Welcome to the Williams and Grey Digital Creative Blog! From reviews and tutorials to behind the scenes videos and our current work... This is a home for all things Williams and Grey.
We've got a new piece of software in the studio and have been working hard to get to grips with it - it's a fluid simulator called Realflow; Man, it's a complicated beast but we're kinda getting our heads around it... Slowly! This little demo is our first piece that's actually been sent to render and it's based on a Realflow Tutorial from Ali over at Project4D... THANKS MAN! :)
We've got loads of cool ideas to use it for and hopefully we'll bring you some tutorials ourselves in the coming months but for now, i'm afraid you'll have to make do with seeing what we do with it! :) Make sure you subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with our latest videos and add us on twitter too @Williams and Grey!
We've spent all weekend being driven like slaves by Matt (karma for making him get all the beers in on Friday :D )... Here's just a short example of the outcome from a bit of the Spline Effector work we have been cracking on with over the last few days - if anyone would like us to look at creating an intro for them or modifying this one then drop us a line! :) If we get enough subs over on the YouTube page, Matt might even let us upload the .c4d scenefile; Maybe! :)
We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
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As we mentioned yesterday, we've spent a lot of time recently working with MoGraph and stumbled upon a piece of work on YouTube which had been attracting a bunch of views about a year or so ago. Hundreds of people asked for a tutorial on the effect so we decided to give the people what they want - here it is! :)
Please feel free to add anything you make using this tutorial as a video response over on our YouTube page (Williams and Grey - YouTube), or send us an image of it - we'd love to see what you guys do with it. We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
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So, we've spent a lot of time recently working with MoGraph and stumbled upon a piece of work on YouTube which had been attracting a bunch of views about a year or so ago. Hundreds of people asked for a tutorial on the effect so we decided to give the people what they want! Here is the short 'teaser' of the effect we'll be showing you to make - check it out... We'll have the tutorial coming in the next couple of days; hopefully tomorrow evening!
We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
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Hi Everyone and welcome back, once again to the Williams and Grey blog!
Another Cinema 4D tutorial for you today... This time, we take a look at how to use the Physical Camera and Physical Renderer together to make some cool and more realistic looking renders!
Please feel free to add anything you make using this tutorial as a video response over on our YouTube page (Williams and Grey - YouTube), or send us an image of it - we'd love to see what you guys do with it.
We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
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Hi Everyone and welcome back, once again to the Williams and Grey blog!
The weather was great today - the first 'Spring Like' day of 2013... So, we got Matt out of the office & sent him to do a short tutorial on 'Aperture'; What it is and how to use it to your advantage to help take great photos! Check it out and let us know what you think! :)
Please feel free to add anything you make using this tutorial as a video response over on our YouTube page (Williams and Grey - YouTube), or send us an image of it - we'd love to see what you guys do with it.
We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
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Today, we take a closer look at the 'Content Browser' and how to save objects to it and use the content it contains. We find it a really useful tool to help us streamline our workflow and once you get to grips with it, you probably will too!
Please feel free to add anything you make using this tutorial as a video response over on our YouTube page (Williams and Grey - YouTube), or send us an image of it - we'd love to see what you guys do with it.
We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
Make sure you subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with our latest videos and add us on twitter too@Williams and Grey!
Hi Everyone and welcome back, once again to the Williams and Grey blog!
Here's another Cinema 4D tutorial for you... Today, we guide you through creating a studio, to show off your objects in; From the ground up - we cover Splines, Extrude NURBS, Area Lights, Cloners, The Random Effector and the Physical Camera/Renderer... We're making other videos which explain these other topics in detail so stay tuned for those! :)
Please feel free to add anything you make using this tutorial as a video response over on our YouTube page (Williams and Grey - YouTube), or send us an image of it - we'd love to see what you guys do with it.
