Category Archives: After Effects
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Displacement Mapping Part 1: Basics
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1843
2 commentsIn part 1 of this 3-part series on Displacement Mapping, Aharon Rabinowitz covers the basics of using this effect in both After Effects 6.5 and 7. This highly detailed tutorial will get you started on distorting your footage with displacement maps.
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Creating a Film Flash Effect
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 4951
4 commentsIn this tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the coveted Film Flash transition in After Effects, without the use of any 3rd-party plug-ins.
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Importing Paths Into After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1157
No commentsIn this brief video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple way to create masks and motion paths in After Effects using Illustrator and Photoshop path shapes.
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The Secret to Scaling a Motion Path in After Effects
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 3122
3 commentsIn this tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz shows you the secret to scaling a motion path in After Effects. If youve ever created motion in after effects that you needed to confine to a smaller area, but also needed to keep the exact same shape, this lesson will show you how you can easily do just that, [...]
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Unlocking the Secrets of Effectively Using Z-Scale
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 3473
1 commentTo most After Effects users, the Z-scale property on a 3D layer seems like a relatively useless feature.However, in this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz unlocks the secrets of effectively using Z-scale, through the use of Anchor Points, Parenting, and Nested Compositions. These techniques will help you truly bring your animation into the 3rd dimension.
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Lip-Synching for Character Animation
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 1424
1 commentIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shares some animation techiques for character lip-synching in Adobe After Effects. This is not just the simple method of using open and closed mouths -Rather, Aharon covers the more advanced use of phonemes, which are the different mouth shapes formed by a person when making various sounds in a [...]
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Creating An Old TV Screen
- By Aharon Rabinowitz Dec 28, 2008
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Views: 3923
2 commentsIn this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates a quick and easy way of creating that old tv look — complete with scan lines, interference and much more using Adobe After Effects without the use of expensive plug-ins.