Posts by: Aharon Rabinowitz
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Plot Device wins the Webby!
1 commentYou may have heard that the short film I executive produced and co-wrote with Director Seth Worley, won a Webby for “Best Editing.” Other than finding Seth to direct the film, I really had nothing to do with it. It was all his talent once the shoot began. Still, I’m feeling pretty good about it, [...]
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Plot Device Was Nominated for a Webby!
1 commentI’m on vacation, and then heading out to NAB, so I won’t belabor this… Plot Device was nominated for a Webby award. The award is for Best Editing, and so, the nomination really goes to Seth Worley. Read more about it HERE in my post at the Red Room Blog. It’s all in that post, [...]
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My Schedule at NAB 2012
2 commentsHey folks – if your coming out to NAB, I’ll be there on Monday and Tuesday, working at the Red Giant Booth in the South Lower Hall – Booth # SL2124. Please stop by and say hello. Here’s my schedule: Monday 4/16 10 AM -12 PM 1 PM – 2 PM IMPORTANT: I’ll be giving [...]
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Ruin – Go Watch This Now!
3 commentsSome of the best 3D work I’ve ever seen. Great action and fantastic virtual cinematography. Just wow. Do me a favor, after watching this, check out all of the extras at the film’s site and then head over to Wes Ball’s site and learn more about him and his work.
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Oh Crap… I Forgot to Hit the Render Button!
3 commentsHave you ever been on the bus/train home and said the above, knowing you would either have to go back to work, or accept hours of lost time? Recently, my wife called me and said that she couldn’t be home on time, and asked me to pick up the kids from a birthday party. I [...]
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Time for Life
6 commentsWe get pretty caught up in our motion graphics and VFX. It’s hard to find the satisfaction we get from our work, from anything else in life. But I’m here to tell you, there’s a lot more out there. I’m blessed to be a husband and father, but only because a few years back I [...]
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Talk to Red Giant
17 commentsNext week, the entire Red Giant team will be getting together for our annual company meeting. We’re a virtual company with people in NY, Utah, Ottawa, Halifax, Oregon, California, the UK and more. We regularly communicate with each other, via Skype, iChat, gotomeeting.com and through some older tech called the telephone. But there is no [...]
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Old School vs. CGI
No commentsThis amazing short film made me sad. I don’t find most CGI creatures to be all that realistic or scary, but as a kid, I remember those rubber mask monsters being terrifying, even when I could see the zipper going up it’s back. End of a Scarer from Chris O'Hara on Vimeo. Animated graduate film [...]
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When it comes to Genres, Embrace What You Love
1 commentLast week, thanks to Josh Diamond, I saw this fantastic video, called Space Stallions on YouTube: What’s so great about it is that it feels authentic from a storytelling perspective – at least within the aesthetic of 80′s cartoons. Visually, the characters were a little to obviously 3D with toon shading, but outside that, it [...]
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Good Robot
1 commentPart of my job at Red Giant has me looking through the content on Vimeo to see what people are working on. It’s how I find great user stories and great people to work with. But also how I find inspiration – often from people who are still in school, working on student projects. Students [...]
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Free Textures (not from me)
No commentsYesterday, Angie Taylor tweeted out these cool bokeh textures from JenniStock on deviant art: Lot’s of cool things you can do with this, such as applying and animating After Effects’ Turbulent Displace. Or you can use them as displacement maps. Or as textures for VideoCopilot’s Optical Flares. Be creative. JenniStock’s got a lot of great [...]
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Digital and Analog Inspiration
No commentsJust saw both of these videos this morning and felt inspired. One is done with camera angles and well planned concept, prop and set design, the other is entirely digital and abstract. NatGeo ID’s 2012 from Lumbre on Vimeo. 2012 – National Geographic Channels International commissioned LUMBRE to create four new ID’s. Plexus Test from [...]
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Red Giant TV Episode 69 – Cosmodius: Creating a Retro Sci-fi Logo Animation
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 2105
No commentsn this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz walks you through the process of creating a Retro Sci-Fi logo. In addition to creating the logo, he’ll show you how to age the video to make it look like it came out of the early 80′s. Links: Inside the Nebulae – Space flight video by [...]