We've got a load of videos currently in the pipeline, from gear reviews to in depth tutorials but if there's anything in particular you would like to see or you have any questions about gear, or photography in general, feel free to add a comment or drop us a direct message & we'll see what we can do to help out...
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We had a job on for a client a couple of weeks ago and had a few issues with booleans and fillet caps on their logo . Basically, when you use a boolean to cut out from another object, there's no way of getting the fillet caps which are on the original object to replicate themselves onto the edges of the newly created 'booled' area. Most annoying!
After much experimenting we found a pretty simple workaround and thought we'd share it in the hope of helping people out who may be facing a similar situation!
Check out the video and let us know what you think - please rate it and add any comments or suggestion to it over on YouTube and don't forget to subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with any further video releases.
Hi everyone and welcome back to the blog! We're still trying to work through all the video ideas you guys have been sending to us and here are two of the latest 'Lens Review' videos for you to see; with these finished, we've covered all of the lenses in the 'Nikon Pro Trilogy' but we're not done there; we've got more to come on these as time allows so stay tuned!
Today we have a look at both the Nikon, Nikkor 14-24mm 1:2.8G and the Nikon, Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8G VR-II Lenses. Again, with them being Pro Lenses, they are a little pricey but if you want the absolute best quality both in terms of photographic reproduction and build then there really is no comparison...
Continuing the theme, as with all the Nikon AF-S Pro lenses, the focus speed is simply phenomenal; So fast it's effectively instantaneous and always pin sharp on the selected focus point... The image reproduction is fantastic too - with pin sharp images from edge to edge, amazing, vibrant colour reproduction and beautiful bokeh when you open the aperture up and throw the background out! The 14-24mm does go a little soft in the corners when it's at 14mm and the aperture is wide open and there is a little vignetting on the 70-200mm when it's past around 175mm with the hood on but these issues are barely noticeable and easily fixed in the simplest photo manipulation software.
Check out the video reviews here and check out the sample photos at the end to get an idea of how these lenses perform in the 'real-world'!
14-24mm 1:28G ED Review
70-200mm 1:2.8G Review
If you have any questions about these lenses, or have any ideas for future videos you would like us to make, please drop us a line or add a comment! :)
Finally, if you are considering purchasing one of these lenses and want to help us make more videos in the future, then please use the link below to get it through Amazon. It won't cost you any extra but we'd really appreciate it!
Hi everyone and welcome back to the blog! We've been maxed out over the last couple of months working on new video reviews, photography tutorials and brainstorming a whole bunch of Cinema 4D, vRay and After Effects tutorials ideas too... It's been great trying to work through all the ideas we have and figuring out how best to make the videos for you guys!
To kick things off, we decided to do a video review of our 'mainstay' lens which we use virtually every time it comes to shooting some of our amazing & talented clients, the Nikon Nikkor 24-70mm 1:2.8G Pro Lens. Yes, it is a little on the expensive side (but what hunk of pro glass isn't?!) but if you are serious about your photography then this is arguably the best lens to start with...
It is pretty wide down at 24mm, especially on a Full Frame body if you have one and has good reach too at 70mm, making it a perfect 'all-rounder'. It's also light enough to carry round with you all day and not leave you in an exhausted heap on the sofa when you make it home (unlike the 70-200mm 1:2.8)! The focussing on all the Nikon AF-S Pro lenses is simply phenomenal; So fast it's effectively instantaneous and always pin sharp on the selected focus point... The 24-70mm is no exception! Image reproduction is fantastic too - with pin sharp images from edge to edge, amazing, vibrant colour reproduction and beautiful bokeh when you open the aperture up and throw the background out!
Check out the video review here and check out the sample photos at the end to get an idea of what this lens is like in the 'real-world'!
If you have any questions about this lens, or have any ideas for future videos you would like us to make, please drop us a line or add a comment! :)
Finally, if you are considering purchasing one of these lenses and want to help us make more videos in the future, then please use the link below to get it through Amazon. It won't cost you any extra but we'd really appreciate it!
