Mark Coleran Visual Designer

Books

Creative After Effects 7: Workflow Techniques for Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics
Authored a chapter on the use of presets for Angie Taylors excellent book. Still relevant and insightful no matter what version of Adobe After Effects you are using. Angie has an open and informal writing style that makes even complex concepts, clear and understandable. It was a real pleasure to have been able to contribute to her book.

After Effects @ Work (DV Expert Series)
Authored a chapter on the creation of a bezel element similar to the objects and devices used in the creation of the screen work. A great collection of contributing artists make this a good book, giving designers a great window into how people really work.

The tutorial in this book was inspired by an element I created for the film Mr & Mrs Smith. Maltaanon did a great tutorial for Motionworks inspired by the same source, for the Making it Look Great 5 series of tutorials. The tutorial is 01 Gyro.

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Interviews & Discussions

01.2010 CBC Spark – Mark Coleran on Fantasy User Interfaces
Interview with Nora Young on CBC Radio One, Spark.

01.2010 NPR, All Things Considered, Telling A Story In A Flash.
Interview with Petra Mayer on NPR’s weekend edition of All Things Considered.

10.2009 Motionworks: Unplugged interview with John Dickinson
Had a great time talking with a good friend, John Dickinson for his Uplugged series of creative and developer interviews. John also runs the excellent Motionworks blog.

06.2009 Venture Beat interview with Dean Takahashi
Had the pleasure of talking with Dean Takahashi when I was down in S.F. a short while ago for the S.F. Mograph user group meeting.

05.2009 Scott Barnes at Mossyblog
Interview with Scott Barnes, Rich Platform Product Manager at Microsoft.

02.2009 FX Mogul
A chat with Stephan Dube for FX Mogul.

10.2008 Motion TV
Discussion with Becky Padilla and Elaine Montoya. Organizers of the excellent Motion conference in Albuquerque.

11.2007 How sci-fi influences today’s gadgets
Brief mention and reference to the past work in a short New Scientist technology blog.

06.2007 Long Zheng at “I Started Something”
Discussion with Long Zheng about the desk top computer realized in the Michael Bay directed film, The Island.

01.2010 The Escapist
Meet The Designer of Fake User Interfaces

01.2010 Creating Motion Graphics Blog at Pro Video Coalition
User Interface Design for Hollywood

01.2010 Gizmodo
Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them