Posts by: Aharon Rabinowitz
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Cool Tutorial at GreyscaleGorilla.com
No commentsHey folks – just watched a great Cinema 4D/After Effects tutorial by Nick Campbell at greyscalegorilla.com: How to make a Cascading Text Animation With Cinema 4D and After Effects. Check it out by clicking on the links below. FinalRender from Nick Campbell on Vimeo. Watch Part 1 here. Watch Part 2 here
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RGTV Ep. 37: Creating a Holographic Interface Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Feb 15, 2010
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Views: 27550
19 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to quickly create the look of a holographic interface effect using Red Giant Software’s Holomatrix. He’ll also be using Digital Juice’s motion Designer Toolkit 2 for the screen elements, as well as Magic Bullet Looks for the color grading. Note from Aharon: This [...]
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In Memory of Edgar the Masturbating Cat
6 commentsThis morning we found that, after months of being ill, our Cat, Edgar, had passed away. I’ve had pets my whole life (from super sea monkeys all the way up the foot chain to cats, and everything in between – much to my parents horror), but Ed was easily the best pet I have ever [...]
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Some Great New Stuff at MotionWorks
No commentsOur friends at MotionWorks have been really busy (in case you haven’t noticed). Check out these 2 recent items below. A new Making It Look Great training DVD from Tim Clapham: Click Image to watch video. This promo for our brand new MILG7: MoGraph Unleashed video training, was created using Cinema 4D and After Effects. [...]
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Quick Tip: Adding Motion Blur Into Your Video
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Feb 08, 2010
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Views: 6639
7 commentsHere’s a quick tip for adding motion blur into your live action video after filming. Also works for adding Motion blur into your 3D renders (like C4D stuff) in AE. Special thanks to Stu Maschwitz for taking the time to share some info and make suggestions. And yeah – it’s shutter speed, not shutter rate. [...]
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Crowd Control Gets Props at Supermeet
13 commentsCrowd Control received Rave reviews from Matt Silverman at last week’s FCP user’s Supermeet in San Francisco! Check it out at 21:00 (21 minutes and 0 seconds): Hey… We’re just saying…
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PS: Hands-On Control of Layer Styles
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Feb 01, 2010
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Views: 815
14 commentsA simple PS tip for hands-on control of your layer styles. Am I the only one that didn’t know this? Special thanks to my buddy Jim Geduldick for IM’ing me last night with info on Screenr.
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After Effects New York – January Meeting
2 commentsAfter Effects New York just held it’s January meeting, last Thursday. If you’re in or around New York, these FREE events are not to be missed. In this last meeting we had Stephen Neary and Tiny Inventions. BTW – Tiny inventions did the They Might Be Giants music video, Electric Car. The car wasn’t signing [...]
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Interview with John Knoll in Production
14 commentsLast week I was given the opportunity of a lifetime – a chance to sit down with visual effects legend John Knoll. I expected that talking to a man who has defined visual effects for the last 20 years would be a revelation – and I wasn’t disappointed. During the interview, we talked about a [...]
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RGTV Ep. 36: Create a Psychedelic Background
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Jan 14, 2010
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Views: 6141
14 commentsIn this episode of Red Giant TV. Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a cool psychedelic background in After Effects, using shape layers and Trapcode Shine. Even if you’ve used Shine a lot in the past, this tutorial takes it in a new direction.
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Animatics and the Importance of Preparation
10 commentsWhen preparing for the Holomatrix commercial film shoot, one of the things I was most concerned with was making sure the on-set director understood what I needed. The commercial was filmed in Australia, with me attending on Skype, but there is only so much direction you can give when you’re not actually on set. So, [...]
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Holomatrix Commercial is Complete!
15 commentsI wrote and directed this commercial for Red Giant Software’s Holomatrix. It was filmed in Australia at Orion Media – the largest green screen studio in the southern hemisphere.You can learn more about how I filmed it from New York in this post. Visual Effects and Audio work were then done at Outpost Pictures. I [...]
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Interview with John Knoll – Need Your Help!
