Brad Chmielewski - Latest Comments

Re: Simple Counter Expression In After Effects

Guest — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:16:34 -0000

There seems to be a typo of some kind, I copied the same expression from Creative Cow and it worked. Thanks for the tut!

Re: Expression To Drop Every 10th Frame In After Effects

Mustafa Pro — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:30:48 -0000

hi, I was really in need of this type of expression, Excellent well-done, great job and million thanks for sharing

Re: Creating A Character Walk Cycle In After Effects

Marcus kavanagh — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:44:05 -0000

hi Brad,

Love this tut, but would be great to follow along with the ae file, the download link is broke, thanks:-)

Re: BenchPrep – Study & Review

Brad Chmielewski — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:21:43 -0000

As I told Mohit I do not work for them and have had no idea how often the app is updated.

Re: BenchPrep – Study & Review

guest — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:43:33 -0000

same issues as
mohit gupta they still haven't updated the vocab section completely... Tons of questions from the old format still, id say about 1/2. I payed for it on a groupon and i still think i was cheated because 1/2 the question on the site wont be on the test. P.S. they did a very bad job of coding the site. most the features don't work as they should (web and mobile app).

Re: Why Explainer Videos Work!

Brad Chmielewski — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:15:16 -0000

Jonathan, glad you found someone to help you out. I haven't heard of explanimate, I'll have to check them out.

Re: Why Explainer Videos Work!

Jonathan des David — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:58:00 -0000

What a great article! I was going to make my own, but it all sounded a bit overwhelming, so I got my video done professionally. I found an Australian company with the unique approach and style I was looking for. They're called Eplanimate! If you're interested, my video should be up in their portfolio soon at http://explanimate.com.au/

Re: BenchPrep – Study & Review

Brad Chmielewski — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:43:52 -0000

Mohit,

Sorry you had such bad customer experience with them. I don't work for them but I do a good amount of work for them everyone on there team is nothing but great. I know they were in the middle of some re-branding as well as getting all the apps updated.

Re: BenchPrep – Study & Review

mohit gupta — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:38:30 -0000

Without finding any relevant reviews I decided to buy their GRE prep course in August 11, and I was expecting prep course based on the new format, but I got course based on old format. So I tried to contact their costumer service asking for refund, and after sending them few emails, I finally got a reply(Sophie) saying that they are planning to update their GRE content by the end of August. I didn't receive any futher update from these guys, then I contacted them back in 2nd week of September 11, and this time I received email(again from Sophie) apologizing and promising that I would receive update by the end of the weekend. Their that weekend never came and I being very disappointed contacted them again, this time she said( again Sophie ) I should receive update by the end of the day. This time I received a email from these guys asking for $50 to get the update. Being very angry and frustrated I sent them final email saying that If I didn't receive my refund in 3 days I am going dispute the charges through my credit card. Finally I received my money back on the 3rd day(after 2 months). I would not suggest any serious GRE taker to waste their time with these guys.

Re: Tracking With PFTrack

Picktatar — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:54:18 -0000

biggest 2 issues for beginners in tracking and exporting to a 3d package causing jitter or shake:

1: mismatched framerates. make sure that the framerates in your 3d package match the framerate of your matchmoved clip.

2:syncing first frame. Some 3d packages will start on frame 1, some will start on frame 0. Your results will be shakey for sure unless you get this right, the 3d will be one frame ahead or behind.

hope this helps.

Re: BenchPrep – Learning Accelerated

Ron Ruanphae — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:10:01 -0000

Loved what you did with the footage Brad. It was a pleasure meeting you this week. Hope to work with you again.

Re: My First Demo Reel From 2005

Vendo_23 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:01:57 -0000

This was bad?? Wow, I've got alot of work to do....

Re: Tracking With PFTrack

Brad Chmielewski — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:49:08 -0000

Never thought about that... :/ Haven't really noticed any issues with the stuff I've worked on.

Re: Tracking With PFTrack

Skyward16 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:43:17 -0000

Hi, u didnt say since PFTracker starts from 1 and cinema from 0 frame is that something to consider?

Re: Simple Counter Expression In After Effects

Krishnan Vasudevan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:14:57 -0000

Hi Brad - Thanks for this. I'm pretty sure I saw this in the comments a while ago, but when I change all the " for ' everything works fine in the counter.

Re: Tracking With PFTrack

Brad Chmielewski — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:07:35 -0000

It took awhile before I was able to get anything that was worth using. If it's too shaky it becomes a real issue and you might want to try tracking it by hand.

Re: Tracking With PFTrack

PissedOffOne — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:50:38 -0000

I cant do any good tracking on my shots.. its always too shaky in Maya and Im using HD resolution.. dammit!! same with syntheyes or boujou

Re: Time Management With RescueTime

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Re: BenchPrep – Study & Review

CU2012 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:14:58 -0000

Love it! If I have to learn - at least I can do it my way, on my own time, on my own ipad! The questions are challenging and enguaging. Highly recommend!

Re: Simple Counter Expression In After Effects

pulonip — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:30:18 -0000

yes, it works:)
instead of pasting try to rewrite it into your expression box. cheers!

Re: Simple Counter Expression In After Effects

Brad Chmielewski — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:37:51 -0000

Sorry it's not working I know there is an issue when you copy and paste it into After Effects. I have another way to do a counter and I might post that soon.

Re: Simple Counter Expression In After Effects

Janbanan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:52:55 -0000

fuck you, it doesent work...

Re: My First Demo Reel From 2005

Kert Gartner — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:35:51 -0000

Oh man, mine is even more embarrassing. Here's my first demo reel from 1996! I was fresh out of high school and in love with Infini-D :)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/554819...

Re: Giving Credit On Projects

Brad Chmielewski — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:56:51 -0000

Thanks, it seems like it's split 50/50 you either see a long list of credits or nothing at all.

Re: Giving Credit On Projects

Michael Jones — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:49:55 -0000

good wisdom