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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The thoroughness of answers regardless of industry. Thank you! That is great food for thought! I don't know that I can find many beautiful veneered ply (small town), but I'll definitely go that route. Makes sense! Maybe I just have to figured out how to veneer it myself after all..

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

How's furniture making going btw? I was looking forward to seeing more of those posts, but I totally understand you leaving social media in the back burner :)

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Nothing fancy. Just curious what your preferred approach would be for long floating shelves? Mitered ply or hardwood? Intuitively I feel like ply would be cheaper but also not be as pretty. The furniture pieces you shared were gorgeous so I figured you'd know how to approach it for beauty. 😬

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Phew 😮‍💨 That idea was a little distressing, ngl...

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Lol.. I've been working out a new woodworking project and had a thought... I wonder if we can still bug @ecabrams.bsky.social with questions, but now related to all things wood and furniture instead. Or were our incessant questions the reason he decided to pivot to begin with? 🤔

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I've been learning the Piano and when following the Blurred Lines prompt from the new @cgcookie.bsky.social Type Sessions this animation came to mind. The measure that reveals is the actual measure we hear repeating for most of what I was playing/practicing. #motiondesign #blender #b3d

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I can totally understand that. Anyways, just know what we appreciated your craft before too. You have taught so much to so many of us. Looking forward to seeing the pieces you are working on! Love woodworking too, though my projects don't look nearly as polished as yours 😅

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Ps. I'm a guaranteed subscriber when you decide to bring your woodworking skills to YouTube. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

A career Irish Good-bye is about the best description lol. I thought carpentry was just a hobby you were really into. Now it makes sense the disappearance from the mograph scene. Your work looks stunning btw! So I know it'll be a success 🙌 All the best and thank you for the teachings.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The most important skill I developed as a digital artist is how to build my projects in a way that I can (nearly) painlessly update EVERYTHING about it, and fast. A major design shift across the board for the 3rd time in 6 weeks you say? Give me 20 minutes.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Lol.. it's both maddening and reassuring at the same time.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Whenever you feel threatened by technology just remember that my vacuum can't find its way out of the bathroom. Not once. Not ever. We'll be fine.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Wait! When did we get the ability to save posts here? I've been away too long, haven't notice it. Yay! Custom pinning only needed for organization now.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

@kylasaurusrex.bsky.social @ecabrams.bsky.social Jake Bartlett @sternfx.bsky.social Cameron Shefer-Boswell (MotionXP) Adam Bennett (The Video Shop) Ben Marriott Joey Korenman (School of Motion)

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

👀 I'm definitely keeping tabs on this discussion!

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Who knows? Some beefy oak? 😅

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Fellow creatives... how do you juggle the internal struggle of "don't do free work because that's a rabbit hole path" , but at the same time "these are friends that really could use some help and I really want to see them succeed" ?

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Alrighty... crazy busy weeks of hell at work are over. Back to our usual programming. Starting off with rest, because you know, burnout is a real thing.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hey Ryan, thanks for sharing! And thank you for making Keys & Curves real. Like real stuff that happens to us and our industry. The situation sucks, honestly the whole world situation sucks rn. But to answer your questions: yes, a lot of us are spooked and asking what will happen. I'll tag along...

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I also totally meant *Busiest One of them days...

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Well then... good to know I jinxed myself... 😩 Maybe get it rendered and hold on to the files next time lol

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

usiest time of the year at work. You know there'll be long days. You pull a couple long ones on your terms, render 120+ screens to get ahead. Finish templatizing the project for another 325. 200GB packaged and delivered 9 days ahead! They call: 85% of the in-venue screens are changing. I'm fine 🫥

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Dang... it fills the 100GB I set for it so quick I was thought I was doing something wrong. Oh well! Good to know! Thanks

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Motion Design folks: is it just me? Or does anyone else have to empty their memory and cache from After Effects several times a day? Honestly, some of my larger - full stadium takeovers, might have to even be a couple of times per hour. If it's just me, what am I doing that is causing this? 🤔

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I need to get in a habit like that. I feel like I can work so much better too... I can actually see my gradients now 😅

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Just a reminder to go clean your screen. And your keyboard while you're at it. Yes, it feels like a brand new computer, doesn't it? You're welcome.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Yep! I double checked and the editor I was sending this to was complaining it was too cumbersome to nail the timing and such when you have to dive into another sequence to adjust the replacement media in the mogrt. The workaround: add a PP adj layer and it will preserve the transparency!

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Organizing our new NAS server and found all my old edits in a (dusty) folder... I used to carry a camera on me 24/7 and edit a memory bank at the end of the year. Kind of a Vlog with my favorite memories. Dang, those are sweet to rewatch! Even teared up at a couple 🥲 Gotta start doing those again

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Let me dig the project where I had to send glassmorphism mograph to PP to refresh my memory. I'll let you know!

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Interesting! Never heard of it. Thanks for sharing!

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Such a different vibe from this channel that I felt like I had to share it. Love the overall design and how cohesive everything looks, plus we get some new takes on Mograph in Blender! Fun! Honestly a lot of great tips and tuts here, so I can't recommend only one.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

If you don't know what colony you are talking about, this almost feels like a social experiment.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

hmm.. Blending modes... Adjustment layers if we're feeling special. Imagine glassmorphism, with blurs that react to the background layer? A BG that will ultimately be swapped in PP. My current workaround is adding the adj. layer itself as media on the the Mogrt.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Or how you guys suggest handling the fact we don't know where the end user will ultimately overlay the graphic. How to avoid the editor throwing drop shadows everywhere 🥴

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Yay! Templates! I've had some workarounds for transparency transferred over to PP (think frosted glass look for shape layers) but am curious if you guys have better solutions with the newer versions of AE.

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This trailer is SO good! Best course trailer I have seen since Pierrick's Rigging course. Totally worth a watch! Both the trailer and the course, obviously 😅

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I don't use a ton of add-ons on my workflow, and hardly ever find one that is always on (other than node wrangler 😅). This one is different. Holy smokes how much easier and faster it is to light anything! @glebalexandrov.bsky.social 's overview video was incredibly helpful. Go check it out!

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Nathi Tappan @nathitappan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I once told myself I would not leave any projects unfinished... And while I still mean it, I hate that I have 6 or 7 concurrent personal projects that all sound and look appealing to me at the same level, all "in progress" and far from "done". 🥴

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