Sparks and Blur
While working on renders and scenes there’s often moments where you manage to find a great frame. While doing some…
Computer Graphics and the Material World
In working in CG theres a lot of time spent in not just what shape an object is…
The Visual Effects of “Studebaker Theater”
During preproduction on the Studebaker Theater Advertisement for the Chicago Opera Theater, we realized one scene in particular was going to…
John Carpenter’s Asylum, Volume 2 Trailer
We recently launched a new video! Horror director, John Carpenter, in collaboration with talented writers and artists, has released the…
Label Making
It’s been a while! Reel Cake has finally released a new short, Label Making. We just got a label maker and…
DeadEye Motion Comic Trailer
Reel Captivation presents the animated trailer for the graphic novel DeadEye. The comic is being released May 30th by CME…
Whiskey Product Render sample
Initially, we knew we wanted to create a product render similar to a web or commercial ad. Our whole team…
Mr. Mercury Part 1- Mercury Sparks
Inside After Effects there lies a rarely used plugin called “Mr. Mercury”. It has some setting you’d expect of a…
An Exploration of Fractals.
In graphics and visual effects math can come up quite a bit, but even as much as we use…