Comments on: Grayscale Gorilla

By: tiffer

tiffer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:56:09 +0000

Thanx Aharon i had a we go at it lol

By: joel

joel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:01:18 +0000

Yesss Straight render fixed the “black fringes” around the particles ..Thanks a LOT Ahron ( AFX Guru)

Thanks a LOT Ahron ( AFX Guru)

By: Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:02:29 +0000

Joel – render with Alpha channel, but as a straight Render. This should solve your problem. If you don;t know about Straight Renders, I have a short tutorial called “Straight Vs. Premultiplied” here at my site. just use the search bar in the upper right corner of the site to find it.

By: Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:00:42 +0000

Dude – Rabinowitz is one of the most common Jewish last names. I’ve never met the guy but I have a huge family. Anything is possible.

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:35:38 +0000

joel I use alternative encoders like sorenson squeese. to encode after effects renders and never had problem with particles. you can also directly encode from within after effects but i wouldn’t recommend it.

also Aharon’s “internet killed the video star” DVD helped me a lot understanding the encoding and compressing videos. the DVD was eye opening and Aharon was really trying to be funny.

By: joel

joel — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:55:45 +0000

Amazing!!! that must be a “LOT” of work… (i feel strained out while keying a 10 seconds video -.-) .

Technical Question: But being a college student/web designer most of my GFX work is related to websites, most of the effects relating to particles (particular and cc particle world) give wierd edges when imported into flash (in .flv with encode alpha channel checked)..

ps: Trapcodes Particular 2 thats like xmas come early oh and nick campbell’s reel is inspirational (neutrons animations just blew me off!)

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:55:08 +0000

hey Aharon ,
r u related to him ? http://www.sxsw.com/music/talks/schedule/?action=bio&id=176897
not too much Rabinowitz(es) around is there ?

By: Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:31:55 +0000

Hi Joel – All Bets Are Off Productions is the name of my animation production company. While it still exists, we’re pretty selective about the work we take – Only because these days we’re spending most of our time developing products like Crowd Control and other stuff (which you’ll be hearing about soon)

And – no special algorithm for Keying – just a lot of work keying by a team of roto/keying artists.

By the way, All Bets Are Off is named after a Play I wrote in College about guys who get involved in a gambling scheme… That’s where the name comes from.

By: joel

joel — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:44:26 +0000

hey cool tutorials man .. way to go… ahron .. just wondering what the name “allbetsareoff.com” has to with such a gr8 site for cool free video tutorials.. impressed by crowd control … 45000 clips … What! you got a new algorithm to key videos …

By: rob

rob — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:40:16 +0000

about a month ago i came across his site and love it. ever since i been checking it out almost daily. definitely top notch

By: Loay

Loay — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:43:06 +0000

You are so right, Aharon
This Idea is Brilliant