Hello team! First official post here. My name is Jeff and I'm in the techno music scene here in Detroit. I do video work for a promotion company and in charge of creating content for parties.
Anywho, I have a great understanding of camera techniques and Adobe software (Premiere, After Effects). But I really want to expand my work in generating content that is 'naturally correct'.
I really thought I'd be able to figure out some of this software on my own with the help of tutorials but I haven't been able to get the gist of it so far. I watched a couple hours of Don Whitaker's tutorials on YouTube: (
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtKnhhOyaHw1sooY4mhww-Q) and got somewhat of an understanding, but he's using different software than I am.
Currently using Mandelbulber 2 and grabbed a copy of Fragmentarium. I'm running a Mac
…. but I do have a desktop PC.
Not entirely sure how involved this forum is for newcomers, but do any of you have recommendations as far as which software I should be using? Should I not be using my Mac for this? Minimum hardware requirements? I'm beyond fascinated with the software and am looking to really create some stuff for everyone to enjoy and get lost in. Any recommendations on software I should be using? Any kind of direction is extremely appreciated as I'll be here creating garbage meanwhile.
Ps: My main goal is animating short 3D fractal videos that will incorporate text/graphics into the video. Whether that be by masking in post in After Effects or not.
Thank you all!
Jeff
jeffktabb@gmail.comvimeo.com/jefftabb/