Archives: January 2009
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RGTV Ep 08: Creating and Working with Complex 3D Projects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 30, 2009
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Views: 16130
8 commentsIn this episode, Aharon shares some tips for simplifying and working with 3D compositions. You’ll also get a look at at some cool tools designed to easily distribute layers in 3D space, and that help create complex 3D shapes.
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RGTV Ep 07: Getting Better Control of Emitter Position in Trapcode Particular
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 30, 2009
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Views: 7796
8 commentsIn this Episode, we’ll look at some very useful techniques for Trapcode Particular that will give you better control of emitter position in 2D and 3D. You’ll also learn how to capture the motion of your mouse (or stylus) to control emitter position.
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After Effects New York January Meeting
No commentsWe had an awesome AENY meeting tonight. I’m too tired to write a lot about it, other than to say that we had 2 great presenters…
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Microsoft Comes Through
10 commentsI had a shockingly good experience with Microsoft tech support today. I was having trouble installing MS Windows XP SP3 (Adobe’s strong recommendation for CS4). No matter how many different ways I tried, it would not install. There was some sort of permissions issue. So I did the unthinkable: I called Microsoft and asked for [...]
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RGTV Ep 06: Controling Time with Audio – Pt. 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 23, 2009
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Views: 6997
15 commentsIn this episode, Aharon continues to explore how audio can be used to control time, but he expands on that by showing you how it can be used to change the look of the footage as well.
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RGTV Ep 05: Controling Time with Audio – Pt. 1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 23, 2009
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Views: 8481
12 commentsIn this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. You’ll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the music’s beat – a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.
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RGTV Ep 04: Better Compositing Techniques
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 23, 2009
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Views: 11199
4 commentsIn this Episode, learn about compositing techniques that fall outside of keying. Using tools available for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Vegas and Avid, you’ll discover ways to improve the quality of your composite with less work.
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My Students
2 commentsI love teaching. In my professional life, nothing gives me more pleasure… with the exception of one thing: When I see some of the awesome work my old students are doing. Yeah, maybe I’m taking too much credit, but I like to think I helped. Here’s a couple of my favorites: “Billy Bombo” by Dan [...]