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QuickTip #59: Fast Musical Scoring for Motion Graphics with SmartSound Sonic Fire Pro
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 597
No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how he quickly generates a soundtrack for Motion Graphics, using Smartsound SonicFire Pro. This is a tool Aharon uses to score most of the videos created for Red Giant and many of his non RG projects. Learn more about SonicFire Pro and Smartsound’s library of Royalty-Free music at [...]
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Red Giant Quicktip #57: Animating a Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 1143
6 commentsIn this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to animate the tools in Magic Bullet Looks.
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Red Giant Quicktip #56: Sketchy Stop-Motion Text Look
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 1533
1 commentInspired by a video he found on Vimeo, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you some quick tips and techniques for creating a sketchy stop motion look for text. Links: Get the Sketch Rockwell font at urbanfonts.com/fonts/Sketch_Rockwell.htm Watch Working with the Scribble Effect Part 1 (Creative Cow Tutorial by Aharon) at allbetsareoff.com/tutorials/working-with-the-scribble-effect-part-1/ Get the Project Files at people.redgiantsoftware.com/explore/presetdetail.aspx?presetid=2047 [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #53: Layer Sampling – Generate Particles Where and When You Want Them
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 27, 2012
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Views: 483
No commentsIn this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to control the way particles are emitted from a picture or text, when using a layer emitter. He’ll be exploring a feature called Layer Sampling. Layer Sampling is a feature controls whether or not particles are revealed by a layer’s alpha channel, or, depending on the setting, [...]
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MGMT – All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
1 commentIt’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but today, I caught this on Photoshop product manager John Nack’s Blog, and I wanted to make sure more After Effects users saw this. MGMT – All We Ever Wanted Was Everything from oneedo on Vimeo. Taken from the album Late Night Tales – MGMT Info at www.latenighttales.co.uk [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #50: From Torch to Plasma Fireball – Building new FX from a Red Giant People Preset
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Oct 04, 2011
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Views: 2005
No commentsSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. In this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz builds a beautiful blue Plasma Fireball effect with the help of a Torch preset created by Harry Frank for Red Giant People. Presets: Get the FREE Plasma Fireball preset at Red Giant People: people.redgiantsoftware.com/Explore/PresetDetail.aspx?PresetId=1949 Get the FREE Form 2 Torch Preset at [...]
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Red Giant TV Episode 59: Trapcode 3D Stereoscopic Workflow Basics
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 3265
2 commentsIn this Episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz explores the basics of 3D Stereoscopic Workflow with Trapcode 3D plug-ins.This tutorial is a great intro to Stereoscopic 3D in After Effects. If you have them, bring your 3D Glasses – it will help. Watch it here: Check out Pinkau.com to get the FREE stereoscopic tools [...]
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Red Giant QuickTip #48: Digitally Re-Lighting a Green Screen Background with Primatte Keyer 5
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 2744
No commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a new feature in Primatte Keyer 5 that helps you fix poor lighting on your green screen (or other chroma background), by unifying the background color to make it easier for you to key and composite. Watch the tutorial here: Learn more about Primatte Keyer at: http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/primatte-keyer/
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QuickTip #47: Glassy Look with Magic Bullet Looks 2
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 2159
No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz explores some fun new tools in Magic Bullet Looks 2, to create a cool distorted “glassy look.” Watch the tutorial right here: You can get the preset at: people.redgiantsoftware.com/Explore/PresetDetail.aspx?PresetId=1836 you can get Magic Bullet Looks 2 at redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/magic-bullet-looks/
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Red Giant QuickTip #45: Compositing and VFX with Color Correction
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Aug 09, 2011
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Views: 2849
No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz talks about the process of color correction/grading, when you are also compositing or adding visual effects. He’ll show you how to avoid a common mistake that kills the composite. Watch the video right here:
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Plot Device is Online!
28 commentsMany of you may have caught that I was working on a film with Seth Worley for Red Giant. I’ve not been able to say much until now, but today, the film has been released online as a part of the Magic Bullet Suite 11 Launch. Here it is: I am truly blessed to be [...]
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Hang Out with Red Giant (and me, if your in NYC)
No commentsWhat’s new, cool & delicious? Find out in NYC, SF and Portland Ever wonder how certain people always know things before you do? That’s ’cause they go where the buzz, big shots and booze are. On Monday, June 27, you can be the first to know about something really cool. Join us for a fun [...]