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Category Archives: After Effects

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    Changing Shortcuts with After Effects

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to be an AE road warrior by changing the keyboard shortcuts to account for missing keys on a laptop – such as the Ram Preview key or the Audio Preview key.

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    AE Quick Tips #6: Remove Color Matting

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz adds to the concepts he covered in his tutorial Straight Vs. Premultiplied.

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    Shape Layer Tip #2: Complex Shapes

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to combine several shapes to make a complex shape.

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    AE Quick Tips #5: Perspective Offset

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a cool tip for adding depth to your Fractal Noise animations.

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    AE Quick Tips #4: Copy Expression Only

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a menu item for speeding up the process of copying expressions to other layers, without typing or altering the current values.

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    Shape Layer Tip #1: Custom Shapes

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to move beyond the Basic shape tools to create your own custom shapes.

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    AE Quick Tips #3: Show Waveform

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz returns to the subject of Audio (Workflow tips #8) and shares a tip for working with audio waveforms that he got from an AE user via email.

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    AE Quick Tips #2: Preserve Transparency

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed feature in AE that can help you when trying to create transparency in an image by using the layers below as the source of that transparency.

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    AE Quick Tips #1: Grow Bounds

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed tool that can help you out in a pinch, by expanding the boundaries of your footage.

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    An Introduction to Shape Layers

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Shape Layers, one of the most powerful features in Adobe After Effects CS3.

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    After Effects Text Tips 3

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explores a few ways to correct some common problems experienced when creating text animators.

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    After Effects Text Tips 2

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explores creating Text animators, and talks about why you might animate properties together or separately.

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    Using the Echo Effect with Animated Layers

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares some tips and tricks for working with the Echo effect.

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    Creating a Hologram Look in After Effects

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz returns to one of his earliest tutorials, Creating TV Look, and shows how it can be used to create the look of a Hologram as seen in science fiction movies.

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    Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 3

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz finishes his series on weather replacement and shows you how to add realistic lightning to the shot.

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    Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 2

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz continues his weather replacement tutorial, and shows you how to add rain to your shot, as well as drops of water on the camera. Also, 3D compositing and color correction are covered.

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    Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 1

    In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to change the weather from a sunny day at the beach to a very cloudy day, with a chance of showers. Youll learn techniques is color correction and compositing.

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    Light Writing – Part 2

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the light writing effect covered in part 1, adding intense points of light and other improvement ideas.

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    Light Writing – Part 1

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use AE to simulate the popular light writing effect seen in recent Sprint commercials.

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    Per-Character 3D Text

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the new Per-Character 3D Text animation feature in After Effects CS3.

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    Creating 3D Extruded Text

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you several popular techniques and tools for creating 3D extruded text in After Effects.

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    Photoshop Layer Styles in AE CS3

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Photoshop Layer Styles in After Effects, a new feature in After Effects CS3.

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    Vanishing Point in AE CS3

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Photoshop CS3′s Vanishing Point tool to convert a flat 2D image into a 3D object in After Effects CS3.

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    Working with Adobe Clip Notes – Part 2

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to perform collaborative commenting with Adobe Clip Notes. He’ll show you how using Clip Notes can save you from stress, and how to import Clip Notes into AE.

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    Working with Adobe Clip Notes – Part 1

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to export your video as Adobe Clip Notes. Part 1 will show you how to prepare and export your AE composition so your notes appear in a PDF document alongside the video.

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