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Archives: May 2009

  1. Trapcode Particular 2!!!!

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 28, 2009

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Given that the product is still in Beta, these features are not set in stone. Until this ad appears on the Red Giant website, do not consider this official. The ad may change.

    Oh yeah, it’s Red Giant Software’s Trapcode Particular 2, baby!
    OK, well, it’s a commercial for it. And at the end of [...]

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  2. Another Peel-away Vortex Transition Example

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 27, 2009

    Here’s another example of how one might use the Peel-away Vortex Transition I am working on.
    This is a heavy sucker to render, but I think it looks pretty good.
    The dancer is, of course, one of the thousands of clips you can find in Crowd Control,  Our library of Pre-keyed Alpha Stock Footage.
    Still don’t have a [...]

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  3. Peel-away Vortex Transition

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 22, 2009

    OK – maybe not the best name, but here’s a tutorial I’m working on.  It uses Trapcode Form to create the majority of the effect.

    Click the image to watch video

    Man, I can’t wait to try this transition out on some of the Crowd Control footage, to see if it translates well as a transporter-like effect [...]

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  4. Apple for Sir – Animation Project

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 22, 2009

    Every once in a while I get an email from someone who’s used my tutorials to help them in their work. It’s always nice to see, but most of the time, instead of thinking “oh yeah – there’s that tutorial,” I instead think, man I wish I could do that. This is one of those [...]

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  5. Energize: Big Sale (50% off) on Crowd Control

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 19, 2009

    This weeks Episode of Red Giant TV is hosted by my good friend Eran Stern. He had a lot of fun creating a transporter effect.
    Episode 19: Creating a Transporter Effect
    In this episode, Chief Engineer Eran Stern works furiously to get his Starship’s transporters back on-line to rescue a fellow crew member trapped on a hostile [...]

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  6. Reverse Shatter Tutorial by Harry Frank

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 17, 2009

    Just watched a cool tutorial by Harry Frank on creating a Reverse shatter effect. This is the end result:

    Reverse Shatter Effect from graymachine on Vimeo.
    You can see the tutorial here:

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  7. Can’t Make AENY This Month

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 16, 2009

    Hi Folks -
    I just want to apologize. I was scheduled to present at the next AENY meeting (May 28), but I messed up. I didn’t have my Hebrew and US calendar synchronized properly in outlook (darn you Microsoft!!). As it turns out, May 28th is a major holiday, so I won’t be able to attend. [...]

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  8. Early Morning Deadlines

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 14, 2009

    I used to think I knew what deadlines were, and then we had a baby. I work some ungodly hours which often brings me home late, so I cover the mornings with our daughter, Noa (hebrew for “motion”). My wife leaves early and comes home much earlier than me, so she takes evenings. I live [...]

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    Creating a Force Field Effect in Adobe After Effects

    In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a awesome force field effect in Adobe After Effects – with no 3rd-party plug-ins. He’ll also cover some basic color correction techniques.
    Warning: This tutorial is almost 40 minutes long. Go get some snack and hit the head before you sit down to this one. You [...]

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  10. Tutorials at FinalCutUser.com

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 14, 2009

    About fricken time. I’ve been begging my buddy (And After Effects New York co-leader) Jim Geduldick at finalcutuser.com to get some video tips up on his site. If you’re a Final Cut Studio user, you should definately check these out.  Lots of cool tips including how to export a QuickTime video with a surround track.
    In [...]

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  11. The Force Field…

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 13, 2009

    The After Effects Force Field tutorial is done. The only thing keeping me from putting it up is an overnight compression job.  But here’s a video to keep you happy in the meantime…
    We’ll be covering how to create the forcefield itself, and some basic color corrections. The rest (camera shake, explosion) is for another time. [...]

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  12. Magic Bullet Looks Commercial

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 12, 2009

    Hi Folks -
    I just finished working on an awesome commercial for Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks. This was a ton of fun to do.

    Magic Bullet Looks – Helping you Tell your story from Red Giant Software on Vimeo.
    I wrote and directed it, and did some of the compositing, but all of the really [...]

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  13. After Effects New York – May 28

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 09, 2009

    Hey there folks-
    Just wanted to let you know I’ll be presenting some cool motion graphics and compositing techniques at After Effects New York on Thursday, May 28.
    The meeting is FREE, and you don’t have to let us know a head that your coming. Just show up!
    At the time I write this, there is no info [...]

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  14. After Effects Force Field

    By Aharon Rabinowitz
    May 04, 2009

    For a long time I’ve wanted to do a force field tutorial. But I had trouble finding inspiration. I started to look around the web, and found this trailer for Halo 3:

    After watching that, I was inspired to find a way to create an effect  that didn’t feel random but that did have some organic [...]

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