Posts by: Aharon Rabinowitz
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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: 93652
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. [...]
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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 [...]
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Creating 3D Cloud Motion From a Still Image
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Apr 27, 2009
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Views: 53499
37 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to take a 2D image of clouds and use it to create realistic 3D cloud motion, in just a few simple clicks. No cutting up of the image needed! This Tip was sent to us by Noel Powell after he watched our weather replacement tutorials.
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More Techniques for Better Light Wraps
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Apr 20, 2009
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Views: 47490
16 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz continues his exploration of Light Wraps, focusing on improving Maltaannon’s free light wraping method (ceLightwrap), as well as covering a light wrapping technique for emergency situations.
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Big-Ass NAB sale on Crowd Control!
1 commentGet 40% off on Crowd Control from 4/19/09- 4/26/09 Hi everyone- I just wanted to thank all of you for your interest in Crowd Control. We at All Bets Are Off Productions hope you’re enjoying the library, and we thank you all for your support so far. This week I’ll be at NAB, and while [...]
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RGTV Ep. 16: Better Compositing with Light Wraps
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Apr 14, 2009
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Views: 6648
7 commentsIn this Episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get better compositing results with Light Wraps – an effect used to blend the background light and foreground elements more convincingly during a composite.
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Getting Ready for NAB
3 commentsJust some stills from a presentation I’m doing for Red Giant @ NAB, focusing on Trapcode Form -although it also uses particular, warp, and knoll light factory. Of course, the women in the image are from Crowd Control. I’ll be presenting this at 10:00AM on Tuesday Apr. 21, at the Red Giant Software booth SL2529H. [...]
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Major Site Improvements Coming!
3 commentsHi folks- Just wanted to let you know that we have major site improvements planned for All Bets Are Off Productions – specifically with the speed of the Crowd Control site. Over the last 3 weeks (since we launched Crowd Control) we’ve been receiving your feedback about the way the site works and what you [...]
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Light Wraps
1 commentNot sure if I’m obsessed or just really bent on trying to help people get better compositing results, but if I can get these done before I head out for 3 weeks (2 for the holidays, 1 for NAB), I’m going to be putting out 2 tutorials on better Light Wraps. If you’re not familiar [...]