First place winner of the Aetuts+ Logo Reveal Contest goes to Morten Kühl Christensen. Morten is a part of Two Penguins VFX, an internet based FX house with artists located Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Check out their work! Thanks to all who participated!
Morten won:
- Software: 1 x Trapcode Suite 2009 (worth $899)
- Training: 1 x Class On Demand Complete Training for Trapcode Particular (worth $95)
- 1 x Toolfarm Trapcode 3S Training (New Release) worth $39)
- 1 x Trapcode Form Training with Harry J. Frank (worth $24)
- Plus membership: 1 x 1 year Plus membership (worth $117)
1st Place Winner
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2nd Place Winner
Second place went to Justin Brown who won a 1 year Plus membership!
Toolfarm Made This Possible
This competition would not have been possible without the generous support of Toolfarm, one of the web’s best places to buy official After Effects Plug-ins, great video training and other VFX tools. Visit Toolfarm to say thanks!
Honorable Mention
These other entries were also quite impressive and worth mentioning….
AETUTS+ – “Logo Reveal” from Kenneth Robbe on Vimeo.
AE Tuts+ Logo Animation from Greg Balint on Vimeo.
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I hope a tutorial for this will ome out it’s awesome!!!
Wow! they are all cool!! If they all made tuts out of their entries it would be amazing!
wow!!!! this is so crazy!!! powerfull graphics!!! but… the tut…
how create this effect???!!!
Wow!
That winner is a deserving one.
It’s purely awesome!
I concur!
Thanks folks!
If there is a common interrest in a tutorial, I might do one!
Morten
It would be amazing if you made a tut.
Seconded.
thirded!
My vote is for Priyesh Puthan Valiyandi. The 1st Honorable mention so good so many techniques. Amazing yes yes yes……..
Definitely! Cant wait to see your tutorial posted soon!
Of course we want a tutorial dude… you video was AWESOME… it completely blew me away…
was this made entirely in after effect?
Yes Please make a tut! It was amazing!!
I got ya interest right here
If you can spare the time homie, that would be much appreciated.
I would love to see a tutorial on the winning logo reveal. Was it all done in AE?
Tuturial plese !!!!
Is a expression for moviment?
And the tutorial ????
please
Wow, what a brilliant winner, well done =D
As for the tutorial, I think there may be a big interest in how you did it (:
That is too cool, love how it wiggles a little..
Great job Morten! I knew it was you all along. You are super talented and I am grateful to have this 2nd place honor. It was a blast!
how you did this please give us your tutorial justin
Thank you Justin! I most say that it was a pleasure whatching yours
Only critics is, that I think you should have made it much shorter. maybe 10 – 12 secs!
Morten
disagree, I think the timing and pace is just right.
If you put it in 10-12 seconds, the humor wouldn’t work that well.
“disagree, I think the timing and pace is just right.
If you put it in 10-12 seconds, the humor wouldn’t work that well.”
But not for a Logo Reveal in my oppinion. It should be short and imformative.
Justin’s length on it now is almost like a long TV commercial!, intros for TV and Sports are most likely 10 – 16 secs long! I know this is not a tv show intro nor is it a sports intro, but Logo Reveals are shorter in my oppinion! At least from what I’ve experienced in my daily work.
Anyway, really nice animation, and congrats with the 2nd place!
You are right, intros in general should be kept as short as possible, practically and in terms of “power”, but this one simply doesn’t work in a faster pace and it didn’t bother me at all being “too long” – pace is just right, lenght is absolutely ok because it’s entertaining every second and manages to connect to the audience.
But I agree that in general, lenght and pace should be as you say (and perfectly did in your winner clip), at least from what I’ve experienced in my daily work as well
btw, don’t get me wrong Morten, if I were aetuts+ and this logo reveal was considered to being actually used I would have picked yoursl
I agree. If I were aetuts+ and I were actually picking a logo reveal to use in a commercial sense, Morten’s would be my number 1 pick. It’s stylish professional, quick, and also expands on the entire tuts+ network. No doubt about it.
It’s just this contest in particular was supposed to be about originality, uniqueness, and “out of the box” thinking, and Morten’s just seems too typical and commercial for that type of contest. Well done and practical to be sure, but not too original.
I also think that’s why aetuts gave us a :30 time limit. Somewhat long for a traditional logo reveal, but they wanted something more than just the traditional; they wanted us to be free to try something new and unique, and the longer time limit allowed us that.
