Category Archives: After Effects

1. 

   Combining Effects with AEs Fractal Noise Effect

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 4913

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz examines how to be more creative by combining different effects with AEs Fractal Noise.

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   Looping Fractal Noise

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 1385

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz show you how to create seamlessly looping fractal background animations by using AEs Fractal Noise effect.

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   AE Keyframe Boomerang Effect – Part 2

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 528

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz explores another instance of the boomerang effect and its causes, as well as several solutions for preventing it.

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   AE Keyframe Boomerang Effect – Part 1

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 680

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to handle the annoying (and sometimes crippling) boomerang effect, in which a layer moves randomly between two spatial keyframes that are exactly the same.

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5. 

   Force Motion Blur

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 2200

   In this tutorial, Aharon rabinowitz shows you how to add a motion blur to effects that dont support this feature. Also covered is adding blur to video footage that has been sped up, and an introduction to CyCores updated Effects – CyCore FX HD.

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6. 

   GridIron Nucleo Pro

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 1326

   In this video review, Aharon Rabinowitz explores GridIron Softwares Nucleo Pro, a new plug-in that speeds up AE renders and previews and helps users improve their workflow.

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7. 

   AE Workflow Tip #4: Renaming & More

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 370

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses methods of renaming layers, compositions, footage and effects. Also discussed are a couple of hidden buttons in AE that will make life a little easier.

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8. 

   Animating a Signature in AE

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 3052

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to animate a signature appearing on screen, and a few tricks to make it look more realistic.

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9. 

   AE Workflow Tip #3: Open in Editor

   • By Aharon Rabinowitz
     Dec 28, 2008
   • Views: 354

   In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses the Open Editor command and how it can help you streamline your workflow. Also covered is preparation for getting this command to work for you with all image, video and audio formats.

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10. 

    The Very, Very Basics of Fractal Noise

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 1210

    In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the Fractal Noise Effect, and shows you how to create the animated backgrounds seen in the opening of the Creative Cow AE Tutorials.

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11. 

    AE Gotchas 1: Wrong Frame Rate

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 1667

    In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses one of the most common AE mistakes – Importing image sequences at the wrong frame rate – along with the effects and solutions.

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12. 

    particleIllusion 3 and AE 7

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 733

    After Effects 7 & ParticleIllusion 3: In this video tutorial,  Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get position data from After Effects 7 into particleIllusion. Also, using the same method, you can get data from After Effects 7 into older versions of AE.

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13. 

    Creating a Custom Wave Form – Part 2

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 2144

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the Customized waveform and talks about how to get real control of your audio keyframes with Trapcode Sound Keys.

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    Creating a Custom Wave Form – Part 1

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 1005

    In this video tutorial,  Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a customized, sound-reactive waveform using a stroke, a distortion effect and an expression.

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    AE Workflow Tip #2: Rendering

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 1262

    In this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares some rendering workflow tips to help you avoid a crash and render a little faster, and discusses an important plug-in for speeding up your renders and previews.

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16. 

    Understanding Straight vs. Premultiplied

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 2570

    In this Video Tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz helps you understand the practical differences between Straight and Premultiplied video, when working with After Effects alone as well as between AE and other programs.

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17. 

    AE Workflow Tip #1: Duplication

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 1068

    In this Video Tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz helps you improve your workflow through the use of duplication in After Effects. Topics covered include, duplicating layers, render settings, overwriting renders, and creating videotape containing both RGB and Alpha transparency information for archiving.

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18. 

    Creating a Flock of Birds – Part 2

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 3579

    In part 2 of this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create and animate a flock of birds from the original bird.

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19. 

    Creating a Flock of Birds – Part 1

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 4189

    In part 1 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to build and animate a bird in AE 3D. In part 2, it will join a flock of birds.

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20. 

    Horror Text – Part 2

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 876

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make Horror Movie style text appear on a wall.

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21. 

    Horror Text – Part 1

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 926

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make Horror Movie style text appear on a wall.

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22. 

    Multi-Machine Rendering

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 1830

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to Render a project on several computers at once, without the use of the After Effects render Engine.

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23. 

    Creating Super Tight Junk Mattes

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 2281

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares a method of quickly and automatically creating extremely precise junk mattes/gargabe masks for use in the keying process.

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24. 

    Keeping Your Speed Constant

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 701

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz discusses creating smooth spatial animation with no variation in speed using Roving Keyframes.

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25. 

    Fixing Scaling Issues–Part 2

    • By Aharon Rabinowitz
      Dec 28, 2008
    • Views: 486

    In this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to ease the values of Exponential Scale to create a smooth end to your layers scale animation.

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