Category Archives: Blog
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Red Giant Quick Tip #5 – Change the Lighting and Mood of Your Photo
2 commentsIn this quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to turn an everyday, candid photo into a work of art, in moments, with Magic Bullet PhotoLooks. You’ll learn how to quickly change the lighting and mood of your photo.
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Red Giant Quick Tip #3 – 3D Text
4 commentsA quick tip for quickly creating cool looking 3D text in AE with real depth, using Red Giant Software’s PlaneSpace.
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Red Giant Quick Tip #2 – Sharing Looks Across Apps
1 commentIn this quick tip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to quickly share your film look presets across applications from Photoshop, to After Effects, to Final Cut Pro, by usingRewd Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks and Magic Bullet PhotoLooks. BONUS: You’ll also learn how to work non-destructively with effects/filters in Photoshop.
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Red Giant QuickTip #1 – Chromatic Aberration
3 commentsRed Giant QuickTip #1 – Chromatic Aberration from Red Giant Software on Vimeo. In this quick tip, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses the Chromatic Aberration tool in Magic Bullet Looks, and shows you how to quickly create a dreamy distorted look for your footage.
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What Was Your First Video Game Console?
7 commentsGiven the theme of my latest After Effects tutorial (1980′s retro video game) I thought I’d explore this a bit. Growing up, many of us had video game consoles of one kind or another. Most of the people I grew up with, started with an Atari 2600, or, if they were late to the game, [...]
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Bizarre AE Animation by Cyriak
18 commentsNot even sure what to say about this other than “wow.” I don’t know what this guy is smoking before he sits down with After Effects, but, damn it, I want some.
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New Tutorial Coming Soon – Retro Vector Video Game Look
1 commentOne of the first tutorials I ever intended to do for Red Giant TV was to re-create my favorite video game of all time – The Star Wars Arcade Game from the early 80′s. But it proved a little too daunting given a new baby and not enough quiet time to take on this massive [...]
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How Psychology Can Help Your Career
9 commentsBefore I ever touched an animation program, I was interested in a career in Psychology. And while it didn’t work out that way, some of what I learned while studying psychology has really helped me in my work and life. Take for example the subject of Cognitive Dissonance: Read more about Cognitive Dissonance here. Some [...]
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A Brilliat PSA for Seatbelt Safety
11 commentsI won’t even waste time with words to describe the true awesomeness of this PSA by Neil Hopkins: Read all of the notes here.
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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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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
4 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
1 commentCrowd 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
13 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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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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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 [...]