Archives: December 2008
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AE Workflow Tip #7: Importing Projects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 444
1 commentIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares tips on the many uses of importing After Effects Projects, and how you can recover corrupt AE files.
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Animating a TV Turning on and Off
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 2702
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz revisits one of his first AE tutorials (the Old TV Look) and shows you how to animate the TV turning on and off.
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Bending Mode Tips #1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1261
1 commentIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares some hints for working with layer transfer modes / blending modes in After Effects.
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Animating a Signature – Part 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 4160
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz revisits his earlier tutorial on animating a signature and shows you how to add a pen writing the signature in After Effects 3D.
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AE Workflow Tip #6: Drag and Drop
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 435
5 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how dragging and dropping can speed up importing footage, rendering video, and exporting files.
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Creating the 3D Ribbon Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 6282
1 commentIn this Video Tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates how to quickly create the popular 3D ribbon effect in Maxon Cinema 4D and Maya.
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Pre-Composing and Nesting – Part 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1321
No commentsIn this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains when and why you would want to nest compositions and pre-compose layers in After Effects.
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Pre-Composing and Nesting – Part 1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1646
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explains the basics of nesting and pre-composing compositions in After Effects.
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Combining Effects with AEs Fractal Noise Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 4536
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz examines how to be more creative by combining different effects with AEs Fractal Noise.
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Looping Fractal Noise
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1292
3 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz show you how to create seamlessly looping fractal background animations by using AEs Fractal Noise effect.
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AE Keyframe Boomerang Effect – Part 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 489
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explores another instance of the boomerang effect and its causes, as well as several solutions for preventing it.
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AE Keyframe Boomerang Effect – Part 1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 628
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to handle the annoying (and sometimes crippling) boomerang effect, in which a layer moves randomly between two spatial keyframes that are exactly the same.
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Force Motion Blur
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1954
1 commentIn this tutorial, Aharon rabinowitz shows you how to add a motion blur to effects that dont support this feature. Also covered is adding blur to video footage that has been sped up, and an introduction to CyCores updated Effects – CyCore FX HD.
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GridIron Nucleo Pro
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1257
No commentsIn this video review, Aharon Rabinowitz explores GridIron Softwares Nucleo Pro, a new plug-in that speeds up AE renders and previews and helps users improve their workflow.
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AE Workflow Tip #4: Renaming & More
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 351
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses methods of renaming layers, compositions, footage and effects. Also discussed are a couple of hidden buttons in AE that will make life a little easier.
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Animating a Signature in AE
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 2857
2 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to animate a signature appearing on screen, and a few tricks to make it look more realistic.
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AE Workflow Tip #3: Open in Editor
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 338
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses the Open Editor command and how it can help you streamline your workflow. Also covered is preparation for getting this command to work for you with all image, video and audio formats.
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The Very, Very Basics of Fractal Noise
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1136
1 commentIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the Fractal Noise Effect, and shows you how to create the animated backgrounds seen in the opening of the Creative Cow AE Tutorials.
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AE Gotchas 1: Wrong Frame Rate
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1590
1 commentIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses one of the most common AE mistakes – Importing image sequences at the wrong frame rate – along with the effects and solutions.
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particleIllusion 3 and AE 7
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 679
No commentsAfter Effects 7 & ParticleIllusion 3: In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get position data from After Effects 7 into particleIllusion. Also, using the same method, you can get data from After Effects 7 into older versions of AE.
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Creating a Custom Wave Form – Part 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1847
4 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the Customized waveform and talks about how to get real control of your audio keyframes with Trapcode Sound Keys.
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Creating a Custom Wave Form – Part 1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 887
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a customized, sound-reactive waveform using a stroke, a distortion effect and an expression.
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AE Workflow Tip #2: Rendering
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1203
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares some rendering workflow tips to help you avoid a crash and render a little faster, and discusses an important plug-in for speeding up your renders and previews.
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Understanding Straight vs. Premultiplied
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 2410
2 commentsIn this Video Tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz helps you understand the practical differences between Straight and Premultiplied video, when working with After Effects alone as well as between AE and other programs.
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AE Workflow Tip #1: Duplication
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1013
No commentsIn this Video Tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz helps you improve your workflow through the use of duplication in After Effects. Topics covered include, duplicating layers, render settings, overwriting renders, and creating videotape containing both RGB and Alpha transparency information for archiving.