: Videos

JEH Designs Showreel 3

This is my 3rd Showreel and includes clips from –     Personal projects     Short films     E4 Esting competition entry     Future Pro Wrestling (FPW) trailers. Software used After Effects, and 3D Studio Max. Watch on Vimeo here.

Hunted short film clip

This is a clip from the short film Hunted.  The short film is a chase that starts in space and continues on an alien forest planet.  In the clip the lead character is being hunted by two Hunter Droids that have been sent after her by her pursuer on the alien forest planet. The short film was …

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Ancient Logo Discovery

Ancient Logo Discovery animation modeled with Element 3D and 3DS Max.  The hieroglyph normal texture was created with Element 3D inside of After Effects.  Everything apart from the pillars was done with Element 3D which were modeled in 3DS Max.  I added some clips at the beginning and end from Rampant Design Tools – Film Clutter …

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E4 E sting Competition Entry

This is my entry to the E4 E sting Competition 2013.  E4 Savings The Piggy Bank was modeled and animated in 3DS Max and reactor was used to simulate the pieces falling.  After Effects was used to composite an ambient occlusion pass for small shadows and to add additional elements, including extra small pieces with Trapcode Particular. …

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Logo Cut Out Reveal

A quick animation using Element 3D and Autotrace to create a cut out of my logo, with Trapcode Particular for some dust. Watch on Vimeo here.

Spirograph with Trapcode Particular

Here is Spirograph created with Trapcode Particular,  using an expression from Dan Ebbert’s site (Motionscript.com).  I applied the expression to the position of a light and used that as an emitter for Particular.  I changed the values of the expression (offset, speed, scale) to get different results.  I also changed the values of wind in …

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Spheres

Experimenting with Element 3D and animated groups.  Not sure what I was going for so it’s basically an After Effects Doodle! Watch on Vimeo here

Apps Fall

Here is my first animation using Reactor in 3DS Max.   It was fun to animate with and I hope to use it more, along with the other things that can be done with Reactor.  I did want the bulldozer to be moved with Reactor but I couldn’t get the timing right so settled with …

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Logo in the rain

This animation was originally part of the recent Future Pro Wrestling Crowning Glory trailer, but due to some changes it didn’t fit with the rest of the trailer.  I liked the animation and didn’t want to delete it as it was no longer needed, so I put my JEH Designs logo in there instead and added …

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Magical GPS Map

A short animation inspired by the marauders map from Harry Potter.  Using Trapcode Echospace for the footprints although I think they could also have been animated with Particular.  Also animated 3d layers for the unfolding map. Watch on Vimeo here.