Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.195] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5034586 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:41:56 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.105] (rrcs-24-43-70-42.west.biz.rr.com [24.43.70.42]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LcAaz-1UpXzs1izt-00j6VQ; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:49:51 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.4.120824 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:49:47 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] After Effects/Motion Graphics Conferences From: Tony Romain To: AE list Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [AE] After Effects/Motion Graphics Conferences In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3448540191_1385924" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:5QSDAqVNv3MqHwkDCBo8oaZ9pY0lGJEstJ4l0r6x7Ee wTFrqKL+9Mj0U99a5+aeufEKQsvBG291z5mBnDa2wOXVTvyJz8 vpeQvqlsb+8JbMtBXKk8594ZE3p3UYX3dypWvxZyOwXey+HtEj xZWsfq3XylmGpnBWEdE7WDpPRgd5pgXeVti4ArnkG7u2+CSA+M 0ZU5+nwkf36DpvaN6ZPZHLAN7tQXhiZ3UjcHbn5c5M+N4TkzD6 6e0Ne7wCMhMgUqJHIH0ETtPN2P8hZIGUudoGPGMYZXRQJ6nXET Ie4P/o5Rz2ucYyY23zNx/FUkpCb48kty70/nVvRro4sn3aQN4g 4KrVXsWwRKukng5QQfMlQcrDMMvWTkYFLMCs0yIv0TCOeo8z1O fLhOJaUVQ1+cQ== > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3448540191_1385924 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable 100% agree about AE West. Not sure what the magic combination was, but tha= t was definitely the best design conference I've been to=8A. I think that may have been more of a timing thing than anything. Sort of the first years of AE being taken really seriously in the industry overall and not just a secret piece of software that was used when the client couldn't afford a Flame=8A. --=20 tony romain | principal/creative director trance motion graphic animation and design 323 651 1114 www.trancedesigns.com From: Carey Dissmore Reply-To: AE list Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:39 PM To: AE list Subject: Re: [AE] After Effects/Motion Graphics Conferences Agreed with the assessment of SIGGRAPH and Motion. I've been to both and like them.=20 But I have to say the greatest AE conference of all time was sadly a one-off. The After Effects West conference, held in Pasadena in 2001 and produced by Lynda Weinman was abso-friggen-lutely the greatest AE conferenc= e of my entire professional career. It was really an awesome learning+community event that also came at a pretty amazing time of revolution and discovery of possibilities in this neck of the industry. I would love to see it replicated if at all possible. carey On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Tony Romain wrote: > SIGGRAPH tends to skew more heavy tech/nuts and bolts of graphics creatio= n. > Where as the Motion Conference skews much more toward creative process an= d > inspiration. So it all really depends on what you are hoping to get out = of > your experience. If you're really into the nitty gritty of particle > simulation and 3d motion tracking, etc, SIGGRAPH is probably more for you= . > There is definitely a HOW-TO component to the Motion Conference, but your= not > likely to drill into the finer points of ambient occlusion and subsurface > light scattering there=8A >=20 >=20 > --=20 > tony romain | principal/creative director >=20 > trance > motion graphic animation and design > 323 651 1114 > www.trancedesigns.com >=20 > From: Byron Nash > Reply-To: AE list > Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:12 PM > To: AE list > Subject: Re: [AE] After Effects/Motion Graphics Conferences >=20 > Bumping this topic to generate some feedback. I'm looking into going to > SIGGRAPH again this year. I've been 5 times in the past 15 years. I alway= s get > a lot out of it but just thought I would ask how it might be compared to = the > Motion Conference. I know that conference will be favored on this list bu= t I'm > especially keen to hear from someone who has been to both shows. My taste= s > lean toward VFX and 3D with an interest in things like particles and > simulation over pure motion design. >=20 > Anyone care to share experiences? >=20 --B_3448540191_1385924 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
100% agree about A= E West.  Not sure what the magic combination was, but that was definite= ly the best design conference I've been to….

= I think that may have been more of a timing thing than anything.  Sort = of the first years of AE being taken really seriously in the industry overal= l and not just a secret piece of software that was used when the client coul= dn't afford a Flame….


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to= ny romain | principal/c= reative director

= trance
motion graphic animation and design
323 651 1114
From: Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com>
Rep= ly-To: AE list <AE-List@= media-motion.tv>
Date: Thur= sday, April 11, 2013 3:39 PM
To: A= E list <AE-List@media-motion.tv<= /a>>
Subject: Re: [AE] After Ef= fects/Motion Graphics Conferences

Agreed with the assessment of SIGGRAPH and Motion. I've been to bo= th and like them. 

But I have to say the greatest AE= conference of all time was sadly a one-off. The After Effects West conferen= ce, held in Pasadena in 2001 and produced by Lynda Weinman was abso-friggen-= lutely the greatest AE conference of my entire professional career. It was r= eally an awesome learning+community event that also came at a pretty amazing= time of revolution and discovery of possibilities in this neck of the indus= try. I would love to see it replicated if at all possible.

carey


SIGGRAPH tends to skew more heavy tech/nuts and b= olts of graphics creation.  Where as the Motion Conference skews much m= ore toward creative process and inspiration.  So it all really depends = on what you are hoping to get out of your experience.  If you're really= into the nitty gritty of particle simulation and 3d motion tracking, etc, S= IGGRAPH is probably more for you.  There is definitely a HOW-TO compone= nt to the Motion Conference, but your not likely to drill into the finer poi= nts of ambient occlusion and subsurface light scattering there…
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to= ny romain | principal/c= reative director

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From: Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com= >
Reply-To: AE list <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:12 PMTo: AE list <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: Re: [AE] After Effects/Motion Graphics Conferen= ces

Bumping this topic to generate some feedback. I'm looking i= nto going to SIGGRAPH again this year. I've been 5 times in the past 15 year= s. I always get a lot out of it but just thought I would ask how it might be= compared to the Motion Conference. I know that conference will be favored o= n this list but I'm especially keen to hear from someone who has been to bot= h shows. My tastes lean toward VFX and 3D with an interest in things like pa= rticles and simulation over pure motion design. 

Any= one care to share experiences?


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