I could be totally mistaken, but that is what aetuts+ mentioned in the guidelines for this contest. But in the end, they were the judges, and they must have found Morten’s to be very original, because they awarded it first place, and that’s what matters. Disappointing to the rest of us, maybe, but our opinions don’t change anything.
Amazing , maybe the tuto would be most appreciated
Brilliant! please can we get a Tut for this!
tut please !!!
Oh darn. I was going to enter but got real busy with other stuff. All well the winning entry looks really good.
The first place was is very impressive. A tutorial on it would be great!
I had more fun watching the 2nd place winner though (I found it more entertaining, although not as flashy).
Yeah 2nd place rocks.
Adds the human element.
Great idea…..
I also thought the 2nd place piece was more impressive.
Yeah i think second place should have won, it had more personality to it
I can’t really decide which is better, would like to see tuts for both
Damn, I should have payed attention and actually entered something, considering a box won.
+1
+2
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Very surprised that was what won. A 3d spinning box with a reflection? seriously.
What happened to them saying “we want to be blown away by your originality”????
Not taking anything away from the winner. Congrats. Just surprised it didn’t take more execution to win.
I totally agree. I was hoping it was going to do more after the 1st rotation. Looks like a 2nd year student project. Not that impressed.
2.5 outta 5
Please don’t do a tutorial on this.
I agree, jaco. While the winner is far and away one of the best technically speaking, I thought I remember aetuts saying “We will be expecting you to think outside the box and delight us with your originality!”
Sad to see many of the logo reveals aren’t extraordinarily original or “outside the box.” They are still very well done and professional looking, don’t get me wrong. I just thought Aetuts was looking for something different. Sad to see mine wasn’t mentioned as I felt it was pretty original and well done:
http://vimeo.com/5853215
I also thought this one was one of the best I saw and it’s not mentioned either:
http://vimeo.com/5839877
I think that you video looks great!
I agree,
Your entry was quite cute and the squirrel one is really nicely put together.
I still really liked the 2nd place winner as it has some personality and thought put behind it. Definitely wouldn’t have picked the spinning box as 1st place although it too is well executed.
http://vimeo.com/5839877 ….
LOVE THE TEXT HANGING ON THE STRINGS … DID U USE EXPRESSIONS? OR ANY OTHER TECHNIQUE ?
your video is indeed very good and creative! You should still try to make a tut on it and send it to AeTuts.
@ AaronJamesPatterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kz7YUdy-Cg
I love the concept to reality with the squirrel. I can’t believe that AT LEAST didn’t make it into the honourable mentions.
I’ll give the people’s choice award [awarded by me]. This doesn’t come with any flashy prizes, just a smug satisfaction that people really like what you do. I prefer it to all of the others up on this page, it’s just got some heart to it and the others just seem a bit clinical to me. Good Job!
Those are some awesome motion graphics. Wish I could do something like that!
The level is low… All these creations are amateurish.
I think you would gave a lot more time for such pieces. You can’t give someone 15 days to make a poster and somebody else the same 15 days to make an animated work ! It’s a lot more complex and long, nobody can achieve a real piece of animated art in 15 days only in the spare time.
Those are mine works done in 6 days each in spare evening times:
http://www.vimeo.com/2944216
http://www.vimeo.com/2040753
http://www.vimeo.com/2002740
http://www.vimeo.com/1408034
BUT not icluding sound/music work of course!
Dude i loved the tree of death one! i was all like, whats the tree gonna do, kill him w/ bandaids? that was funny as hell to see the follow up after thinking that.
good job w/ ur 3d motion tracking too, i liked the way u blended your 3d elements w/ the natural scenery. too cool.
Uber coooooooolll… Really amazing.
WOW…speechless.
Its good but second place so shud of won! my me laugh so much!
aetuts logo at the end, is it made in some 3D app or AE 100% ??
I’d say 3D only.
No he said 98% after effects^^
Definitely a tutorial… Please… Great stuff
Just from my perspective, the animation in second place should be the winner: 100% ORIGINAL, FUN & AND VERY WELL EXECUTED.
Best regards.
Really cool ! I really like all this videos
I have to say there is some really good work in this competition, some of my favourite stuff is in the runners up category though.
