Archives: 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: 19056
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: 83597
38 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: 26957
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 [...]
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Trapcode Particular 2!!!!
17 commentsIMPORTANT 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 [...]
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Another Peel-away Vortex Transition Example
16 commentsHere’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 [...]
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Peel-away Vortex Transition
23 commentsOK – 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 [...]
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Apple for Sir – Animation Project
1 commentEvery 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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Energize: Big Sale (50% off) on Crowd Control
No commentsThis 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 [...]
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Reverse Shatter Tutorial by Harry Frank
No commentsJust 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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Can’t Make AENY This Month
No commentsHi 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 [...]
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Early Morning Deadlines
4 commentsI 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
- By Aharon Rabinowitz May 14, 2009
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Views: 93463
145 commentsIn 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. [...]