The Line Up:

Feature Film Compositor and visual effects instructor Pete O'Connell will be coming out to talk about his work on films such as Stranger then Fiction,Mr Magorium's Wonder Imporium,Across the Universe and Transporter 2 as well as his new training DVD Advanced Rotoscoping Techniques for After Effcts from CreativeCow.

Owner, editor, visual effects artist Jason Diamond of NYC's MBS Production, whose clients include MTV, A&E, SpikeTV and Samian Records, will be sharing some recent AE work. I met Jason last time I was in NY and he's a really cool guy and very talented.

There will be tons of door prizes, including prizes from Toolfarm, Red Giant, Wondertouch, Imagineer, ArtBeats, Digital Film Tools, GridIron Software, Class on Demand (Harry J. Frank's Particular Training!)

Next meeting: Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Time: 6:45 PM - 9:00 PM
The Place: P.S. 41 at 116 West 11th St., NYC (corner of 11th Street and 6th Ave.)
Seats up to 400 people!

The food: Sorry - but due to site rules - no food this time. If you can live for 2 hours without eating, you'll have a great time!

Labels: AENY, Event

From Jim G:

Location - We have a new location that can sit up to 400 people!

PS 41 @ 116 W est 11th St., NYC
(corner of 11th Street and 6th Ave.

Date: Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Time: TBD - but probably around 6:45 PM-9PM

The new space is just in time too because our lineup is insane!!!! Guess who coming to dinner?

Visual Designer, Marc Coleran, whose work has been seen in films like The Bourne Ultimatum, Domino, Alien vs. Predator, The Bourne Identity, Blade II, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The World Is Not Enough - just to name a few.

Visual effects artist John Montgomery - co-founder of the online visual effects news site fxguide, as well as the training site fxphd. His Clients and Credits include Super Bowl commercials for McDonald's, Disney as well as work for Budweiser, Miller, Hallmark, Sears, Moen, Gatorade, Morgan Stanley, and the ESPN and CBS television networks.

... And more prizes than you can possibly imagine (unless you can imagine a lot, and then it's roughly the same amount of prizes you can possibly imagine).

Keep your eyes on AENY.org for more info.

Labels: AENY, After Effects, Event, Jim Geduldick

Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Pratt Manhattan
144 West 14th Street (b/w 6th and 7th Ave), Room 213

Pizza and soda/water served. Thanks to Adobe and Pratt, the meeting is FREE.

The Lineup Includes:
Design Junkie and Motion Graphics artist Sean Cusson of Qmedia will be flying down from Canada to share his workflow, and show some of the cool tips and techniques he's developed and learned while animating up north. Get ready to say "Man, that was awesome, eh?"

Get ready to do battle with aliens, vikings, Santa Clause and sketchy fruit! Dan Opsal, Editor for CableVision's Gameplay HD, will debut his animated short "Billy Bombo," a stylized work that will make you sorry you threw away your old Nintendo Entertainment System.

Toolfarm is giving away a few prizes at the meeting.

Trapcode Form Training - Trapcode Form is a grid-based 3D particle system with a twist. It can be used to create fluid, organic patterns, complex geometric structures and swirling stringy animations. Form is phenomenally cool but also extremely complex. Harry J. Frank, freelance motion graphics artist, instructor and Adobe Certified Expert, beta tested Trapcode Form and shows you how to get comfortable with Form very quickly. You'll be spinning out gorgeous textures and eye candy in no time.

Professional Video Templates Weekly Weather Report
This high-quality template for Adobe After Effects shows a weather report with seasonal opens. A classy addition to a television station or website. It is sized SD NTSC and Pal.

AE Expressions Tutorials Bundle 1 & 2
Harry J. Frank, freelance motion graphics artist, instructor and Adobe Certified Expert, goes over the basics of Expressions – Expressions for the average designer. The tutorials are in 6 parts - 20 minutes each: Introduction to Expressions, Introduction to Arrays and Variables, 3D Text.

Labels: AENY, After Effects, Event, Harry Frank, Professional Video Templates, Training, Trapcode Form

AENY is meeting Thursday, March 27, 2008 from 6:30-9:00pm. Videocopilot.net's Andrew Kramer will be presenting and they're giving away tons of prizes. It looks like they will be at Pratt Manhattan again, but they are shopping around for a larger venue, due to the large turnout they've been having at meetings.

Labels: AENY, After Effects, Event