27 commentsHi Folks – Next week, I’ll be flying out to San Francisco to interview John Knoll, for Red Giant TV. Unless you’ve been living in a cave free of VFX news, you know that John Knoll was ILM’s Visual Effects Supervisor for Avatar, Star Wars, and many other films. He is one of Hollywood’s most [...]
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New Holomatrix Tutorial at Motionworks
1 commentJohn Dickinson, the “Tutorial Thunder from Down Under,” just posted a tutorial/project breakdown on his use of Holomatrix in several Terminator spots for FoxTel. he does some really interesting stuff with Holomatrix and Mattes. Check it out here.
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Thank You for a Great 2009!
21 commentsIn this video, I just take a few moments to thank all of you for a great 2009, recap some of the bigger things that have happened here at allbetsareoff.com, and finally, to… well… why don’t you watch until the very VERY end to find out. You’ll definitely see a different side of me. That’s [...]
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Innovate and Rock On!
7 commentsRemember when you were a kid and your parents told you to turn down that music, and do your homework instead? “You’re not going to learn anything important from Rock and Roll,” they said. They were wrong. The most important things you could ever learn about success could come from a rock band. Here’s why: [...]
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Looking for Inspiration?
1 commentOften people ask me where to find inspiration. It’s a tough question to answer because each of us is inspired by different things. But when I hear someone I respect talk about something that inspires them to be more creative, I usually look into that (it doesn’t always work, but it can be a good [...]
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An Introduction to Knoll 3D Flare (Beta)
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 16, 2009
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Views: 20015
19 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the features of Knoll 3D Flare – the new FREE add-on for Knoll Light Factory Pro from Red Giant Software. This add-on for Knoll Light Factory (2.5) in After Effects includes fantastic features like Edge flare-ups, color linking, Z-depth intensity, and full 3D obscuration.
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Crowd Control Year End Sale!
3 commentsThe holidays are upon us, and we wanted to offer you a special holiday treat: 40% off Crowd Control, our library of pre-keyed alpha stock footage. The sale ends on Thursday December 17, 2009 @ 12:00AM EST. Use the code CCYE40 when purchasing, and you’ll be given 40% off the price of download credits. You [...]
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My First Industry Experience
26 commentsIn this video, I’ll tell you about my first experience with the broadcast industry. Maybe it will inspire you to share yours. Feel free to post your story in the comments below, or to make a Vimeo video and paste the link in the comments. Looking for other advice or inspiration? Don’t forget to read [...]
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Red Giant’s Secret Sale is On, Baby!!!
2 commentsThis was just posted on the Red Giant Software site – get 40% off EVERYTHING from Red Giant for the next 24 hours! That means 40% off Trapcode, Magiuc Bullet, Knoll, Warp… and everything else! From Red Giant: ———- We want to show our appreciation to all our dedicated fans with a Secret Sale. We [...]
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You’re Not That Talented, and Other Advice
60 commentsLately, I’ve been asked to share a lot of career advice. I was interviewed at aetutsplus.com and on MotionWorks Unplugged, where I shared a few of my thoughts on getting work and being successful. But a few nights ago I was asked by my friend Jay Ignaszewski to sit down with a group of students [...]
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“Ink” The Movie
7 commentsTwo nights ago, while browsing our Netflix “Watch Instantly” options, we found a new sci-fi/fantasy movie called “Ink.” I’d never heard of it, but it had really good ratings, so we added it to our Instant Queue. It was, of course an independent film, and while it didn’t have a big budget feel, it didn’t [...]
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Looking for work? Check out the Motion Exchange.
No commentsMy good friend Harry Frank just started The Motion Exchange, a new social networking group for people in the motion graphics industry. If you’re looking for work, register there, and start connecting with other people who might just hire you. You can watch a video where Harry explains the Motion Exchange, by clicking on the [...]
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Ask Aharon Rabinowitz – Episode 1
6 commentsA few months ago, I asked people to send in their questions about me, and that I would answer anything they asked (with the exception of a few things). Here the first video where I’ll do that (See description below): Ask Aharon Rabinowitz is a low-budget show where people email Aharon with their questions and [...]