Tag: Trapcode

Happy Halloween 2018

Happy Halloween, Trick or Treat?! Most of the animations were created with Trapcode Tao in After Effects, apart from the ghost that was made with shape layers.

Spirit of the Woods Short Film

My new short film “Spirit of the Woods” Three friends visit Sham Castle and get transported to a dimension, where in the woods a ghost hunts them for their souls. It was a lot of fun to make and I learned a lot in the process.  A lot of the time the weather, the light …

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Merry Christmas (2017)

Merry Christmas. Trapcode Particular 3 was used for the snow flakes, some stock images were used for the background and window frame from Digital Juice, the frosting over was done with footage from Rampant Design and Element 3D for the text.  

SPLATTERKIST 10 Years Ago!

SPLATTERKIST 10 YEARS OLD! It’s now been 10 years since the first MorseCode Productions short film was made.  Made back in 2007 for a short film competition, which had to be no more than 5 minutes long and include a cow!  It didn’t win but was a lot of fun to make for everyone involved, …

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Showreel 5

This is my 5th Showreel and includes clips from –     Personal projects     Short film     Future Pro Wrestling (FPW) (DVD menu animation)     This is Progress (Wrestler entrance animations). Software used – Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Photoshop.  Plugins used -Trapcode Plugins and Element 3D 3D models that are not …

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Trapcode Tao Tunnels

The tunnels are made with the Tao circle and the repeater.  Different textures and changes to the fractal deform to create different looking tunnels.  The camera and the lights are offset and parented to a centre null.

Inflating Logo

Inflating Logo using Trapcode Tao with animated Tao lights with a small amount of fractal displacement.  RedGiant Universe Glo Fi was used for the Designs word of the logo.  

Music and Animations

Here is some original music made by Jake South titled Poly-Tune with animations in time to the music.  I used Trapcode Sound Keys to generate key frames to drive some of the values of the plug-ins Trapcode Tao, Trapcode Mir, and Element 3D.  

Particular Weather

A weather cloud made with Trapcode Particular.  The cloud, rain, and snow are on there own Trapcode Particular layer.  The rain and the snow both have aux particles for the rain drop splashes and the snow settling.  The sun is a lens flare from Optical Flares.

Trapcode Tao Octopus

Here is another character made with Trapcode Tao in Adobe After Effects and inspired by Hank the octopus from Pixar’s Finding Dory.  Created with animated Tao lights and the repeat paths option for the tentacles.  Trapcode Particular was used for the ink.