Tuesday, January 5, 2010
This Old House TV was awarded an Emmy for its New Orleans Project episode, which featured the rebuilding of an 1892 Creole-style shotgun home located in Lower Ninth Ward that was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Throughout its 30-year history, This Old House has earned a grand total of 17 Emmy Awards and garnered an impressive 82 nominations. The production crew traveled from Massachusetts to New Orleans to capture this story and other stories of the city's revival.
Michael Svirsky, Post Production Supervisor in their Concord, MA facility, is often tasked with creation of packaging and show promos on short notice. When the news of an award came in, he had to act fast. An animated bug with the Emmy logo and This Old House brand had to be created in time for the next episode.
Michael's tools of choice are Adobe After Effects and Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE, both installed on his trusty Apple MacBook Pro laptop. He already used Boris Continuum Complete 6's new 3D extrusion features on a number of occasions and this time it was going to be a lifesaver. Fortunately, an EPS version of an Emmy logo was readily available, and the BCC Extruded EPS filter did the rest...
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