Creating a Dynamic Pie Chart using Lightwave & After Effects – Scene Setup

Creating a Dynamic Pie Chart using Lightwave & After Effects – Scene Setup

on Sep 15th 2010 with 5 comments
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Dynamic Pie Chart using Lightwave

In the first part of this two day tutorial tutorial, Joshua Jorgensen will take us through the process of creating a motion graphics style effect to animate a pie chart scene. Using a combination of keyframing and expressions in Lightwave 3D, we’ll build a flexible semi-automated system to create an impressive effect out of what would normally be a boring statistic!

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The tutorial will cover the entire process from start to finish, including modeling, layout, animation, texturing, and compositing. Intermediate knowledge of Lightwave as well as basic knowledge of After Effects are required to complete this tutorial.

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I'm Joshua Jorgensen, a designer in Seattle who has worked for the past 6 years for a firm specializing in design for corporate clients. Before that I worked in the video game industry and as a freelance web designer. When not working on CG, I enjoy playing video games, watching anime, and writing reviews on Yelp. Check out my portfolio at http://meatycheesyboy.cgsociety.org/gallery/  

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  • http://shahrez.carbonmade.com Shahrez Rafiq

    Its a thing of unbelievable beauty.
    I am thinking of doing some sort of animation involving circles and all that. :)

  • http://www.tutoriallounge.com Tutorial Lounge

    really beautiful way of learning.

  • Joshua Jorgensen
    Author

    I’m glad you guys liked it. I had a lot of fun making it. Hopefully I’ll be able to make another one soon.

  • Darko

    This was a rly good Tutorial, I like it alot. When is part 2 coming out?

    • http://www.badgrenola.com Matt Brealey

      Hi Darko, Glad you liked it! Part two will be coming out soon, so keep checking back :)

      Cheers!

      Matt