Really great entries, the 2nd one made me laugh
I thought the winners were well done. I especially enjoyed 2nd place. It’s upsetting that mine wasn’t even mentioned considering it was much more original and advanced than many of the logo reveals displayed here.
I never even got an e-mail confirming that they received my entry even though I submitted it a day before the deadline.
http://vimeo.com/5853215
I had high hopes for it and was very proud, but alas, oh well.
Hello, very nice animation. You were suposed to get an email confirmation? I did not get one either. I submited my entry very close to the deadline because I found out about the contest 4 days before the deadline. But I did submit it before midnight. Anyway, my congratulations to the winners.
I´m gonna share mine and post the link here so you can watch it.
Mine in on youtube cause I did not have time to get an account on vimeo to upload it there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0QyioMmeLw&feature=channel_page
Manuel, very nice motion and sound design. The movement/speed really flowed well with the audio you used. It felt very tangible in that space however simple the shapes and elements may have been.
I don’t think there was any e-mail confirmation, that’s why I was surprised the winners were announced so soon, because I never even heard from them that my submission was received. I trusted it was, but was totally in the dark and hoped the internet didn’t screw up when I submitted the form. Because I never heard any news, I had no clue if everything went smoothly or not.
Very cool man. You so should have been up there with the best. I really like your creativity.
Hey, glad you like it, thanks for the coments.
My humble opinion is that the winners are works carried out very well technically. Very pretty graphics and animation but I´m not very convinced about the way the logo is revealed at the end. I would expect more. I also think the second place is better as it tells a litlle funny story, and I find it more creative.
Cogratulations to all and what really matters is to participate and show to the motion graphics comunity out there our work.
My personal favorite is Greg Balint´s work and the one with the squirrel and the hanging text is amazing too.
Wow, good job and really nice idea.
Brilliant!
If i may ask,what plug in did you use for the flare? I keep seeing this type of flare in Music Videos and Andrew Kramer’s works but i’ve never figured out which plug-in it is.Its really cool!
Please advise.
That’s a Lens Flare. Andrew K. made a plug-in that allows you to make make one on your composition
Andrew Kramer Lens Flare?? On what video?
jojo great Job. i like learn more and more about motion graphics
, so i cant wait for the Tut..
TUTS..please ¡¡ =)
great entries. the second place winner was by far my favorite.
Wow there’s some awesome talent out there
really nice work
sorry but the 2nd place must be the first place, its pretty original and awesome. the 1st place easy to do. i give my admiration to the 2nd place.
GREAT EVERYONE!!!!!!
we want videotutorial for everyone!!!! PLEASEEE
the second one is waaaay better than the first! the winner even seems to be the worst entry of all I’ve seen so far….
im watching the rest of the videos, and really, the first place is wrong.
All congrats to winner, nice idea and the design too…
But…
The second winner is Awesome!!!
Animation it’s just perfect!
really nice spots… each of them could be used as a real commercial
Really nice first place video, and number 2 is very funny
an animated box in a common flashy graphics environment is the winner?
what about the “think outside the box” thing? I like 2nd place way more, it has emotions to it
Holy suffering suckatash how did you guys pick a winner? Those were awesome motion graphics. All of them!
Maybe the managers of the site should get all the finalists to write tuts. You’ve got enough material there for a few weeks.
very good spots
all very very nice….wanted to make one too but too busy…preparing for new baby arrival and stuff.
Next time though.
Like them all, but best for entertainment is the very pixar esque 2nd place one.
The winner has some cool particle stuff going on in the background.
As everyone says, be great to see tutorials for each and everyone….
Also how were the letter animated on the 2nd one? Puppet Tool? Corner Pin? etc etc….
Just used careful positioning, unklocked scaling(so the letters could stretch, ALOT of trial and error and patience. Thanks for the kind words. I thought there were so many great videos!
Amazing work people, It would be great if some Tuts came out of these videos. It would really help us out.
Good Job.
Thanks.
cool, at least my video is the first of the runner ups
p.s.: I know my clip is not very complex, but I ask anyway : anybody interested in a tutorial?
i would definitely like to see a tutorial on your video
I want….
ok!
I personally like Greg Balint’s entry a lot… Could you please make a tut greg? I think that effect is really cool…Thanks!
I’m just coming back from a 2 week vacation and i’m trying to catch up on a lot of work at the studio, but I’ll see if I can make time.. Thanks for the comment, and we’ll see if I can get something together soon.