Category Archives: Tips
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Quicktip: Old Film Look with Light Leaks
4 commentsRed Giant Quicktip #17: Old Film Look In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create an old film look with light leaks. He’ll be using Trapcode Particular to create the light leaks, and the tools in Magic Bullet Looks to create the look of old damaged footage. iPod/iPad-Freindly Version on Vimeo.
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QuickTip: Trapcode Form City
1 commentRed Giant Quicktip #15: Trapcode Form City from Red Giant Software on Vimeo. In this Quicktip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how using Depth Maps to displace Trapcode Form particles can be used to create a 3D Point Cloud Representation of a city. This tutorial was inspired by the brilliant Trapcode Form work of Jeremy Cox [...]
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Red Giant Quicktip # 13: Create an iPhone UI Animation with Inverse Scaling
No commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to apply information from Episode 39 of Red Giant TV (Creating a 1980′s Retro Video Game Look) for use in a much more modern project. The After Effects expression user here was: s = 100*transform.scale[0]/parent.transform.scale[0]; [s,s,s]
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Red Giant QuickTip #8: In Like Flynn with Magic Bullet Looks
2 commentsIn this QuickTip, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to recreate the look of Flynn on screen, as seen in the trailer for Tron Legacy, using Magic Bullet Looks.
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Red Giant QuickTip #6 – Driving Holomatrix Animation with Audio
4 commentsRed Giant QuickTip #6 – Driving Holomatrix Animation with Audio In this quick tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Audio to control the various effects in Holomatrix. He’ll also use Trapcode Soundkeys.
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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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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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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.