Posts by: Aharon Rabinowitz
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My Students
2 commentsI love teaching. In my professional life, nothing gives me more pleasure… with the exception of one thing: When I see some of the awesome work my old students are doing. Yeah, maybe I’m taking too much credit, but I like to think I helped. Here’s a couple of my favorites:
“Billy Bombo” by Dan Opsol
“Ants [...]
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RGTV Ep 03: Looping a Particle System
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 4747
1 commentIn this Episode, you’ll learn how to set up a seamless looping particle system. We’ll be using Trapcode Particular and Starglow to create a stylized holiday snowstorm, but the concepts can be adapted for anything from backgrounds to lower 3rds.
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Red Giant TV Ep 02: Binary Transition – Part 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 4323
5 commentsIn this Episode, Aharon shows you how to improve on and finish the binary transition project by working with Time Remapping and Camera animation. Plus, see how Magic Bullet Looks and Trapcode Shine help add the finishing touches.
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Red Giant TV Ep. 01: Binary Transition – Part 1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 7274
5 commentsThis episode shows you how to use Trapcode Form to create a dramatic transition where footage breaks into binary code, and re-forms as different footage.
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The Bourne Flashback: Creating a Flashback Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 5930
6 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the flashback look as seen in the film The Bourne Ultimatum with some extra touches and hints.
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Creating a Looping Particle System
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 2825
1 commentIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz (Along with the help of his daughter Noa) shows you how to create a looping particle system in After Effects.
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Shape Layer Tip #3: Trim Paths
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 10148
14 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use shape layers to easily create that Old-School look where a red dashed line animates over a map to indicate travel destinations.
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Creating the Jumbotron Look in After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 4275
1 commentIts game time baby! In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the look of a giant monitor, such as the kind you might see at a stadium or concert.
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Changing Shortcuts with After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1008
1 commentIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to be an AE road warrior by changing the keyboard shortcuts to account for missing keys on a laptop – such as the Ram Preview key or the Audio Preview key.
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AE Quick Tips #6: Remove Color Matting
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1514
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz adds to the concepts he covered in his tutorial Straight Vs. Premultiplied.
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Shape Layer Tip #2: Complex Shapes
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1406
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to combine several shapes to make a complex shape.
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AE Quick Tips #5: Perspective Offset
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1863
3 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a cool tip for adding depth to your Fractal Noise animations.
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AE Quick Tips #4: Copy Expression Only
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 465
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a menu item for speeding up the process of copying expressions to other layers, without typing or altering the current values.
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Shape Layer Tip #1: Custom Shapes
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1169
1 commentIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to move beyond the Basic shape tools to create your own custom shapes.
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AE Quick Tips #3: Show Waveform
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 740
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz returns to the subject of Audio (Workflow tips #8) and shares a tip for working with audio waveforms that he got from an AE user via email.
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AE Quick Tips #2: Preserve Transparency
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 615
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed feature in AE that can help you when trying to create transparency in an image by using the layers below as the source of that transparency.
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AE Quick Tips #1: Grow Bounds
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1244
4 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed tool that can help you out in a pinch, by expanding the boundaries of your footage.
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An Introduction to Shape Layers
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1212
4 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Shape Layers, one of the most powerful features in Adobe After Effects CS3.
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After Effects Text Tips 3
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1175
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explores a few ways to correct some common problems experienced when creating text animators.
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After Effects Text Tips 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1110
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explores creating Text animators, and talks about why you might animate properties together or separately.
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Using the Echo Effect with Animated Layers
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 1837
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares some tips and tricks for working with the Echo effect.
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Creating a Hologram Look in After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 7081
3 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz returns to one of his earliest tutorials, Creating TV Look, and shows how it can be used to create the look of a Hologram as seen in science fiction movies.
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Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 3
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 2702
No commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz finishes his series on weather replacement and shows you how to add realistic lightning to the shot.
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Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 3059
6 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz continues his weather replacement tutorial, and shows you how to add rain to your shot, as well as drops of water on the camera. Also, 3D compositing and color correction are covered.
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Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 1
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 29, 2008
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Views: 3267
3 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to change the weather from a sunny day at the beach to a very cloudy day, with a chance of showers. Youll learn techniques is color correction and compositing.