Archives: June 2009
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Peel-Away Vortex Transition Coming Soon
8 commentsHoo-Ah! Just finished recording the Peel-Away Vortex Transition tutorial for Red Giant TV. Hope to have it edited and up for next Tuesday’s episode.
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Ocean Water Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jun 30, 2009
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Views: 20441
30 commentsIn this presentation, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create this ocean scene in Adobe After Effects with only the tools found in AE – No 3rd-party plug-ins were used. He’ll also introduce you to a cool plug-in for creating realistic water. This was part of a presentation he gave on June 25, 2009 at [...]
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After Effects New York – Ocean Water Presentation
10 commentsSo… good news and bad news… The bad news first. The screen capture we did at After Effects New York, did not work out well. Now the good news… Today I sat down and gave the same presentation to… my computer. I just re-did the presentation – no editing, no planning, no nothing. It’s recorded [...]
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After Effects New York Wrap Up
10 commentsAlright – I am heading out the door for the weekend, but I wanted to do a quick wrap up of what I covered in my After Effects New York presentation: 1. Creating an Ocean Water Effect – using only tools found in After Effects CS3+ and no footage, I showed how you can create [...]
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New Ad for Crowd Control
No commentsJust completed a marathon animation run to complete this 30-second commercial for Crowd Control. I did it in After Effects in under 2 days, pretty much from scratch. Believe it or not I spent more time on that logo build than on any other single section. Tried so many different things… With the exception of [...]
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After Effects and Rendering for Flash with Alpha Channel
5 commentsI was asked this question this week, and wanted to share the answer. Question: When I render particles with an Alpha Channel and import that into Flash, there is a dark halo or weird edges around the particles, which makes compositing impossible. I am rendering out as an FLV with Alpha. What am I doing [...]
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Grayscale Gorilla
11 commentsHi folks – I just got turned on to a great site – http://greyscalegorilla.com/ – The site belongs to Nick Campbell, a photographer and very talented motion graphics artist. You can see his reel here. Nick also creates tutorials, but what makes him stand out is his helping others to find inspiration through themselves. He [...]
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After Effects New York – This time I mean it!
2 commentsOK – the plan is that this month at AENY, I’ll be presenting. Unless someone comes up with a holiday I never heard of, or a meteor hits Manhattan (And I’ve seen enough movies to know it can happen) – I’ll be there. Next meeting: Thursday, June 25, 2009 The Time: 6:45 PM – 9:00 [...]
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Present yourself Professionally – Use BCC!
12 commentsI know this isn’t about animation, but let’s talk business and the web, and presenting one’s self professionally when reaching out to large number of people at once… When you do a mass email, don’t share people’s private info – And that includes their email address! Use BCC instead of CC to hide their contact [...]
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RGTV Ep. 21 – Creating a Text to Sand Transition
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jun 09, 2009
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Views: 95118
41 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Trapcode Form to create the effect of text (or a logo) dissolving to sand and blowing away. You’ll also learn how to reverse the transition, so that sand forms into text. You can see an example video of the end result [...]
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On being “The Man” and After Effects with H.264
7 commentsRecently, I was told that, with the launch of a big product like Crowd Control, I went from being just a guy to being “The Man.” Sooooooooo not true. I only own a small island. (you know I’m kidding right – if you live outside NYC, there’s a 99% chance your home is a lot [...]
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Simple Reflection Techniques
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jun 03, 2009
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Views: 28786
14 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create simple reflections on the floor for both individual people and crowds, in Adobe After Effects. As a bonus, you’ll pick up a valuable technique for counteracting some of the issues you may encounter when you have collaps transformations turned on. Important Note: Make sure to [...]
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Good Bye, Old Friend
4 commentsA while back I did some animation training in NC for the Carolina Hurricanes. No – not the hockey players – the animation team that puts all of the cool stuff up on screen at the games. During that 3 day period, I came up with the Jumbotron Tutorial. Alas, my good friend the JumboTron [...]
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A great tutorial on Red Giant TV
3 commentsNo – not one of mine. This one comes from Rob Birnholz of Absolute Motion Graphics. Episode 20: Creating a 3D Picture Montage with Trapcode Particular In this Episode, Rob Birnholz shows you a great technique for quickly creating a 3D picture montage with Trapcode Particular. It takes just minutes to set up, but can [...]