Greetings,

 

 

 

I just finished my Christmas card for my family and friends. I decided to make a slightly altered version for you guys to check out.

 

 

 

http://vimeo.com/2614926

 

 

 

The background image is created from ten different photographs and quite a bit of brushing (had to add a looot of snow). Animation work is done in After Effects. All in all it took a good 10-15 hours (adjusted with ITWE - Internet Time Wasting Effect). Though most of that time was during the 1am - 7 am time slot which isn't known for its effectiveness. ;)

 

 

 

The version on Vimeo is of quite bad quality. Does anyone have ideas where to host for better bitrate? Tried youtube HD, but couldn't get it working.

 

 

 

Anyway, have a pleasent holiday season everyone!

Thanks, a merry christmas and a happy new year to you too

 

 

 

The animation is good, but all the snow is falling at the same time so it seems - it's hard to describe, bit I don't like how the snow falls all at the same time.

Wow that is awesome, took 20-30 hours to make and only took a few seconds to watch ^_^

It looks great! :D Happy holidays!!

Hmm, now that I think of it, those numbers are quite inflated. Considering most of the time was spent surfing the Internet and playing WC3. Perhaps 10-15 is closer :D

Awesome! I love it! :D

 

 

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year guys. :twss:

I <3 U

Hyvää Joulua! That's Merry Christmas in Finnish :

 

 

 

Loving the e-card, it looks great. Well done on it! Wish I had After Effects...