Too Close?
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- fate0
Tell that to the kids at Ultrashock. They're rabid.
- fate0
bk_shankz, what other sites have you seen that effect on?
- fate0
Oddly enough, even the kids at Ultrashock don't think I should pay him to keep him from feeling "infringed" upon or whatever. Like I said, I'm deadset on the effect but I don't want the client getting a call from this dude.
- nick0
gayest thread evar
- gabe0
i'm telling you, you and whoever AV is should watch the video id for SBC (when they introduce the blue SBC logo at the end)
the little blue whisps look very, very much alike.
but, i don't think your's looks anything like the AV site. they are very different, and are used differently as well.
it's not all that original anyway, i'm surprised they would even try to act as if they have some sort of ownership over the idea of blue whispies!
- tuig0
hey evan
didn't read all the posts but the combination ofd the trapcode effects shouldn't cause you any trouble...
i did the same thing here...
- mevsthem0
I kinda agree with nick on this one ;) why would you pay him $250 for doing an adobe photoshop filter effect??? he dosn't own the rights to a filter effect. Thats like me doing an emboss effect and saying everytime you use it you have to pay me.
- fate0
Most likely I will talk the price down, pay him like $50 so he doesn't go whine to the client, then I'm happy, he's happy, client's happy.
- mevsthem0
fate don't do it! if you do i will be forced to call this the dumbest move in graphic design history.
Dosn't X-Man have that effect in there movie. who cares, its a photoshop filter effect thats like charging anyone who does a lens flare.....
- tuig0
its a standard 3d stroke combined with a shine or a starglow..man really...you really don't have to pay him...
- fate0
I even did a tutorial for all you eye-candy lovers out there ;)
http://www.fatedesigns.com/tut
Sheeyet, I really don't want to pay him. I'm broke as it is with shopping and I'm not getting monies from the project I'll be using the shitty little whisps on anyhow.
- fresnobob0
you won't have to pay him.
- iDp0
seriously i think you screwed up by even contacting the guy. Now he has something to forward to your client if you don't make an agreement. Also, he is a fucking asshole for even acting like this is his idea in the first place. His site is ugly and I think his glowing blue peices look more like fucking sperm in motion. It's not a technique he can claim as his own...and to be honest, that look went out in 99. I'll bet 2ADV wouldn't even use it these days ;P
Bad move contacting him and fuck him for being him.
Didn't Metallica sue some band for using a cord that they use?
Damn I quit smoking a week ago and I am a very angry angry man these days.
Cheers
- nosaj0
If every creative thing has to be 100% origional we wouldn't have Rock n' Roll.
- DutchBoy0
if you are truly creative you wouldn't be so stuck to one effect. you really need to learn to be able to COMPLETELY revise your concept if you feel uncertain.
you need to. you have to learn to dare this. like salisae said in the other thread, you need a thick skin.
i think you are not too experienced yet if you rely on only one effect to carry out your concept. you better find multiple ways to convey your idea. That's what makes you a creative, a problem solver.
goodluck my man.
- fate0
I know Dutchboy, and I know other paths to take. The hardest part is rationalizing and convincing myself to take another direction. :\
- DutchBoy0
it's like learning to swim eh?
you wanna dive, but you are shivering and hesitating.. :)