Hey gang...
As business people, seems we are often having to pour money on problems to find solutions, or to do something bigger or better or greater.
I wanted to take a sec though to brag on some some ultra-low-end software... the very ancient and so-easy-a-child-could-do-it Crytal Flying Fonts (which later became Crystal Impact).
Crystal Flying Fonts was briefly mentioned in this forum a few months ago.
This program came free with my first NLE about 12+ years ago, and I
still use it today for simple 3D animation (type, simple logos, etc).
Last week we had a shoot rained out, so I was tinkering around and decided to push the limits of what CFF can do. I decided to create a new piece of logo animation for ourselves, as we didn't have a high-def countdown (have been using an upscaled SD version that was created years ago).
I thought I'd try to create an old weathered flickering neon and sheetmetal sign rotating and turning on. I'm no 3D artist by any stretch (or even a
regular artist of any type), but have to say I'm pretty pleased with the results... It's not photo-realistic by any means, but not bad... especially when you consider it didn't take long to do and used (at least primarily) sub-$100 software. This sample is farily low-res, of course, and doesn't really show off well all the bits and pieces and the textures of the peeling paint, etc., but the original was created at 4K resolution at 24fps.
Just thought I'd share, and remind everyone (including myself) that not everything requires buckets of money.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
