Free Background Loop

This is a looping animation that’s free to download and use for whatever you need. You’ll have to have a Vimeo account to download it. You can get the file at this link: http://vimeo.com/5857288

Musicians Test

This is an idea I had that I wanted to test out. This is just a quick and dirty trial with some mistakes but you’ll get the idea.Edited in Final Cut Pro and then taken into After Effects for masking and color correction.

Nike x LIVESTRONG-Chalkbot

This is right up there with the coolest things I’ve seen.

Free Spotlight Countdown

This is a countdown I made for our God at the Movies series. It’s free to download and use for whatever you need it for. You will need a Vimeo account to download it, though. Technical Details: I used 3 spotlights inside after effects and then applied Trapcode Lux. I used expressions to change the spotlights’ point of interest over time.

more about “Spotlight Countdown on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod

Heading Back to Kansas

Tomorrow morning I’m leaving at 6 a.m. to head to Hays, KS. Speaking at a youth conference on Friday night at my little brothers church. I’ll be leaving super early Saturday morning to get back Bartlesville to help set the church up for our “God at the Movies” series starting on Sunday. So, it will be a busy weekend-but should be fun!

30 weeks

Brandi is 30 weeks pregnant today with our son, Elliot. It went by really, really fast. Now I’m not sure if I want the last ten weeks to go by really fast or really slow. I suppose there are benifits to both. Either way, September 1st will be here before we know it!

Microblogging

You may have noticed that I haven’t been bloggings as frequently here. That’s simply because I’ve been “microblogging” on Twitter. For all those that enjoy reading my blog, please feel free to follow me on twitter.

www.twitter.com/kylebloom

Things I’m excited about

I was thinking last night about several upcoming things that I’m excited about. Then, I realized that most of them are happening in September. Here’s the run down.

1. Elliot Prescott Bloom-supposed to be born on Sept. 1st. (everything else pales in comparison to that one but I’m still excited about them.)
2. Snow Leopard comes out. Will I be upgrading for a mere $29? Yes I will.
3. Final Cut Studio 3. While I’m not even sure this is happening in 2009, it’s possible it will be released around the same time that Snow Leopard is. If it is released, I will buy it the day it comes out.
4. “Record” from the makers of Reason comes out. Not sure if I’ll buy this or not but I’m going to be keeping my eye on it. Looks promising.
5. I’m going to buy a used upright piano to stick in my home studio. I can get one really cheap on Craigslist and then just fix it up a bit. (or a lot depending on how tore up it is)

Powerful Lyrics

I heard a new song from Noah Gunderson called “Jesus, Jesus” today and several of the lyrics messed me up. Here’s part:

Jesus, Jesus, there are those that say they love you
But they have treated me so god d*mn mean
And I know you said ‘forgive them for they know not what they do’
But sometimes I think they do
And I think about you

Reminds me of a quote from Ghandi.

I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ. -Ghandi

Sad words.

Free Fly Through Clouds Loop

This is a 15 second seamlessly looping cloud fly through that’s free to download and use for whatever you need.