How to use the After Effects Wiggle Expression

Last updated on October 22nd, 2018,

The Wiggle Expression in After Effects (or ae wiggle for short) is a great way to make objects move randomly, have some sort of idle Movement in character joints, animate a random camera shake, create wobbly text or animate a blinking/flickering light.

Although it is somewhat common knowledge what Wiggle does, I often times find myself sitting in front of my state-of-the-art After Effects Workstation realizing, that I have once again forgotten how the correct wiggle Expression syntax is and what parts of the Wiggle Expression does what.

So here are some basic and advanced wiggle() Expression snippets for you to copy and paste into your After Effects projects and adjust to your liking:
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Best Hardware for GPU Rendering in Octane – Redshift – Vray (Updated)

Last updated on December 9th, 2018, 79 comments

Graphics Card (GPU) based render engines such as Redhift3D, Octane or VRAY-RT have matured quite a bit over the last years and are starting to overtake CPU-based Render-Engines.

But what hardware gives the best-bang-for-the-buck and what do you have to keep in mind when building your GPU-Workstation compared to a CPU Rendering Workstation? Building a 3D Modeling and CPU Rendering Workstation can be somewhat straightforward, but highly optimizing for GPU Rendering is a whole other story.

So what is the best Hardware and best GPU for rendering with Octane, Redhsift3D or VRAY-RT, that also is affordable? Let’s take a look:Continue Reading

The Albedo Map Mystery Revealed

Last updated on October 22nd, 2018,

There seems to be quite some hype about Albedo Maps recently, especially in 3D Rendering and Realtime Rendering Applications.

I recently learned what impact the correct usage of an Albedo Map can make in my projects and wanted to share my insight here:

An Albedo Map is basically an Image texture without any shadows or highlights.

Take the following Image as an example. On the left we have a picture of a brick wall with shadows and highlights and on the right these shadows and highlights are missing.Continue Reading

10 best Cinema 4D Textures Resources

Last updated on October 22nd, 2018,

If you are looking for Cinema 4D Textures to use in your C4D Materials, look no more. Here is a comprehensive List of the 10 best Cinema 4D Textures Resources.

It does not really matter what 3D Software you are using, be it Cinema 4D, 3DsMax, Maya, Blender or any of the many 3D Softwares out there.

Textures work very similar in all of these Programs and can be used universally.Continue Reading

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