Duduf

Be annoying, be angry, be upset. Help me!

24 March 20181 May 2018 Duduf 11 Comments Capitalism, Commitment, Community, Consume, Contribute, Crowdfunding, Development, Free Software, Funding, Patreon, Politics, Salary, Society

Everything I do, everything I share, is political. Let me explain what it means, and convince you to join me.

Cinema | Arts | Animation Software | Technology

Defining Animation & Motion Design

25 May 201926 May 2019 Duduf 0 Comments Animation, Duik, Motion Design, Production, Study

Let’s try to figure out the definition of Animation and of Motion design.

Here are the results of my humble study about what makes animation and motion design different.

After Effects Software | Technology

DuStroke: Advanced (and tapered) strokes for After Effects

5 May 20197 May 2019 Duduf 0 Comments After Effects, Development, DuStroke, Free Software, Stroke

DuStroke is a new free tool I have developped for After Effects which makes… Advanced Strokes (including tapered strokes)

After Effects Cinema | Arts | Animation Software | Technology

Stylized blur for animation

21 April 201923 April 2019 Duduf 0 Comments Behind the scenes, Blur, Compositing, Depth of Field, Post-production

When compositing a 2D animated film, choosing the right blur to simulate depth of field (or choosing to not use blur at all) is very important and has a great impact on the general aesthetic of the film, and its stylistic consistency.

This is an example of how I worked the blur effects (with After Effects) for the short movie Purpleboy, by Alexandre Siqueira. The film is co-produced by my cooperative Rainbox.

Cinema | Arts | Animation Video

Supinfocom 2018 Trailers

21 July 201821 July 2018 Duduf 0 Comments Animation, Short movie, Supinfocom, Trailer

I have compiled the trailers of the Supinfocom 2018 graduation movies from my students, you can watch them here waiting for the whole movies to be available.

After Effects Software | Technology

Storyboarder and After Effects

19 February 201819 February 2018 Duduf 6 Comments After Effects, Development, Free Software, Storyboard, Storyboarder, Wonder Unit

Sooooo… Do you have to create storyboards in your work? Wonder Unit has THE tool you need to create your

After Effects Software | Technology

A first step to procedural animation in After Effects with Duik!

3 December 201719 February 2018 Duduf 2 Comments After Effects, Animation, Character Animation, Duik, Procedural, Walk Cycle

We’re working on a versatile walk cycle animation tool, entirely produral, meaning an animation without any keyframe, only parameters you can change to adjust how the character walks.

After Effects Cinema | Arts | Animation Software | Technology Video

Breakdown of a character animation – Acting

26 November 201726 November 2017 Duduf 4 Comments After Effects, Animation, Behind the scenes, Character Animation, Character Design, Duik

I’ve just finished a new character animation from an illustration by Justine Cunha.
I’ve recorded this three-hour animation work (excluding character rigging). Here’s the accelerated video – three hours compressed in 8 minutes – and a few explanations about the different steps of my animation process for an acting like this in After Effects with Duik. You can watch the finished animation at the end of the video or in the end of this post.

After Effects Software | Technology

Designing Duik 16 icons: “My” theory

19 November 201719 November 2017 Duduf 1 Comment After Effects, Duik, Free Software, Icons, UX | UI

The “My” word in this title might sound a bit arrogant, but it’s actually quite the opposite. Read next…
Working with icons is new for me – the icons of the previous versions of Duik were not designed by myself – and I discovered how hard it can be to design icons which are: intuitive, clearly “readable” – even when they’re as tiny as only 14 pixels wide – and beautiful. Yes, I’m trying to make Duik16 at least a bit less ugly than Duik15, but this is a bonus, I’m actually working really hard to make it intuitive and quick and easy-to-use.

After Effects Cinema | Arts | Animation Software | Technology

Behind the scenes: From illustration to animation!

5 November 201726 November 2017 Duduf 13 Comments After Effects, Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Duik, Photoshop

I’ve been very happy to work on Justine Cunha’s wonderful illustrations recently, and I’m going to share my process with you. What’s interesting is that those characters were… Well, illustrations. They were not meant to be animated at all, so it could be a bit tricky to adapt them. The technique I used, Duik in After Effects, seems to be one of the easiest way to do this, animate illustrations, without having to adapt the style.

What’s great with animation in After Effects, is that you work on the actual illustrations, you don’t have to re-draw them. This means they can be very detailed, with textures, shadows and small details, which would be impossible if you had to draw each frame by hand like with more traditional 2D animation.