Archives: August 2009
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Color Link Tutorial
4 commentsI just watched this tutorial by Eran Stern over at CreativeCow.net. It’s called Color Link. It’s a great tutorial with some simple techniques for working with Shape Layers. But Eran also shows the Color Link effect, which I had never used or even noticed before. Off the top of my head, I could have used [...]
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It’s All About Me
50 commentsPeople are always emailing me all sorts of questions – some of them a bit wierd and inappropriate, but most are more about my history – how I got started, some of the work I’ve done, any advice I might have…etc. There’s only so much time in the day, so I can’t often respond, or [...]
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Crowd Control Kicks Off the Teen Choice Awards
3 commentsRecently, our friend Harry Frank, of GrayMachine.com, used Crowd Control to kick off Fox’s Teen Choice Awards. You can see the clip being used right here, in the first few seconds. Yes, that vector-like artwork is actually a video clip that Harry manipulated in Adobe After Effects to work with the color palette and style [...]
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After Effects New York – August
1 commentLast week we had our 25th meeting of After Effects New York. I’ll say this with out hyperbole – it was awesome! First up was Mixtape Club. - http://www.mixtapeclub.com Too technical for the arts, too creative for the sciences; Chris Smith, Jesse Casey, and Michelle Higa knew they had to work together as soon as [...]
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The iPhone 3GS as a Camera
8 commentsI know things have been quiet here, but I can promise you we’re working on some big stuff. But even I need a vacation once in a while – so me and the family headed down to Florida for some R & R. Anyway, today I found myself surrounded by a flock of pink flamingos. [...]
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Motion Tracking and Stabilization in After Effects
3 commentsIf you’re doing any motion tracking or stabilization work, I strongly recommend you check out Pete O’Connell’s NEW Creative Cow training DVD: Motion Tracking and Stabilization in After Effects. Pete previously did a fantastic training DVD called Advanced Rotoscoping Techniques for Adobe After Effects. I could sit here and talk about how these DVD’s teach [...]
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The Daily Show
12 commentsI’ve been doing this animation thing for a while, and while I’m not a fantastic artist, my one saving grace is that I work fast. Really, really fast. At least I thought so until I went to the Daily Show with John Stewart (my favorite show, and the only reason I take a few minutes [...]
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RGTV Ep. 26: Score! Working with Numeric Text
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 03, 2009
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10 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz gives you some cool tips for working with numeric text, for things like video game scores and other digital readouts. No 3rd Party Plug-ins are used in this tutorial – Just straight After Effects. This tutorial uses 2 powerful expressions. Here they are: 1. Round to [...]