Posts by: Aharon Rabinowitz
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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: 90042
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: 27919
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: 99106
147 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. [...]
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Tutorials at FinalCutUser.com
No commentsAbout fricken time. I’ve been begging my buddy (And After Effects New York co-leader) Jim Geduldick at finalcutuser.com to get some video tips up on his site. If you’re a Final Cut Studio user, you should definately check these out. Lots of cool tips including how to export a QuickTime video with a surround track. [...]
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The Force Field…
6 commentsThe After Effects Force Field tutorial is done. The only thing keeping me from putting it up is an overnight compression job. But here’s a video to keep you happy in the meantime… We’ll be covering how to create the forcefield itself, and some basic color corrections. The rest (camera shake, explosion) is for another [...]
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Magic Bullet Looks Commercial
5 commentsHi Folks – I just finished working on an awesome commercial for Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks. This was a ton of fun to do. Magic Bullet Looks – Helping you Tell your story from Red Giant Software on Vimeo. I wrote and directed it, and did some of the compositing, but all of [...]
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After Effects New York – May 28
2 commentsHey there folks- Just wanted to let you know I’ll be presenting some cool motion graphics and compositing techniques at After Effects New York on Thursday, May 28. The meeting is FREE, and you don’t have to let us know a head that your coming. Just show up! At the time I write this, there [...]
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After Effects Force Field
17 commentsFor a long time I’ve wanted to do a force field tutorial. But I had trouble finding inspiration. I started to look around the web, and found this trailer for Halo 3: After watching that, I was inspired to find a way to create an effect that didn’t feel random but that did have some [...]
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Digital Production Buzz
No commentsI just appeared on Creative Planet’s Digital Production Buzz, to talk about All Bets Are Off productions and Crowd Control. It was a lot of fun. Every once in a while I’m asked to do an interview – for some reason people think I might actually be interesting to talk to. If you know me, [...]
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Doug Medlock: The Deepest Voice You Definately Want to Hire
4 commentsI’m working on a commercial and need to find a voice over actor. In searching through Voice 123 (a great resource for VO talent), I found Doug Medlock, one of the deepest voices I’ve ever heard. He’s done plenty of ads you’ve seen on TV or heard on the radio. I’m not going to lie [...]
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NAB – What it means to me…
4 commentsJust got back from NAB, and boy are my arms tired. Actually, the NAB (The National Association of Broadcasters) show was really light this year. But the truth is, light or heavy on the traffic, I really do enjoy seeing my friends – especially the ones that live across the country, like Ko Maruyama, or [...]